Black & white photograph of Donald MacLean (Donald the butcher) and Cathie Omand née MacMaster on the cross-bar of Donald’s bicycle in Kenovay in the late 1930s.
2003.195.13
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2003.194.4
Black and white photograph of thatched houses on Cornaigmore machair.
The house of Mary Ann MacLean née Lamont in the mid-1950s. The house next door with the bicycle outside belonged to Archie Lamont and had been recently refurbished.
2003.195.14
Black and white photograph of Murray Omand and Katie MacCallum in 1950.
Murray Omand and Katie MacCallum outside the Co-op garage in 1950.
2003.194.5
Colour photograph of renovated house at Cornaigmore.
Renovation of what was Mary Ann MacLean`s house on Cornaigmore machair in 2003. Archie Lamont`s house next door is now a ruin.
2003.195.15
Black and white photograph of Mary and Norman Omand with a friend in the 1950s.
Outside `Ormer` in Kirkapol in the 1950s with the Co-op van in the background. L-R: a friend of the Omands; Norman Omand, Murray`s brother; Mary Omand, Norman and Murray`s mother.
2000.174.4
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin in the early 1940s.
Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin demonstrates how his mother, Flora MacNeill, would make small clay pots known as craggans. This series of five photographs were taken with Kodak Brownie by George Holleyman, an amateur archaeologist, posted to RAF Tiree during World War II.
2000.174.5
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin in the early 1940s.
Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin demonstrates how his mother, Flora MacNeill, would make small clay pots known as craggans. Made by hand from local clay without the aid of a potter’s wheel, Tiree craggans were believed to have special curative properties, particularly in the case of consumption.
2000.174.6
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin in the early 1940s.
Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin demonstrates how his mother, Flora MacNeill, would make small clay pots known as craggans. Each township had its potter who was always a woman. Flora MacNeill of Balevullin, who died aged eighty in the 1920s, was the last known craggan-maker on Tiree.
2000.174.7
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin in the early 1940s.
Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin demonstrates how his mother, Flora MacNeill, would make small clay pots known as craggans. After selecting a large lump of local clay, it was carefully worked by hand into a vessel with a neck and everted rim. The finished pot was allowed to dry then baked in the ashes of the fire. Milk was poured into and over it while still hot to make the surface less porous.
2000.174.8
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin in the early 1940s.
Hugh MacNeill of Balevullin demonstrates how his mother, Flora MacNeill, would make small clay pots known as craggans believed to have special curative properties, particularly in the case of consumption. The craggan was heated on the fire until very hot, removed with tongs and taken to the byre where the cow was milked directly into it. This was heated again and administered to the invalid.
