Black and white photograph of the Signalling Tower and Keepers` Cottages at Hynish.
The Signalling Tower and Keepers` Cottages with Hynish Farm House in the middle distance.
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1999.68.33
Black and white photograph of Scarinish.
View of Scarinish from outside the harbour. The building in the middle was originally a church, then used intermittently as a prison and latterly as a store by the owners of the Mary Stewart. It was pulled down to make roads during World War II. The Scarinish Hotel is on the extreme right.
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Black and white photograph of a postcard of Brock.
Postcard of Brock before World War II.
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Clydesdale horses at Scarinish harbour
Photograph of Clydesdale horses at Scarinish harbour in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Courtesy of Mr Angus Munn
This photograph, taken before Gott Bay pier was finished in 1913 shows Clydesdale horses from Tom Barr’s farm at Balephetrish being loaded on to a lighter at Scarinish for transportation to the steamer standing off in deeper water outside the harbour.
The horses would be loaded by ramp on to the main deck of the steamer, an operation that could only be attempted in calm weather. Passengers were likewise ferried to and from the steamer by lighter, sometimes sharing the boat with livestock.
Tom Barr, the son of an Ayrshire farmer and the tenant of Balephetrish farm from 1864 to 1913, introduced the first Clydesdale stallions to Tiree in the 1870s. Cross-bred with native ponies, the Tiree Clydesdale was in great demand in the early 20th century.
Black and white photograph of horses being loaded into a lighter at Scarinish harbour.
Horses from Tom Barr`s farm at Balephetrish being loaded into a lighter at Scarinish pier for transportation to the ferry in the early 20th century.
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Black and white photograph of horses at Balephetrish Farm.
Horses at Balephetrish Farm in the early 20th century.
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Black and white photograph of a croft`s vegetable garden.
The vegetable garden of an east end croft in the beginning of the 20th century.
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Black and white photograph of a horse-drawn haycart.
A horse-drawn cart carrying hay from the field to the stackyard, photographed in the east end of Tiree in the beginning of the 20th century.
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Black and white photograph of a crofting family in their stackyard.
A crofting family in their stackyard in the east end of Tiree in the beginning of the 20th century. Note the pitchforks for tossing the hay up to the top of the stack.
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Black and white photograph of a fishing boat from Tiree.
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Black and white photograph of crofters in their stackyard.
Crofters in their stackyard taken in the east end of Tiree in the beginning of the 20th century. Note the wooden hay-rake.
