Greetings card titled “Compliments of the Season” showing a photograph of a steam ship “Loading produce, West Devonport” from around 1900. Amongst the belongings of the MacDonald/Campbell/Brown family of Mannal House.
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Collection of 73 cigarette cards from the 1930s. Includes samples from four different series: Our King and Queen, RAF Badges, Household Hints, Dogs. Found in ‘Four Winds’, Kilmoluaig.
Nuclear attack survival pamphlets and envelope prepared by the Central Office of Information in 1962, and issued by Womens Voluntary Service (WVS), to accompany the ‘One in Five Talks’ held throughout Britain. Includes information about shelter, what foods to store, avoiding heat and flames, medical provisions. Found in ‘Four Winds’, Kilmoluaig.
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Two small identical cards collected from Brooke Bond tea packets in the late 1960’s, showing an illustration of the tea clipper ‘Taeping’ on one side and with information on the other. The Taeping was captained by Donald MacKinnon, Heanish, during the Great China Tea Race of 1866.
Card funeral sheet celebrating the life of Neil Brownlie, Barrapol (1925-2015), with a colour photograph of Neil and his dog on the front, and lyrics for two hymns inside (Morning has Broken; The Lord’s My Shepherd). The service was held at Falkirk Crematorium in January 2015. Neil wrote many stories, songs and articles about Gaelic culture and history.
Tiree Association souvenir programme for their Jubilee Gathering, 1950
Small card-covered souvenir programme of events by the Tiree Association to celebrate the Jubilee anniversary of the association in 1950. Includes a notice about the Jubilee Gathering concert and dance, a word from the event Chairman – the Duke of Argyll, articles about the association, emminent members of the association, the committee (including photos) and memories of Tiree by the diaspora, and adverts. Signed inside by Flora MacKinnon, Ardnafuaran.
Brochure for Tigh a` Rudha Eventide Home, ca 2000
Photocopy of black & white brochure describing the old people`s home in Scarinish around 2000. Includes information on numbers of bedrooms, facilities and activities.
Notice to mariners about Scarinish Lighthouse, 1936
Printed scan of an original bill-board notice to mariners issued by the Northern Lighthouse Board in 1936 regarding a change to the character (flashes and brightness) of Scarinish Lighthouse on the 1st October 1936.
Front cover of a Bernard D Smith & Son calendar
Cardboard front cover of a calendar(? 2013?) made by and advertising Bernard D Smith & Son builders, West Hynish, showing a black & white photograph of the coal puffer `Anzac` unloading coal on Caoles beach in 1952. Photograph accessioned separately as U152.
Information about three Australian RAAF servicemen serving on Tiree during WWII
Information about three Australian RAAF servicemen who died in 1944, along with 13 others, when the Halifax aircraft they were flying in collided with another during training over Tiree: William Arthur Graham, Thomas Stephens and John Alexander Peterson.
