Dates: 1980s

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Magazine article about the `Golf Ball` on Beinn Hynish, ca. 1996.

News article from `Airway`, the magazine of the Civil Aviation Authority/NATS about the radar station or `Golf Ball` on the top of Beinn Hynish, which opened in 1985. Includes colour photographs with one of the staff: Iain MacDonald (Balemartine), Simon Latham (Baugh), Malcolm O`Dea (Balinoe), Roddy Campbell and Duncan MacLean.

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Photograph of Alec MacArthur in form of the `Welcome to Tiree` sign, ca.1984

Black & white photograph of Alec (Beag) MacArthur, Heylipol, sitting in front of a sign “Fàilte do Thiriodh – Welcome to Tiree”, around 1984. (original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3)

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Photograph of a group of crofters by a Loganair plane at Tiree airport in the early 1980s.

Colour photograph of a group of 16 crofters standing next to a Loganair plane at Tiree airport, before embarking on an organised trip in the early 1980s. Participants include Alasdair MacInnes, John Neil Brown, Hugh Archie MacLean, Donald MacArthur. (original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3)

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Leaflet produced by Tiree High School about a film made for a BBC competetion ca. 1985

Leaflet produced by Tiree High School “Notes on the making of `Our island, its ever changing face`”, a film made by secondary school pupils for a BBC Focus/Multibroadcast Video Competition in February 1985 (? – exact year unknown). Despite several setbacks, they achieved 2nd place in a national field of 5000 entries.

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Photograph of Jeanette Straker and Mabel MacArthur at The Glassary restaurant in 1985.

Black & white photograph of Jeanette Straker (waitress) and Mabel MacArthur (proprietor) at the bar of The Glassary restaurant, Sandaig, at its opening in 1984. (original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3)

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Photograph of a double-decker bus on Gott Bay pier, 1981

Black & white photograph of a double-decker bus travelling down Gott Bay pier to the waiting ferry, 1981. The bus was the first of its kind on the Scottish islands. (original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3)

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