Copy of a newspaper photograph titled `The First Since May: An MP at the coal boat`.
Photograph of Mr Macquisten, MP for Argyll, on the quay at Tiree when the first cargo of coal was brought to the island after a stoppage in 1924 or 1925. L-R: (standing) Mr Macquisten, Conservative MP for Argyll; (to the right of the cart) Hugh MacIntyre, Gott (Eoghann a` Ghobhain); Malcolm MacLean, Kirkapol (Calum Mor); unknown; Ground Officer Alick MacLean.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 295, 31/5/2003.
Local news and events.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 297, 28/6/2003.
Local news and events.
Copied newspaper article about the first electric light on Tiree.
Newspaper article about William MacPhail, Cornaigmore Post Office, who was the first to have his house and business premises lit by electricity, found under carpets in the Stewarts` house in Barrapol.
Photocopied newspaper article about the captain and crew of the SS `Ocean Tide`.
Article about Captain Neil MacFadyen and two engineers of the SS `Ocean Tide` who were awarded the Lloyd`s Medal for Bravery at Sea in 1944.
Photocopied newspaper article about Captain Neil MacFadyen of Kenovay.
Article about Captain MacFadyen and others who brought the SS `Ocean Tide` safely into Murmansk after being hit by a torpedo in 1943.
Photocopied newspaper article about two Tiree women who graduated as doctors in Canada.
Article about Mairi and Catriona, the daughters of Duncan MacLean and Alix MacDonald of Machair House, Ruaig, who graduated as doctors in Montreal, Canada in 1950. The family emigrated to Canada after WWII.
Three photocopied newspaper articles about (1) Tiree Association, (2) Captain Neil MacFadyen OBE of Kenovay and (3) two Tiree soldiers fighting in Sicily.
Article about two privates from Tiree, L. MacFadyen and J. McMurchie, who spent 48 hours lying wounded in a ditch during fighting on the Plain of Catania, Sicily during WWII.
Newspaper cutting about visit to Tiree High School by Princess Alexandra.
Visit to Tiree High School by Princess Alexandra with a photographs of the Duke of Argyll, the princess, Monica Davies and Duncan MacPhee.
Scots magazine with article about Tiree thatched houses.
Article with photographs about Tiree thatched houses.
