Admission Register for Balemartine School 1945-1971
Admission register for pupils attending Balemartine School from 20 Sept 1945 to 13 April 1971, giving date of admission, pupils’ full name and date of birth, name of parent or guardian, relationship, address, name of last school, date of leaving, and cause of leaving or where gone. Birth dates range from 1933 to 1966. On loan to An Iodhlann from Tiree High School, Cornaig. Also contains loose sheets of handwritten notes about (1) new address of Mrs J Grieve, mother of Carol Ann and Alexander Moncrieff Grieve, when they left Tiree for Kirkaldy, Fife, (2) the date of birth and religion of brothers James and David McCrae of West Hynish, and the name of their guardian – Bella MacKinnon. Lists the previous school of 80 boarded-out children. Includes separate daily register for year ending July 1971 recorded by teacher Mary MacPhail. Also leaflet produced by wartime authorities “War Emergency Information and Instructions” (photocopy 2009.56.2, filing cabinet 9, drawer 2).
This, and all other school admission registers that we held, has now been returned to Argyll & Bute Council archives
Short report by Peter G Rackliff (MAO 518 Squadron 1943-1945) of his private investigation into the fatal mid-air collision between two Halifax meteorolgical survey planes over Tiree during World War II, in which all 16 crew members died. Draws on evidence from the official `Report on a Flying Accident (Form 765c)` – August 1944, `Weather conditions and Air tests`, extracts from independent eyewitness accounts of crofter Hugh MacLean, Barrapol and shepherd David McClounnan, and extracts from the `Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry (Form 412)`.
In his covering note, the author writes, “This accident has always troubled me; a chance in a million or more. I have done my best with what was available… With P/O Organ having just broken out of cloud, he could still have been losing height, whereas we know that P/O Turner had been ‘climbing up’ beyond the runway. If Organ had not banked to starboard it’s possible that his aircraft would have just passed beneath S-Sugar. They were so close that his maneouvre ensured contact with his port wing, but it was a natrual reaction to turn away, in a vain effort to avoid a collision” . Includes ring-bound updated version donated 17 Aug 2014.
County of Argyll Valuation Roll for the parish of Tiree, 1950-1951. Lists all buildings and properties on Tiree, along with the owner`s name, the occupier`s name and the property`s gross annual value and rateable value.
County of Argyll Valuation Roll for the parish of Tiree, 1971-1972. Lists all buildings and properties on Tiree, along with the owner`s name, the occupier`s name and the property`s gross annual value and rateable value.
Report on the Truck System in Scotland by Alexander Redgrave, HM Chief Inspector of Factories, in 1887. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. Includes a section about the Glassary Factory on Tiree.
Report of An Commun Tirisdeach (Tiree Association) Treasurer`s Accounts for year ended 31 March 1978, and notice of AGM on 17th May 1978 with agenda. Also lists members of Management Committee, donations and membership.
