CD `It`s About Time` by Calum MacKinnon and Muriel Johnstone
CD of Scottish fiddle and piano music by Calum MacKinnon and Muriel Johnstone. Produced by Skerryvore Records in 2003. Calum was brought up on Tiree and moved to the USA.
Paper on emigration to Western Australia, 2010
Paper entitled `Whiteness on the frontiers of Empire: Hebridean Scots and group settlement in Western Australia 1923-1928` in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 2010.
Paper on ‘The Policy of Boarding Out Children in Scotland` from the mid 1800s to 1960s by Ruth Currie and Alastair Ramage at Glasgow Caledonian University, ca 1995.
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Letter & memorandum about naval service by Cmdr. Mike Gibson, 2011
Letter from Commander Michael Gibson to Dr John Holliday about survivors and relatives of HMS Sturdy that ran aground at Sandaig in October 1940, plus a personal account of his life of service in the Royal Navy. Cmdr Gibson organised the 70th anniversary memorial service and cairn on Tiree in Oct 2010.
Photograph of Tùr Mhic Chalium, Kilkenneth, 2010
Colour photograph of the Tùr Mhic Chalium cairn monument at Kilkenneth in 2010. (Original stored with an in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3)
Photograph of the Sturdy memorial cairn, 2010
Colour photograph of the HMS Sturdy memorial cairn built in 2010 to commemorate the wrecking of the destroyer at Sandaig on 30th Oct. 1940. The wreaths in the photo are dedicated to the five seamen who lost their lives, to Captain Sinclair and people of Tiree who helped in the rescue. Photo taken after the 70th anniversary memorial service on 30th Oct. 2010. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Photograph of relatives of HMS Sturdy personnel at An Iodhlann in 2010
Colour photograph of relatives of the crew of HMS Sturdy at An Iodhlann on 2 Nov. 2010. The Sturdy ran aground at Sandaig during WWII with the loss of 5 lives. A 70th anniversary memorial service was held on Tiree on 30th Oct. 2010. L-R standing: Josie Brown, Mike Hughes, Dawn Springett, Mairi Campbell, Mr Fox; L-R sitting: Mrs Fox, Mrs Eleanor Wise, Commander Mike Gibson, Mrs Barbara Gibson. Original stored in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Information about the MacKinnon family of Balinoe and Balemartine from around 1820, when John MacKinnon `Iain Tuathanach/John the Farmer` was born, through 1924 when his grandson, Donald MacKinnon and family emigrated to New Zealand, to 2010. Compiled by Calum MacKinnon of Seattle, USA, in 2011.
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News article and letter about the HMS Sturdy tribute on Tiree in October 2010.
Navy News (Jan. 2011) article about the `Sturdy cairn` built at Sandaig in 2010 to commemorate the sailors who died and survived, and their rescuers, when the destroyer HMS Sturdy ran aground there in Oct. 1940. Also a letter from Dawn Springett, Australia, a relative of one of those who drowned, who sent in the article.
Austalian press cuttings about RAF Tiree during WWII
Two Australian newspaper articles printed from the internet: (1) About the family of Morrie Foster`s gift of his flight logbook to An Iodhlann in 2007. Foster served in 518 Met Squadron, Tiree, during WWII. (2) About Les Lambert, Australian firefighter who was a wireless operator aboard RAF Halifaxes based on Tiree during WWII. Both articles highlight the link between RAF Tiree and the success of the D-day landings.
