An envelope bearing the postmark RAF PO Tiree 12 July 1944. Sent by Air Commodore E J D Townesend. A Post Office manned by RAF personnel was opened at RAF Tiree on 15 Nov 1943.
An envelope bearing the postmark Middleton – Scarinish – Isle of Tiree 8 July 1970 with 4d Scottish stamp
An envelope bearing the postmark Balemartine – Scarinish – Isle of Tiree 7 July 1970 with 4d Scottish stamp
A postcard bearing the Scarinish postmark. Date unclear. With 3d Scottish stamp
Strathclyde Region Valuation Roll for ward no. 16 – Tiree & Coll, 1975-76. Lists all buildings and properties on Tiree, along with the owner`s name, the occupier`s name and the property`s gross annual value and rateable value.
Hardback book ‘Carmina Gadelica – Ortha nan Gaidheal, Vol. VI’ of hymns and incantations from the highlands and islands of Scotland, translated into English by Alexander Carmichael, 1900.
Scanned copy of a newspaper cutting lent by Captain George Campbell of Kenovay. It shows members and friends at the Tiree Pipe Band dinner and dance held in Scarinish Hotel. A post-it note on the back reads ‘As promised, Archie’ and is dated ‘Apr 4/70’ on the front in ink.
Audio cassette recording of Hector Campbell, from Barrapol (Anne Brown’s brother), reciting poetry in around 1980. Inside the cassette case is a type-written copy of Walter de la Mare’s ‘Autumn‘.
Book ‘The Hebrides at War’ by Mike Hughes, 1998. An illustrated account of the men and women who served and lived in Oban and the Hebrides during World War II. From the belongings of the MacDonald/MacCorquodale/MacLean family of Kenovay.
Blue and gold, metal Ontario Mod badge mounted on a wooden plaque with plate inscribed “1979, The Walter McFadyen Memorial Trophy, Solo Singing, Song Composed in Canada”. From the belongings of the MacDonald/MacCorquodale/MacLean family of Kenovay.
