Making lobster creels at Brock
Photograph of William and Neil MacKinnon and Archibald MacLeod making lobsters creels at Brock.
Courtesy of Mr Alasdair Sinclair
Brothers William and Neil MacKinnon and their neighbour Archibald MacLeod (Èairdsidh Nèill) are pictured making lobster creels at Brock in the late 1920s or early 1930s. They would make about twenty creels each winter.
The base was made from old bits of wood and the ribs, known as ‘staingean’, from hazel branches brought from Mull. These were soaked in water for up to a week then passed through a fire to soften them before being bent to form the frame.
The net was hand knitted from manilla twine using a net needle and a wooden gauge to control the mesh size. A flat stone to keep the creel on the bottom was put in before the net was laced up. The entrance was formed over a ring made from galvanised fence wire.
Black and white photograph of William and Neil MacKinnon and Archibald MacLeod of Brock in the early 1930s.
Making lobsters creels at Brock in the late 1920s or early1930s. L-R: William MacKinnon, his brother Neil and Archibald MacLeod (Èairdsidh Nèill). William and Neil were brothers of Alasdair Sinclair’s grandmother and Archibald was Duncan Grant’s great-uncle.
Black and white postcard of Brock in the 1920s.
Brock in the 1920s. L-R: Taigh Uilleim, ruin of Taigh Raonaild, Taigh Clèirich and Taigh Chìorstaidh.
Folder with a photograph of Willie MacLean in piper`s dress.
Folder with a photograph of Willie MacLean (Uilleam Dhòmhnuill Eòghainn Mhòir) of Balinoe. (Folder in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 2)
Black and white photograph of Mary Kennedy and Marion MacDougall of the Green.
Mary Kennedy and Marion MacDougall of the Green.
Colour photograph of Marion MacInnes of Kilmoluaig.
Marion MacInnes of Kilmoluaig (on extreme right).
Black and white photograph of Colin Cameron, Robert Doncaster and Colin`s grandmother.
L-R: Colin Cameron, Robert Doncaster (son of Marion MacDougall) and Colin’s grandmother who was also the grandmother of Iain Aonghais of Kilmoluaig.
Black and white photograph of Donald Kennedy, Robert Doncaster and Colin Cameron.
L-R: Donald Kennedy, Robert Doncaster and Colin Cameron at the Green. Donald and Colin are sewing up pillows.
Colour photograph of Mary MacPhee`s house in Scarinish.
Iona View, Scarinish.
Black and white photograph of Archie Kennedy, an unknown boy and Robert Doncaster.
L-R: Archie Kennedy (Gilleasbuig Dhòmhnaill Bhàin), an unknown boy and Robert Doncaster.
Black and white photograph of Hector Kennedy of the Green.
Hector Kennedy of the Green, the husband of Jessie MacDonald, he worked with the Clyde Trust.
