Black and white photograph of Annie Balfour taken at the Lodge in 1912.
Annie Balfour, Lady Frances` daughter, with a pony called Blackie taken at the Lodge in 1912.
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Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour.
Scarinish harbour in 1912. (The boat may be `The Primrose`.)
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Black and white photograph of the Kirkapol Chapels in 1912.
The Kirkapol chapels with Lady Frances Balfour`s samoyed, Vaul, in the foreground, taken in 1912.
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Black and white photograph of Maisie Stewart at the 1921 Horse Show.
Maisie Stewart at the 1921 Horse Show with a small pony and trap.
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Black and white photograph of Lady Balfour, Archie Campbell and John MacKinnon taken in 1911.
Lady Frances Balfour, her brother Lord Archie Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll and John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, taken at Scarinish pier by Annie Balfour, Lady Frances`s daughter and wife of Arthur Milne, in 1911.
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Black and white postcard of Gott Bay pier in 1915.
Gott Bay pier in 1915.
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Black and white photograph of Lady Frances Balfour and Mr MacDiarmid.
Tiree Lodge, 1923. L-R: unknown, Babs MacDiarmid, Lady Frances Balfour and Hugh MacDiarmid, the factor.
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Black and white photograph of Archie Campbell and John MacKinnon taken in 1911.
L-R: Lord Archie Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll, and John MacKinnon (`Faithful John`), Lodge Farm, with Lady Victoria`s buckboard drawn by Polly, taken at the Lodge by Annie Balfour, Lady Frances`s daughter and wife of Arthur Milne, in 1911.
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Black and white photograph of the Tiree Show in 1921.
The Tiree Show in 1921. (The young man is Archie MacKinnon, the two girls probably Lady Frances Balfour`s grand-daughters Catriona and Elizabeth Milne.)
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Minesweepers off Tiree during World War I
Photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during World War I.
Courtesy of Mrs Jean Lindsay
World War I had a devastating impact on Tiree. The Roll of Honour lists two hundred and ninety men who served in the conflict and the Scarinish War Memorial records the names of sixty-six who died.
Apart from the occasional fighting ship seen on the skyline, and the attack by a U-boat on the ‘Plover’ north of Coll, the Great War was predominantly a distant conflict, fought in the trenches of Europe and the oceans of the world.
The war was foretold by Tiree’s most famous seer, John MacLean (Iain MacEachainn Bhàin), who said, ‘There is a great war coming soon… On sea and land the losses will be heavy and in a land which is unknown to me, the ground will be soaked in blood. Millions will go to their eternal rest in the soil of this land and beautiful red flowers will grow over them.’
Black and white photograph of minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.
Five minesweepers off the coast of Tiree during WW1.