Tunes from the Past
A short story by Alastair MacNeill (born Hynish 1940) – Head Teacher, Banavie Primary School.
Two men go hiking. There is a mysterious encounter at the end.
2026.19.4
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Object Type: composition
2026.19.2
Seall An Reul See the Star
Words and music composed by Alistair MacNeill (born Hynish 1940) – Head Teacher, Banavie Primary School, for pupils who were beginning to learn Gaelic, hence all the repeated words.
2026.19.1
The Happy Valley of Tiree
A melody for pipes by Alistair MacNeill,(born Hynish 1940) – Head Teacher, Banavie Primary School, arranged for pipes by Webster Craig.
Originally composed in 1961, arranged 2025
2023.11.1
Detailed set of instructions for making a ship in a bottle. Written in ink on various scraps of paper with accompanying diagrams. Can perhaps be dated to c1959 as one of the scraps has been taken from a calendar of this year. Other scraps are from headed paper with The Scottish Tube Co. Ltd. printed at the top. The donation came from a house in Balevullin.
2023.6.4
Information about The Jags Foundation and Thistle Pins which relates to the issue of a commerative badge depicting footballer Johnny MacKenzie (1925-2017), Caoles. Can be viewed alongside a colour photograph and an article written at the same time. Also, envelope with an address label which contains a small copy of the colour photograph of Johnny MacKenzie.
2023.6.3
Article in Gaelic and English about footballer ‘The Firhill Flyer’ Johnny MacKenzie (1925-2017), Caoles. Written by the Jags Foundation on the ocassion of the issue of a 2021 commerative pin badge depicting Johnny Mackenzie.
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2022.27.1
Collection of articles, poems, photographs and illustrations by Alistair MacNeill of Hynish (b. 1940). Alistair recollects his experiences competing in the County Sports, Skerryvore Lighthouse, the Great China Tea Race of 1866, rock fishing with a bamboo rod, ‘The Wembly Wizards’ Scottish football team of 1928, gathering tangles (seaweed) for the kelp industry, Ben Nevis, a puffer coal boat at Hynish pier. Includes two covering letters with further information.
2022.1.4
Typed letter to Miss Elsie MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, inviting her to a Social Evening and Dance in April 1945, to be organised by RAF Tiree’s 31 Embarkation Unit.
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2022.1.1
Handwritten letter from the Rev James Taylor, Baptist minister, dated 20 Sep 1947, and addressed to “Dear Brother in the Lord”. He begins by discussing the weather and its affect on grass growth, followed by reflecting on lessons of the Bible. From Lodge Farm, Kirkapol.
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2021.64.1
Typed testimony and poem of Duncan Campbell.
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