Minute book of the Coll Education Sub-committee from 1952 to 1962.
Minute book of the Coll Education Sub-committee from 1952 to 1962, including some correspondence 1958-61about Arinagour School and a telegram from Buckingham Palace dated 9th February 1952 acknowledging a telgram of sympathy sent by the Convener of Coll District Council.
Collection of assorted croft and household receipts paid by John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Assorted croft and household receipts paid by John MacKinnon of Lodge Farm, Kirkapol including a 1940 bill from J. H. MacDonald for a coffin, a 1940 bill from D. & H. MacArthur Stores in Scarinish a 1934 bill from joiner and contractor Hugh MacDonald of Kenovay, a 1949 wireless licence and a 1975 bill from Andrew Irvine, Tighnabruaich.
Collection of Council Rateable Valuation Notices and Rate receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
Three Council Rateable Valuation Notices for 1956 and 1961-2 for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol; collection of rates receipts from 1941 to 1968.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol from 1956 to 1967.
Collection of rent receipts for Lodge Farm, Kirkapol paid by Elsie MacKinnon between 1956 and 1967.
Six invoices from the Wool Marketing Board to John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated 1953-61.
Five invoices from the Wool Marketing Board to John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol dated 1953-61, giving weight, grade of wool and price per pound (lb); one invoice from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries British Wool Section, undated.
Colour photograph of Captain Donald Archie MacLean of Kilmoluaig.
Caledonian MacBrayne skipper Captain Donald Archie MacLean (1923-1997) of Lochside, Kilmoluaig.
Hardback book `Fit for Heroes?` by Leah Leneman.
Land settlement in post-World War I Scotland.
Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2000.
Janet MacIntosh of Caoles and Balinoe talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2000 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her pastimes, the delivery of a telegram from Balinoe Post Office, wartime and the pictures, the funeral of 16 RAF crew members who died in a plane crash, monthly ceilidhs, dances and Gaelic plays, travelling shops, funerals, transport, gathering and cooking seafood and seaweed, and the health benefits of sea water.
Audio cassette recording of Margaret Green of Mannal talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Margaret Green of Mannal talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about her childhood holidays in Mannal and playing with the other children on the shore, the people who lived in Mannal, the fishing boats and sharing the catch, fishing for sea-bream in June, her blind great-grandfather whose house was set on fire during the Clearances, a story about the curse put on the factor of the time, visiting relatives and friends, and returning to Glasgow laden with parcels of eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes and sometimes a chicken.
Beachcombers on Balevullin beach in the 1960s
Photograph of Ernest Richardson and Mary MacLean beachcombing at Balevullin.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Ernest Richardson and his sister-in-law Mary MacLean are pictured here beachcombing at Balevullin in the 1960s. Mary is carrying a basket used for measuring herring. Four of these baskets made one cran.
The unwritten local rules allow everything below the high water mark on the beach to be taken. On an island with no trees, the most valuable find was wood. It was common for skippers to carry an extra deck load of timber to sell on the west coast and this was often lost in storms or gales.
During World War II, goods washed up on Tiree’s shores included boxes of lard from the USA, fruit such as bananas and grapefruit, export cigarettes in tins, bales of coarse crepe rubber and, after the ‘Empress of Britain’ sank off Ireland, five gallon drums of turpentine.
Black and white photograph of Ernest Richardson and Mary MacLean in the 1960s.
Beachcombers on Balevullin beach in the 1960s. L-R: Ernest Richardson and his sister-in-law Mary MacLean.
