Printed short story ‘Home is the Sailor’ by Alistair MacNeill, Hynish and North Berwick, 2017, about a boy who stows away on a coal puffer at Tiree. In English.
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Dates: 1980s
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Softback book ‘Sreathan anns a’ Ghainmhich – bàrdachd, duanagan is òrain’ le Dòmhnall Eachann Meek, 2017. ‘Lines in the Sand’ is a collection of 136 poetry, rhymes and songs written by Professor Emeritus Donald E Meek (Falkirk and Caoles), inspired by the people and places of Tiree. 266 pages entirely in Gaelic.
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Red ‘Orfeo’ accordion belonging to Robert Nisbet, Heanish. Includes travel case.
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Burgess magnetic recording tape of Mary Davies (1929-2006), Crossapol, singing Brownie songs. Includes original box.
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School Summary registers for Cornaigmore Secondary School, 1965-1993, listing date, class number, number on roll, number of abscences. Does not contain pupils’ or teachers’ names. Eight volumes.
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Class Summary registers for Cornaigmore Secondary School, 1971-1991, containing abstracts of daily registers and term summaries, listing date, class number, number on roll, days open, possible attendances, number of abscences. Does not contain pupils’ or teachers’ names. Thirty volumes.
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Daily Registers for Cornaigmore Secondary School, 1963-1988, listing pupils’ names, date of birth, address, name of parent or guardian, admission date. Includes sick notes from parents and various other papers. Stored in batches: 1963-1969, 13 volumes; 1970-1979, 37 volumes; 1980-1988, 40 volumes.
This, and all other school admission registers that we held, has now been returned to Argyll & Bute Council archives
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Daily Registers for Cornaigmore Primary School, 1963-1994, listing pupils’ names, date of birth, address, name of parent or guardian, admission date. Includes sick notes from parents and various other papers. Stored in batches: 1963-1969, 17 volumes; 1970-1979, 30 volumes; 1980-1989, 25 volumes; 1989-1994, 19 volumes.
This, and all other school admission registers that we held, has now been returned to Argyll & Bute Council archives
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Spring-bound, typed lesson notes titled ‘A Scottish Gaelic Primer’ by Iain D. Macleod, Toronto, 1986. A handwritten Prologue taped to the front page states that the notes were written by the top student of the Advanced class of the Toronto Gaelic Society language courses in 1985-86.
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Colour photograph of the captain of the Queen Mary cruise ship preparing to drop a wreath commemorating the wrecking of the destroyer HMS Sturdy at Sandaig during WWII.
Organised by Commander Michael Gibson of Plymouth, the wreath was thrown overboard in the summer of 2015 as the Queen Mary cruised past the Hebrides. HMS Sturdy foundered during a storm in October 1940. Five lives were lost, but were it not for the actions of Tiree folk, in particular Captain Donald Sinclair, the toll would have been much higher. The dedication on the wreath reads: “Dedicated to the bravery of Captain Donald Sinclair and those who helped in the rescue effort of HMS Sturdy and in remembrance of all those lost on Empire Eland in 1941”. Captain Sinclair was on the Empire Eland when it was torpedoed by a U-boat in the Atlantic.