Collection of five colour photographs showing the Lord of the Isles ferry and construction of the roll-on roll-off jetty at Gott Bay pier in 1992. One photo is digitised and accessioned separately: 2015.33.5.
2015.33.3
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Dates: 1990s
2016.18.5
Colour photograph of cattle on board the ferry MV Claymore berthed in Oban around 1998.
2016.18.4
Colour photograph of staff and visitors in An Iodhlann around 1998. L-R: Dr John Holliday, Balephuil; unknown visitor; unknown visitor.
2016.18.3
Colour photograph of staff and visitors in An Iodhlann around 1998. L-R: Dr John Holliday, Balephuil; Duncan Grant, Ruaig; unknown visitor; unknown visitor; Alasdair Sinclair, Brock.
2015.54.5
Weather data collected at the Tiree Metereological Office, January 1928 to September 2015: max. temp; min. temp; af (days); rain; sunshine hours.
2015.64.1
Printed memoir of a childhood spent on Tiree during WWII by Barry Kerr, 2015. Barry’s father, George (Jock) Kerr, was posted on the island as an RAF Signals and Telegraph Officer. Barry recalls the ‘black house’ he lived in at Balephetrish, the coal puffers, Cornaig school and prisoners of war.
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2015.57.5
Five copies of ‘West Highland Notes and Queries’ by the Society of West Highland and Island Historical Research: May 1973 – inhabitants of Coll; May 1977 – Donald MacLeod of Talisker’s links with Coll; January 2014 – Ua Neill pedigrees, 1467 MacEwens, first MacLeans, Breacachadh; October 2014 – article about Coll MacColl; August 2015 – the setting of rents on Tiree 1662-1716.
2015.52.1
One of the ceramic red poppies from the display of 888,246 from the Tower of London in 2014 commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war. Each represented one British or colonial life lost. Bought and donated by Greta Travers who was posted to Tiree as a WAAF in 1945, during the second world war. The poppy was placed in the ground in front of the RAF Halifax memorial at Tiree’s airport for a while during 2015. See also 2017.12.2
2015.50.5
Article in Fiddler magazine, 2010, about fiddler Calum MacKinnon, Seattle, whose Gaelic parents were from Tiree. Calum taught fiddle at Fèis Thiriodh 1998, and played at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2015.50.4
Article in the Scots Magazine by Peter Myres recalling his maritime adventures around Tiree in 2009. Titled ‘Boat Daft on Tiree’ he writes about the ferries and puffers and a trip to Coll. Includes colour photographs of Travee from Balephuil, the ferry Claymore in 1962, hoisting a old Alvis car from the Claymore, the puffer Lascar, and Sheena Beck, Ruaig, with her children Drew, Robin and Margaret in 1962. Pages 408-412.