Wood-handled brass Post Office seal imprinted “Balemartine P.O”, plus sticks of sealing wax in their metal container.
2016.39.1
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Object Type: artefact
2016.38.1
Home-made, brass, cigarette lighter, made by Iain MacKinnon, Vaul, in the 1930s, using parts from an old grease-gun.
2016.37.1
Gold medal engraved with “Tiree Athletic Sports,1903, Best all round champion, Archibald MacLean” on one side, and “Presented by H M Diarmid Esq.” on the other side. Archibald MacLean lived at Whitehouse, Cornaigmore. His father was Donald MacLean and his mother Margaret Ann Farquharson. His siblings were Donald, Alexander, Thomas, Eliza, Margaret and Christina. Hugh (Mac)Diarmid was the Estate Factor at the time.
2016.36.1
Metal dessert spoon engraved with ‘NAAFI’ on the handle and encrusted with dark substance. Found in the ground in a stackyard in Barrapol in 2016, it would originally have been part of the cutlery stock of one of the RAF NAAFIs on Tiree (probably Hough) during WWII, but has since been used for mixing paint/varnish/glue on the croft.
2016.35.1
Black, tin first aid box used at Tiree airport in the 1960s. Includes dressings, dressing checklist and advice leaflet (2016.35.2).
2016.34.6
Flag of British Columbia, Canada. Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2016.34.5
National flag of South Africa. Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2016.34.4
Welsh national flag. Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2016.34.3
Scottish Lion flag (x2). Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.
2016.34.2
St George’s Cross national flag of England. Flown at A’ Bhuain – Tiree Homecoming 2016.