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Black and white photograph of Sarah MacFarlane at her spinning wheel in the 1920s.

Sarah MacFarlane carding wool at her spinning wheel behind her house in Vaull in the 1920s.

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Other Number: B102

Sarah MacFarlane at her spinning wheel by her house in Vaul in the 1920s

When most of her family died of TB, a deputation of local crofters persuaded her and her one remaining son to move into a new house that they built for them in a day down by the shore. The roof was sealed with road tar that, if put on too hot, ran down the walls.

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