Vaul Golf Club captain`s report for 1998-9 and financial report for 1998.
Report for 1998-9 by John Gorman, retiring Vaul Golf Club captain, and financial report for 1998.
2000.31.3
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Dates: 1990s
2000.31.4
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding historian Eric Cregeen of Tiree, and another regarding John Francis Campbell, 1998.
Two articles in `Scottish Studies No. 32` regarding Eric Cregeen: (1) `Eric Radcliffe Cregeen 1921-1983` by Margaret MacKay, Director of the School of Scottish Studies, (2) `Oral Tradition and History in a Hebridean Island` – a critical assessment of oral history as a historical source by Eric Cregeen. (3) ‘Here I am in Another World: John Francis Campbell and Tiree’ by Margaret MacKay.
2001.86.1
Audio cassette recording of a talk by Gaelic poet Aonghais MacNeacail held in An Iodhlann in May 2001.
Talk ‘A Conversation with Poems’ by Gaelic poet Aonghais MacNeacail, 1997 Scottish Writer of the Year, held in An Iodhlann on 2nd May 2001 with introductions by Margaret Campbell and Dr John Holliday and music by Dr Holliday and Neil Oliver. Aonghais mixes readings of his poems and translations into English with stories of his childhood in Uig, Skye and his work as a film-maker and journalist. (Continued on AC258)
2001.43.1
Collection of labelled seashells gathered on Gott Bay in 1999.
Collection of 121 species of identified seashells gathered by Christine Street on Gott Bay in September 1999.
2001.59.1
Printout from donor`s website about the Volunteer Fire Brigade on Tiree.
Information about the Volunteer Fire Brigade in Tiree stationed at Scarinish and Balemartine between 1938 and 1998.
1998.291.1
Audio cassette recording of Johnny MacKenzie of Caoles talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Johnny MacKenzie of Caoles talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about his early years in Tiree and Glasgow, his career as a football player with Partick Thistle, the war years and playing football in the army, the teams he played for, the staff, players, management and support at Partick Thistle, conditions and kit, diet and routine before and after playing, great players and partnerships, travelling and playing for Scotland, injuries and the game today and his memories after retiring from football.
1999.284.1
Audio cassette recording of Donald MacArthur, Middleton talking to Maggie Campbell in December 1999.
Donald MacArthur of Middleton talks to Maggie Campbell in December 1999 about crofting today compared to how it was when he started, how the wetter weather, subsidies for late cutting and fewer people working the land have contributed to the change from hay-making to silage, about using fertilisers rather than seaweed, keeping cattle outside because of SEPA rules, the changes in cattle transportation and the paperwork involved, changing prices, the effects of BSE, a strong pound and subsidies; he gives his thoughts about the future of crofting in Tiree, diversification, the need for community spirit and religious faith.
2000.16.1
Audio cassette recording of Donneil Kennedy talking to Dr John Holliday in January 2000.
Donneil Kennedy talks to Dr John Holliday in January 2000 about his earliest memories in wartime Glasgow, his summer holidays in Moss and Crossapol with stories of his uncles Sandy and John, stories of the ‘Houf’ in Glasgow and Ewen McColl’s Critics group in London, the story of the septic tank on his return to Tiree, life as a building surveyor in Nigeria and finishes with two more childhood stories from Tiree. (Continued on AC196)
2000.16.2
Audio cassette recording of Donneil Kennedy talking to Dr John Holliday in January 2000.
Donneil Kennedy talks to Dr John Holliday in January 2000 about his earliest memories in wartime Glasgow, his summer holidays in Moss and Crossapol with stories of his uncles Sandy and John, stories of the ‘Houf’ in Glasgow and Ewen McColl’s Critics group in London, the story of the septic tank on his return to Tiree, life as a building surveyor in Nigeria and finishes with two more childhood stories from Tiree.
1999.280.1
Audio cassette recording of Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol talking to Maggie Campbell in December 1999.
Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol talks to Maggie Campbell in December 1999 about starting work at Edinburgh Airport fire service in 1968, returning to Tiree in 1971 when a qualified fire-fighter, the first flights from the Reef in the 1930s, the construction of Tiree airport during WWII, the people who worked at the airport, the many jobs fire-fighters were expected to do, the regular pilots, air ambulance procedures, Met Station reports, compulsory courses and air crash simulations, various stories about passenger flights and the differences between working at Tiree and Edinburgh airports.