Black and white photograph of Katie Ann MacDougall (1897-1980) and her husband David MacQueen.
Katie Ann MacDougall (1897-1980) and her husband David MacQueen. Katie Ann was the daughter of Rev. Allan MacDougall of Milton and his wife Catherine MacDonald from Skye,
Envelope with testing records and other material from the BT Repeater Station in Scarinish.
Brown envelope from the Scarinish Repeater Station containing record cards of weekly routine tests from April 1946 to December 1962, a Post Office Engineering Dept. works specification for modification of the testers with accompanying diagram and an instruction manual for operation of the Kathanode cells used for diesel engine starting.
Newspaper article about the difficulties travelling to remote islands.
The difficulties of opticians, dentists, chiopodists and vets travelling to remote islands.
Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay
Sound clip in English of former airline pilot Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay.
Courtesy of Mr Bill Innes
Former airline pilot Bill Innes tells a humorous anecdote about Captain David Barclay, MBE, during an illustrated talk about the pioneers of Scottish aviation held in An Talla, Tiree on 5th July 2004.
The name David Barclay is synonymous with the development of aviation in the Western Isles and with the Scottish Air Ambulance Service. He flew his first ambulance flight with Northern & Scottish Airways in 1935 and at the end of his career had flown more than two thousand ambulance missions.
He was awarded the MBE in 1942 and invested with the order of St John of Jerusalem in 1950. Much loved and well respected by those who knew him, Captain Barclay retired in April 1965 with an overwhelming send-off from islanders in Barra and Tiree.
Black and white photograph of nurse Netta MacKinnon of Balemartine.
Nurse Netta MacKinnon of Balemartine in 1961.
`Tooth` of a mechanical harvester
Hooked piece of iron thought to be one of a row of many `teeth` from the blade of a mechanical harvester (tractor- or horse-drawn). The teeth would have combed and separated the crop, while a blade running back and forth along the teeth would have cut the crop. Sold in pairs from Brown`s shop in Balemartine. Found in a fireplace in Kenovay.
Copy of family history of the Hume brothers from 1869-1969 by Mary L. E. Guise.
Family history of the Hume brothers from 1869-1969.
Colour photograph of a birthday party in Sandaig in 1966.
Eighth birthday party for Doreen MacLeish in her grandmother Effie MacLeish`s thatched house in Sandaig Terrace in 1966. L-R: (back) visitor Mrs MacArthur from Glasgow; Ina MacLeish, wife of Charlie; visitor Jenny MacArthur from Glasgow; James MacLeish, Effie`s husband; Effie MacLeish nee MacArthur; Mamie Corbett, Mrs MacArthur`s daughter; George MacLeish, James` and Effie`s son; (front) Charlie MacLeish, James` and Effie`s son.
Information from the Scottish Records Office dated 1986 regarding crofter agitation on Tiree in 1886.
Letter from Murdo MacDonald, archivist at the Scottish Records Office, dated 24/2/1986 to Sandy MacKinnon of Crossapol about his query regarding crofter agitation on Tiree in 1886, detailing the action raised by the Duke of Argyll, the trial and verdict and the cost of copies of the High Court Minute Book.
Black and white photograph of John MacDonald of Burnside, Mannal and Neil MacLean of Hough with a catch of cod in the late 1960s.
Once plentiful on the fishing banks to the north and west of the island, cod and ling were fished commercially in the 19th century using long lines. In the 20th century only the local fishermen still went out to the banks for white fish for which there was a ready market on the island. They used bottom lines for cod, mid-water lines for smaller saithe and mackerel and small lines for flat fish.
Cod were fished using hand lines (‘beairt’) with two to six hooks on each baited with limpets (‘maorach’) or lugworms dug from the beach. Fishing line used to be made from horse hair either by spinning or plaiting it. It was still being made on Tiree in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Mrs Johann MacArthur
