Black and white photograph of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
11th Battalion of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders around the time of WWI. Hector MacLean of Tiree is 8th left in the back row. He was killed in action on 25/6/1916.
Black and white photograph of Christena Gallacher ne MacLean.
Christena Gallacher nee MacLean, the daughter of Hector MacLean (1879-1916) of Tiree and Mary Brady, both of whom died during World War I.
Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family of Scarinish in 1915-16.
The MacKinnon family of Scarinish in 1915-6. L-R: Dugald, Sheena, father Dugald (Dùghall Mac Nèill Mac Iain Dùghall an Òir) holding Annie, Dugald’s wife Margaret MacLean holding Hugh, Neil (see photo M82) and Mary.
Black and white photograph of Margaret MacKinnon, Neil and Sheena Johnson.
Adavale, Heanish in 1936. L-R: Margaret MacKinnon nee MacLean with her grandson Neil Johnson and Neil`s mother Sheena.
Black and white photograph of Neil Johnson around 1938.
Neil Johnson of Heanish playing on his tricycle aged about four in 1938.
Colour photograph of Iain Johnson and his aunt Mary MacKinnon.
Iain Johnson, son of Sheena Johnson nee MacKinnon, and his aunt Mary MacKinnon (see photo F112) in the mid-1970s. Mary was not allowed to marry.
Colour photograph of Neil Johnson and his aunt Mary MacKinnon.
Neil Johnson, son of Sheena Johnson nee MacKinnon, and his aunt Mary MacKinnon (see photo F112) at Adavale, Heanish in 1967.
Colour photograph of Avadale, Heanish in the early 1970s.
Avadale, Heanish in the early 1970s.
Colour photograph of Taigh Uilleim in Brock taken in 2003.
Taigh Uilleim in Brock photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2003.
Taigh Raonaild in Brock
Photograph of Taigh Raonaild in Brock in 2003
Because thatching is so labour intensive, islanders have experimented with different roofing materials as they became available. The most popular has been a layer of felt laid on wooden sarking which is then tarred every other year.
The roof timbers were largely retained so that the shape of the new black roofs resembled that of the thatch. This design allowed small windows to be put into the roof space which give a more usable upper floor.
Putting a modern roof on to old walls has given the traditional houses a new life to an extent not seen anywhere else in Scotland. This was helped by a Housing Action Scheme run by the local authority in the 1980s which encouraged the renovation of existing houses rather than the building of new ‘kit’ houses.
Colour photograph of Taigh Raonaild in Brock in 2003.
Taigh Raonaild in Brock photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2003.
