Extract from newpaper the Dundee Advertiser in 1861 detailing the difficulties faced by Rev John Gregorson Campbell in becoming accepted by the people of Tiree as their minister, and subsequent resolution of the matter by the General Assembly.
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Extract from newpaper The Glasgow Herald in 1861 detailing the difficulties faced by Rev John Gregorson Campbell in becoming accepted by the people of Tiree as their minister, and subsequent resolution of the matter by the General Assembly.
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Tailor’s metal, open-ended thimble belonging to the father of Donald MacKinnon, Hough. He trained with the tailor in Kilkenneth in the 1920s.
Newspaper cutting of a biography of Guy W Jardine, piermaster and owner of the Coll Hotel in the 1970s. Includes photo. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
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Notes and information about the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856
Three pages of typed notes about the Balephuil fishing disaster of 1856, compiled by Alan Boyd in 2014.
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Post Office telegram, 1951
Photocopy of a Post Office telegram to Flora MacKinnon (now Flora MacLean, Druimfraoich): “Congratulations on being twenty-one. Mary Ian and Angus”, dated 29 June 1951. Sent by George Paterson, Crossapol, from Balemartine PO to Middleton PO (postmaster Calum MacArthur). Includes photocopy of envelope.
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Newspaper article about the Balephuil fishing disaster, 1856
Photocopy of a newspaper article from the Glasgow Herald, July 1856 (and typed transcript by donor), about the loss of nine fishermen in a storm off Balephuil in 1856. Thirty-nine men set off fishing in six boats but were overtaken by a gale. Thirty out of thirty-three men survived in three boats that made it to Islay. All six were lost from one boat that came ashore on Coll.
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Portable sewing machine, ca 1900
Ornate, pearled, hand-operated, `Medium` sewing machine in an ornate wooden carrying case, made in Glasgow by Kimball & Morton between 1887 and 1910. Includes cotton thread manufactured by J&P Coats, Paisley. Belonged to Maggie Robertson. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
Cobblers last for making shoes
Iron cobblers last from Lachainn Beag Lachainn Chaluim, Balemartine.
Wooden, pedal-operated spinning wheel made by Archie MacLean (Èirdsidh an Tuairneir), Cornaigmore. On loan from Mary MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish
