Photograph of the HMS Tiree display at Tiree High School, 2012
Colour photograph of the original ship`s bell and flags from HMS Tiree displayed at Tiree High School with information since 1995. HMS Tiree deployed explosives during WWII to disperse wrecks from shipping lanes.
White china mug with black ink artwork depicting map, scenes and wildlife of Tiree. Made specially for sale as a souvenir from Roddy MacKay`s shop at the head of Gott pier during the 1980s-90s.
Handwritten poem `The Fringe of the Sea`, 1970, about fishing amongst small islands
Handwritten poem on headed notepaper from the House of Commons, London 15/8/1970. The poem was originally composed by Jamaican poet A.L.Hendricks (1922-1992) and copied by Richard Buchanan, Labour MP for Glasgow, Springburn (1912-2003), who sent it to Will MacPhee, estate gamekeeper, Scarinish.
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Brochure for the Lodge Hotel 1980
Colour brochure for the Lodge Hotel, Gott Bay for 1980, with information, tarrifs and photographs. The owners at the time were Charles and Liselotte Dobson (cover photo accessioned separately as R113)
List of the Tiree Fire Services resources for Balemartine during 1938-1998
Copied extract from the `History of Scottish Fire Brigades` website listing the stations, Firemasters and equipment of the Balemartine non-mobile volunteer unit during 1938-1998. Firemasters include John MacPhail, Cornaigmore (1938-?), Archie MacKinnon (?-1972), Hector McNeil (1972-1977) and Ian McLeod (1977-1998).
Photograph of brothers Iain and Hugh MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig in 1994
Colour photograph of brothers Iain and Hugh MacKinnon in Cnoc Bhiosta/Kilmoluaig House in 1994. Iain and Hugh were sons of Calum MacKinnon (Chalium Iain Bhan).
Photograph of Iain MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig, holding a framed photograph of himself ploughing with horses
Colour photograph of Iain MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim Iain Bhan) holding a framed colour photograph outside his house `Cnoc Bhiosta`/Kilmoluaig House in the 1990s. The photograph is of himself as a younger man (ca. 1970) with his two-horse plough in a field nearby. It would take him three days to plough the field.
Photograph of Iain MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig, with a horse-drawn plough ca. 1970
Colour photograph taken in 2011 of a close up of a framed photograph belonging to Iain MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim Iain Bhan) of Cnoc Bhiosta/Kilmoluaig House. The photograph shows Iain plouging with his two-horse plough at Kilmoluaig around 1970. It would take three days to complete.
Photograph of Iain MacKinnon (Iain Chaluim Iain Bhan), Netta Gunn & John Gunn in 1990
Colour photograph of L-R: Iain MacKinnon, Netta Gunn and John Gunn sitting by the fireplace in Iain`s house `Cnoc Bhiosta`/Kilmoluaig House in 1990. Iain was the son of Chaluim Iain Bhan, and John was brought up in the house.
Photograph of Cnoc Bhiosta/Kilmoluaig House in 1992
Black & white photograph of the exterior of Cnoc Bhiosta/Kilmoluaig House in 1992, with Netta Gunn and Eilidh at the door.
