Collection of personal items belonging to the late Miss Elsie MacKinnon (1920-2006), Lodge Farm, Kirkapol
(1) Bank Book belonging to Miss Elsie MacKinnon of Kirkapol, detailing banking from 1950 – 1972. This is for a Savings Account which was held at Scarinish Branch during this time, (2) One pair of crochet gloves handmade by Kate MacMacKinnon, (3) NHS Prescription Charges Executive Council Exemption Certificate, (4) An old fashioned hair clip.
Photograph of Mary MacKinnon, Heanish, ca 1950.
Black & white photograph of Mary MacKinnon, `Avadale`, Heanish, standing on the well at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, around 1950.
Original Copy of `Bulb Growing in the Western Isles` by R.B.C Nisbet,B.Sc
Eight page extract from book, section by R.B.C Nisbet about `Bulb Growing in the Western Isles`
Biography of Donald Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald.
Biography with photograph of Donald (Jock) Ewen MacDonald (1925-2002) of Heanish by his son Dr John MacDonald. He was a sailor in the Merchant Navy and eventually settled in Australia where he married, raised a family and worked for over twenty years with ICI.
Black and white photograph of Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967) with his grandson Ken MacCallum in the 1950s.
Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967), the great-grandson of the first miller at Cornaig, with his grandson Ken MacCallum in Lachie`s lobster boat leaving Pictou, Nova Scotia heading home to Pictou Island around 1958.
Black and white photograph of the Pictou Island mailplane in the mid-19th century.
The Pictou Island mailplane. Since the 1930s mail has been delivered to Pictou Island from mainland Nova Scotia by small airplane. There is no landing strip and the plane lands on the island`s unpaved main road, which in winter is generally covered in snow.
Black and white photograph of Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967) with his grandson Ken MacCallum in the 1950s.
Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967), the great-grandson of the first miller at Cornaig, with his grandson Ken MacCallum in Lachie`s lobster boat at Pictou, Nova Scotia around 1958.
Black and white photograph of Calum and Roderick MacKinnon of Heanish in the 1960s.
L-R: Calum MacKinnon and his brother Roderick (Lou) in 1966. They were brothers of the late Margaret MacKinnon of Braeside in Heanish.
Valuation for Lodge Farm, Kikrapol for 1966-7.
Valuation for Lodge Farm, Kikrapol for 1966-7.
