Object Type: newsprint

1997.63.1.1

Photocpy of two newspaper articles `Thank you, Tiree!` and `The Late Captain Allan Campbell, Scarinish`.

(1) Letter to the editor of the People`s Journal by T. Henry Ruddich from near Carlisle who stayed on holiday at `Seaside`, Vaul. He praises Tiree as a holiday destination and includes a four-verse poem. (2) Obituary for Allan Campbell of Deobedal, Scarinsh.

1997.34.2

Newspaper cutting `TheBest Holiday – On Lone Tiree` dated 16/5/1928, with photocopy.

Description of the best holiday of the author (G. R.) – a fortnight staying with an unnamed fisherman and his wife in Ruaig – mentioning the cost of the holiday, the train journey to Oban, the sail to Scarinish, the good weather in Tiree, home cooking, fishing and golfing at Vaul,

1997.39.3

Magazine cutting `The Isles of Sunshine` by Mary Paulin.

Descriptions of Coll and Tiree mentioning the changing popoulation of Tiree, the crofting community, bulb growing, birds, Dun Mor Vaul and the weather. Black and white photographs of the Tiree Pipe Band at Coll Agricultural Show and Scarinish, Tiree.

1997.39.8

Newspaper cutting `Last call for the corncrake?` by Robin Page, with photocopies.

Article about the falling numbers of corncrakes in Britain, the author`s visit to Tiree in 1989, and the recommendation that Tiree is declared an Environmentally Sensitive Area to protect the corncrakes` habitat.

1997.37.4

Newspaper cutting about the organisation Scotland Against Nuclear Dumping, 1988

Photocopy of newspaper cutting from Oban Times, 14/4/1988, re the SAND organisation (Scotland Against Nuclear Dumping).