Colour photograph of of the interior of the shop at Cnoc Mor, Balemartine.
The interior of the shop at Cnoc Mòr, Balemartine.
2003.95.3
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2003.94.1
Christina MacNeill with her son Malcolm MacLean
Photograph of Christina MacNeill with her son Malcolm MacLean.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacKinnon
Christina MacNeill is pictured here sitting at her spinning wheel. Standing behind her is her son Malcolm MacLean. Known as ‘Calum Salum’, he was a keen piper all his life and would play for dances in Salum and from the rocks at the shore to the seals.
Among his many activities, Calum ran a shop and a boarding house in Salum, the latter with help of his step-father Lachie MacNeill. He also ran two cars in what became a very busy taxi service for the east end of the island.
For many years he served as the District Councillor for Tiree. He was well-known for his beautiful handwriting and his stories which entertained visitors and locals alike.
Black and white photograph of Calum Salum and his mother, Christina MacNeill.
Malcolm MacLean (Calum Salum) with his bagpipes and his mother Christina MacNeill (Ciorstaidh Mhunn) with carding combs and a spinning wheel.
2003.94.2
Inside Calum Salum’s shop
Photograph of the interior of Malcolm MacLean’s shop in Salum.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacKinnon
The most famous shop in the east end of Tiree was run by Malcolm MacLean, universally known as ‘Calum Salum’. He started the business in 1938, and expanded after the War into an old RAF hut from the airfield.
He sold a wide range of goods – tins of food, paraffin, methylated spirits for Tilley lamps, crockery, gas cookers, radios and their batteries, and even larger farm equipment, including tractors. He was the first man to sell bottled gas on the island and was amongst the first on Tiree to set up a windmill on his house to generate electricity.
Sometimes dealing with the paperwork took second place to all his other activities. Inside the house at Salum, the dining table would often be covered with letters and accounts waiting to be dealt with. His favourite saying was: “It’s here, but where?”
Black and white photograph of Calum Salum`s shop.
Calum Salum`s shop in the 1950s. L-R: unknown, unknown, unknown, Bella MacLean (Bella Mhialum), Calum Salum, unknown, unknown, headmaster Donald O. MacLean.
1999.127.1
Photocopied black and white photograph of the MacLeans of Machair House, Ruaig.
Wedding photograph of Duncan MacLean of Machair House, Ruaig, and Alix MacDonald of Skye taken in the 1920s. Additional information on the back of the photocopy.
1999.127.4
Photocopied photographs of Dr Isabella MacDonald and her father Donald MacDonald.
L-R: Dr Isabella MacDonald, sister-in-law of Duncan MacLean of MacHair House, Ruaig, and who emigrated with the MacLean family to Canada after WWII; Isabella`s father, Duncan MacDonald from Harrapol, Skye (b. 1859), brother-in-law of Rev. Allan MacDougall of Milton.
1999.130.1
Captain Neil MacFadyen (1900-1960)
Photograph of Captain Neil MacFadyen of Barrapol.
Courtesy of Mrs Fiona Maxwell
Captain Neil MacFadyen of Barrapol was awarded an OBE in 1943 and the Lloyd’s Medal for Bravery at Sea in 1944 for bringing his ship ‘Ocean Viceroy’ safely home to the Clyde after being torpedoed off the north-west coast of Spain while sailing in convoy.
Parts of the ship were flooded and the steering gear was wrecked but Captain MacFadyen decided to attempt to save the vessel. Working through the night, the crew managed to get the ship into a navigable condition and she proceeded homewards alone and at reduced speed.
The ship’s engineers were also awarded Lloyd’s Medals. At great personal risk, they went below to the engine room which was flooded and full of scalding steam to get to the stop valves and effect repairs.
Black and white photograph of Captain Neil MacFadyen (1900-1961) of Kenovay.
Captain Neil MacFadyen (1900-1960) of Kenovay. He was awarded to OBE in 1943 and Lloyd`s Medal for Bravery at Sea in 1944 for bringing his ship `Ocean Viceroy` safely home to the Clyde after being torpedoed off the north-west coast of Spain.
2003.88.1
Black and white photograph of Meta Dunford Wood nee MacDiarmid.
Meta Dunford Wood nee MacDiarmid, daughter of estate factor Hugh MacDiarmid, photographed by Scarinish harbour in the mid-20th century.
2003.85.1
Black and white photograph of George Paterson threshing corn.
George Paterson threshing corn with a suist in Crossapol in the 1930s. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
2003.85.2
Black and white photograph of a horse-drawn reaper.
Cutting hay with a horse-drawn reaper behind Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg in the 1940s. L-R Donald and Hector Campbell.
1999.92.9
Black and white photograph of the wife of Donald MacArthur of Balephuil sliabh.
The wife of Donald MacArthur (Domhnall an t-sleibh) from Balephuil sliabh.
