Original receipt from Malcom MacLean General Merchant, Ruaig (Calum Salum`s shop), to Mrs Kirsty Laird, Edinburgh, for a refrigerator and fittings, and Calor gas. Dated 28th Oct. 1966.
Receipt dated 28th October 1966 from Malcolm MacLean, General Merchant, Ruaig (Calum Salum`s shop), for a refrigerator, fittings and Calor gas. In the 1920s and 30s, there were over 35 shops scattered about the island, selling anything from `a needle to an anchor`.