Adze used for boat-building and/or carpentry. Used by Eoghan Ruadh and his family in Vaul for boat-building and by his son Lachlan during the construction of the Tiree pier ca. 1912. Found in Donald Brown`s boatshed in Vaul.
Child`s T-shirt in aid of the Tiree Swimming Pool fund.
Cotton T-shirt for a child aged 9-11 in black with yellow duck design on front, sold in aid of the Tiree Swimming Pool fund.
Black and orange striped drugget.
Black and orange striped drugget (232 x 84 mm) with blue cotton tasselled fringe, made from Tiree wool and woven in Tiree, found in Salum House in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Collection of assorted WWII bandages and dresssings from the airport.
Nineteen shell dressings in their original cotton wrappers, 5 unopened packs of gauze, 3 triangular bandages, pack of 1 lb of tow, half a pack of surgical lint, 2 India rubber bandages, 3 medicated wound dressings, 3 burn dressings, 3 finger dressings, wooden finger splint, roll of Elastoplast, 2 safety pins and a contents label for a First Aid pack.
Tiree knitwear polo-neck jumper in natural wool.
Tiree knitwear polo-neck jumper in natural wool.
The Campbell-Stokes Heliograph sunshine recorder from Tiree Met Station.
Courtesy of Mr Ray Sharp
The Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder was invented in 1853 by John Francis Campbell, the editor of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, and modified by Sir George Gabriel Stokes in 1879. It consists of a glass sphere, about ten centimetres in diameter, mounted on a metal stand.
Manufactured to Met Office specification, the glass sphere focuses the rays of the sun to an intense spot which chars a mark on a curved graduated card mounted concentrically with the sphere. As the earth rotates, the position of the spot moves across the card. The card is held in place by grooves, of which there are three overlapping sets, to allow for the height of the sun during different seasons of the year.
Its main advantage is its simplicity and ease of use. However, the results require interpretation by an observer and may differ from one person to another.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet from Salum House and worn in the late 19th or early 20th century. All items are black. The skirt has a black netted overskirt, the blouse has black beadwork and a netted overlay and the bonnet is black crocheted wool.
Cannonball.
Iron cannonball found on the south end of Traigh Bhi.
Air ambulance blanket from around 1970.
Blue/grey blanket with maroon ribbon edging and BEA in maroon stitching, used in the Heron air ambulance around 1970.
