Stock Movement Register kept by Charles Brown of Balephuil.
Stock Movement Register recording the movement of animals in and out of the croft between 1951 and 1960, kept by Charles Brown of Balephuil sliabh.
2006.92.1
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Dates: 1960s
2006.93.9
Black and white photograph of the Tiree pipe band, from Annabella MacNeill`s collection.
The Tiree Pipe Band with vet Robert Beck (front left) in the 1960s or early 1970s. (Original stored in filing cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2006.47.1
Hardback book `The History of the County of Bruce 1907-1968 Volume II` by Norman McLeod.
Volume II of the history of Bruce County in Ontario, Canada.
2006.1.3
Printout from website `Navy News` of an article by Lt. Cdr. Michael J Gibson RN RD (Rtd).
An account of the shipwreck of HMS Sturdy in October 1940 by Michael Gibson, the son of E J A Gibson, Engineer Officer of the Sturdy who was injured during the incident.
2005.169.1
Audio cassette recording of Alistair MacNeill recorded by himself in December 2005.
Alistair MacNeill of Hynish and North Berwick talks about his memories of Hynish. Recorded by himself in December 2005.
2005.154.1
Blank invoice for Angus MacRae, general merchant.
Blank invoice for Angus MacRae who had a shop attached to the guest house at Baugh in the 1950s. He moved to Inverary around 1963.
2005.151.1
Angus MacKechnie talking about mischief at school
Sound clip in English of Angus MacKechnie talking about the mischief he and his friends got up to on the way to Heylipol School in the 1950s and 60s.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacKechnie
Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol was recorded talking to Maggie Campbell of Kilmoluaig in October 2005 about his schooldays. He was strapped at school, deservedly so according to himself, for breaking the ceramic insulators on the telegraph poles on the road to Heylipol School.
This was a popular sport amongst schoolchildren, in Ruaig as well as Heylipol, and required accuracy in throwing stones. A boy’s reputation depended upon success, especially if the girls, who were guilty of the same activity, scored a direct hit.
Today Angus and his wife Nancy run one of the two school buses on the island and the popular Ring ‘n’ Ride service which provides transport on request. Angus also works crofts in Crossapol, Heylipol and Moss.
2005.112.1
John Fletcher talking about writing at school
Sound clip in English of John Fletcher of Balemartine talking about the writing materials he used at school in the late 1940s.
Courtesy of Mr John Fletcher
John Fletcher talks to Maggie Campbell in September 2005 about learning to count and write at Balemartine School in the late 1940s. There were around eighty children attending the school, which was one of five on the island.
At break-time the children were given hot reconstituted National Dried Milk in tin mugs. John drank it quite happily but some of the children hated the taste, comparing it with the fresh milk they got at home.
Toilet facilities at the school were basic: buckets with blue disinfectant, two for the boys and two for the girls. These were taken down to the shore by the cleaner at night and thrown into the sea.
2005.115.1
Black and white photograph of the exterior of Cornaig mill in 1962.
The exterior of Cornaig mill showing the mill wheel, photographed Dr Euan Mackie in 1962. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2005.115.2
Cornaig mill in 1962
Photograph of the interior of Cornaig mill in 1962.
Courtesy of Dr Euan Mackie
This photograph of the interior of Cornaig mill was taken in 1962 by Dr Euan Mackie of the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. The shaft from the water wheel which turned the grinding stones can be seen protruding through the wall.
The other end of the mill was taken up with the ‘àth’, or drying kiln, which was fired with coal and driftwood washed ashore during the winter. Grain had to be dried before milling and great skill was needed in making sure it did not toast too fast or the flour would be left with a bitter taste.
The grain was poured on to slotted iron sheets above the kiln and two men, with white cloths tied over their boots, turned the grain at intervals with wooden shovels until it was toasted brown.
Black and white photograph of the interior of Cornaig mill in 1962.
The interior of Cornaig mill showing the millstone, photographed Dr Euan Mackie in 1962. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)