Softback book ‘Eilean Uaine Thiriodh / The Green Isle of Tiree’ by Margaret Bennett and Eric Rose, 2014. Signed “Presented to An Iodhalnn by Ethel MacCallum, May 2015”, it is a biography of Ethel MacCallum who, in 1942, was evacuated from an orphanage in Glasgow to the Island of Tiree. She became fluent in Gaelic and, with her natural gift for music and song, was encouraged to write her own compositions. The book includes some of her original work on a CD.
Typical crofter’s work clothing displayed during the Agriculture exhibition in 2012: blue denim dungarees, blue denim jacket, checked cotton shirt, green/grey cloth cap, green rain hat, red neck scarf, black belt, sturdy walking boots.
VHS video titled ‘An Sgoth’, which could mean either ‘the skiff (sailing boat)’ or ‘the cloud’. Probably the former.
VHS video and DVD of two Tiree Wave Classic windsurfing competitions, in 1989 and 1991, including footage from Balevullin, Crossapol and Traigh Thorasadail.
VHS video and DVD ‘Coastal Cruising – Western Isles, 1969-1988’. Compilation of footage of sea travels around the Western Isles including Tiree.
Newspaper cutting about an exhibition of paintings by Duncan MacGregor Whyte in Oban in 1984, including a photograph of his daughter-in-law, Mrs Ena MacGregor Whyte, at the exhibition. Duncan MacGregor Whyte was a prolific painter of Tiree scenes and Tiree people during the early 1900s, and built a studio at Balephuil.
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Card funeral sheet celebrating the life of Neil Brownlie, Barrapol (1925-2015), with a colour photograph of Neil and his dog on the front, and lyrics for two hymns inside (Morning has Broken; The Lord’s My Shepherd). The service was held at Falkirk Crematorium in January 2015. Neil wrote many stories, songs and articles about Gaelic culture and history.
Softback book ‘Eilean Uaine Thiriodh’ by Margaret Bennett and Eric Rose, 2014. ‘The Green Isle of Tiree’ is a biography of Ethel MacCallum who, in 1942, was evacuated from an orphanage in Glasgow to the Island of Tiree. She became fluent in Gaelic and, with her natural gift for music and song, was encouraged to write her own compositions. The book includes some of her original work on a CD.
Handwritten letter from Gerald Stock dated 10/2/98, concerning Duncan MacLean who was killed during a German U-boat attack on the SS Scottish Monarch in WWI, and whose parents lived at Gott. Mr Stock was put in touch with Les Crawte, Milton, who produced the Tiree Roll of Honour.
Black & white photograph of Fire Service personnel at an event, possibly an award ceremony, at the Lodge or Scarinish Hotel around 1990. Back L-R: Fire Master J Jameson; Councillor I Bell; Volunteer Leading Fireman Stewart Langley, Kirkapol; SDO Martin, Volunteer Leading Fireman Ian MacLeod, Kilmoluaig. Front L-R: Volunteer Fireman Alasdair MacDonald, Mannal (wearing a medal); Mary Flora MacDonald, Mannal; Mrs Josie Fletcher, Balemartine; Volunteer Fireman John Fletcher, Balemartine (wearing a medal); Vice Convener J Donnolly.
