Copy of letter dated 2/2/1944 from Lloyd`s of London to Captain Neil MacFadyen.
Letter dated 2/2/1944 from Lloyd`s of London to Captain Neil MacFadyen of Kenovay forwarding him the Lloyd`s Medal for Bravey at Sea.
1999.130.2
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1999.130.11
Copy of signal sent to Arctic Convoy J.W.55B which arrived in Murmansk on 29/12/1943.
Copy of signal sent to Arctic Convoy J.W.55B to Captain Neil MacFadyen of SS `Ocean Victory` which arrived in Murmansk on 29/12/1943.
1999.69.1
Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison
Transcription of a Highland Land League publication of 1918 titled ‘Tiree Food Producers Sent To Prison’.
Courtesy of Mr Hugh MacLeod
During World War I, the Government encouraged people to cultivate unused land. It also instructed the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in 1914 to break up large farms for returning servicemen. The Board decided to take over the lease of 137 acres of Balephetrish farm for small holdings.
However, Thomas Barr, the tenant of Balephetrish farm, claimed £1,243 in compensation which the Board refused to pay although it allocated the land to a number of applicants. By 1918, eight Tiree cottars could wait no longer and ploughed 30 acres of Balephetrish farm and planted potatoes and other crops.
They were arrested and taken to Oban where they were welcomed like heroes by the local branch of the Highland Land League. At the subsequent court hearing they were found guilty and sentenced to ten days in prison with the recommendation that ‘they be treated to the privileges of political prisoners’.
1999.45.1
Aliens File for Tiree from 9/7/1943 to 22/11/1961.
Aliens File for Tiree kept by police from 9/7/1943 to 22/11/1961.
1999.67.1
Six letters dated 4/2/1981 – 12/3/1984 from the Receiver of Wreck, HM Customs & Excise, Oban.
Six letters dated 4/2/1981 – 12/3/1984 from the Receiver of Wreck, HM Customs & Excise, Oban to the Deputy Receiver, Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
1999.67.5
Record of Interment for Soroby graveyard from 21/9/1943 to 20/8/1944.
Record of Interment for Soroby graveyard from 21/9/1943 to 20/8/1944.
2003.86.2
Transcription of the gravestones in MacIntyre Old Pioneer Cemetery in Grey County, Ontario.
Transcription of the gravestones in MacIntyre Old Pioneer Cemetery in MacIntyre`s Corner, Grey County, Ontario.
2003.86.3
Transcription of a gravestone in Auld Kirkyard Fergus, Wellington County, Ontario.
Transcription of a gravestone in Auld Kirkyard Fergus, Wellington County, Ontario in memory of Flora MacDonald 1804-1852, wife of John MacLean, a native of Tiree.
1998.262.1
Post Office Telephones Exchange Diary 25/9/1948 to 16/2/1974, which hung in the Tiree cable hut at Caoles. The cable hut was where the submarine cable from Mull connected to the Tiree exchange (via Coll).
Click here to view extract
One of the first and longest serving telephone engineers was Donald Quintin Campbell, whose signature appears next to most entries in the diary during 1948-1968.
1998.273.1
Caledonian MacBrayne ledger 1957 to 1959.
Caledonian MacBrayne ledger from May 1957 to May 1959 recording inward cargo dues..