Information regarding wartime buildings on Tiree
Printed emails, weblinks, photographs and text by Martin Briscoe regarding the names, locations and purposes of some of the wartime buildings still apparent on Tiree since the 1930s.
Click here to view 2013.103.1 (version 2, June 2016)
Newspaper obituary about Kenneth Stewart, the last laird of Coll, 2012
Original and photocopy of an obituary from The Herald newspaper for Kenneth Stewart (1924-2012), farmer and the last laird of Coll.
Poster titles and photographs from a project to create a `Living Arts` banner in 1995
Card-mounted titles and information, plus original photographs, from a photographic exhibition explaining the purpose and aims of the Tiree Community Banner `A Patchwork of Memories` made by the Craft Club, Tigh a Rhuda residents and school children in 1995. Photographs accessioned separately T195-199 and U100-104.
Information about mimicry of bird calls in Gaelic song
Print out of email and internet page about a song and dance performance that mimics in Gaelic the wild birds of the Hebrides.
Information about some of the photos in book `Tiree – War among the Barley and Brine`, 2013
Printed email from Wing Cdr Bryn Lewis, formerly of RAF Tiree, with the names of people he served with from some of the photos in the book `Tiree – War among the Barley and Brine`. Names included: Smith, Sturdy, Parrot, Worthington, Greig, McKeown, Chapman, Porazka, Pickering, Hopkins, Bateson, May, Hill, Moorhouse, Reid, Kemsley, Newman, Western, Lewis, Hogarth, Hind, Hockin, Clark, Williams, Grace MacArthur, Ann MacArthur, May MacArthur. (individual photos held by An Iodhlann updated accordingly)
Information about HMS Sturdy
Printed letter, information and images from Dawn Springett, Australia, regarding the WWII destroyer HMS Sturdy that was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in 1940 with the loss of 5 lives. Includes information on crewmember Percy Cornford.
Information about Australian Flight Officer Thomas Stephens who died in an air collision on Tiree in 1944.
Notices from Australian newspaper `The Argus` in September 1944, about the death of FO. Thomas Stephens who was killed in the mid-air collision between to Halifax aircraft over Tiree in 1944; information about Stephens from the Commonwealth War Graves website; photocopy of a notice in `Vetaffairs` 2012 seeking relatives and friends of Thomas Stephens and the crew of HMS Sturdy.
Photograph of harvesting at Ailig MacArthur`s croft in August 2012
Colour photograph of baling in mid-August 2012 in excellent conditions on Ailig a` Chiobair`s (MacArthur) croft at Heylipol. Looking east from Taigh Dhonnchadh Dhomhnall Bhain at Ceosabh (now Bruce & Francis Kemps). This whole crofting operation was carried out in 2 days whereas over 50 years ago the former type of harvesting in this field would be undertaken over a period of 4 months through the various stages of harvesting. Original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Newspaper page with mention of Dr Angus MacNiven and Donald Meek, 2012
Page from The Scotsman newspaper in 2012 mentioning Dr Angus MacNiven in an article about a planned film about RD Laing (eminent British psychiatrist). Dr MacNiven had connections with the farm occupied by “Bell Bheag” today. On the reverse is a letter to the editor by Prof. Donald Meek, Caolas, criticising the proposed Teaching Quality Assesment (TQA). Includes photocopies of both articles.
