Head of a Mark 4G anemometer from the Tiree Met Office.
2002.6.1
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Dates: 2000s
2002.1.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, issue 260, 18/12/2001.
Local news and events.
2002.2.1
Newspaper article `Norman`s debt to Billy Connolly` by James Millar.
Article about Norman MacLean, singer and comedian, whose father came from the Green.
2002.3.1
Audio cassette `Dancing with Angus MacPhail` recorded on mini-disc in Cruachan, Balemartine on 26/12/01.
Angus MacPhail playing accordion music for quadrille dances in `Cruachan`, Balemartine on 26/12/2001. Introduction by Dr John Holliday.
2002.4.2
Newspaper article in the Oban Times `Community News – Tiree` by Janet MacIntosh.
Items discussed at a Community Council meeting, Parish Church social, Baptist Church sale of work, Christmas fayre, the severe weather and disappointment that funding for the new mart has been turned down again.
2002.4.3
Colour photograph of protesters for the Tiree Mart at the airport, 2001.
Protesters at the airport demonstrating their support for the Tiree Mart to various dignitaries, including MP George Lyon, arriving for a meeting on the island in December 2001.
2002.4.4
Colour photograph of protesters for the Tiree Mart at the airport, 2001.
Protesters at the airport demonstrating their support for the Tiree Mart to various dignitaries, including MP George Lyon, arriving for a meeting on the island in December 2001.
2002.4.6
Colour photograph of Fiona MacCrae and Charlie Self.
Photograph of Fiona MacRae, Balevullin and Charlie Self, RSPB Coll, at a farewell party in Caoles in August 2001 before leaving for 3 years to stay in Aride in the Seychelles.
2002.4.8
Colour photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock modelling a woman`s bonnet, blouse and skirt.
Alasdair Sinclair photographed in August 2001 in front of An Iodhlann modelling a woman`s black bonnet, blouse and skirt made in the early 20th century.
2002.4.7
Kelp ridge at the foot of Kennavara.
Photograph of an old kelp ridge at the foot of Kennavara.
Kelp is a general name for long-stemmed brown seaweeds, of which, it is estimated, there are over 300,000 tonnes around the shores of Tiree. Its ashes were a rich source of the soda and potash needed to make soap and glass, and to bleach linen.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Britain was unable to import alkalis from Spain and the price for kelp ash soared from £2 to £12 a ton. The estate encouraged people to come to Tiree to work in the booming industry and the population reached 4,450 in 1831.
Kelp was cut with a sickle from the rocks at spring low tides, dried on stone ridges by the shore and then burnt in the summer in long U-shaped pits. These ridges and pits can still be seen around the shore, particularly at Craiginnis, and between Kennavara and Traigh Bhì.
Colour photograph of kelp-drying ridge at Kennavara.
Old ridge at the foot of Kennavara once used to dry kelp.