Colour photograph of aerial view of Scarinish.
Aerial view of Scarinish showing the harbour, Co-op, bank and post office.
1997.148.13
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1997.148.32
Black and white photograph of Ruaig School taken in 1935.
Ruaig School, 1935. L-R: (front) Hector MacArthur, Caoles; Donald MacArthur, Caoles; Rena MacKinnon, Vaul; Lillian Graham, Ruaig; Janet MacFadyen, Caoles; Jan MacKinnon, Ruaig; Hugh MacLean, Salum; Lachie MacLean, Salum; (back) Robert MacLeod, headmaster; Peter MacLeod, headmaster’s son; Morag MacFadyen, Caoles; Alasdair MacLean, Salum; Minnie MacKinnon, Vaul; Archie MacLean, Caoles; Mary Flora MacKinnon, Ruaig; Margaret Graham, Vaul; James Graham, Vaul; Isabel MacDonald, Milton; Hector MacKinnon, Vaul; Mary MacArthur, Caoles; Angus MacLean, Caoles; Jessie Ann MacFadyen (or Mary Bell MacFadyen), Caoles; Margaret MacLean, primary teacher.
1997.148.37
1943 ENSA concert party
Photograph of an ENSA concert party in 1943.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, was set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for the British armed forces during World War II. Operating as a part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), it was affectionately known as ‘Every Night Something Awful’.
This photograph is of a travelling concert party which performed in front of the RAF base personnel in October 1943. Concerts consisted of a couple of hours of singing, comedy and sketches, some good and some not so good.
Their spirit and dedication was admired and appreciated, even on return visits of the same concert party when the show had been seen before.
Black and white photograph of a wartime revue.
Wartime revue at RAF Tiree on 15/10/1943. (Original in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1: 1997.178)
1997.148.11
Black and white postcard of the Ringing Stone.
Postcard of the Ringing Stone.
1997.148.15
Black and white postcard of M. V. `Claymore`.
M.V. `Claymore` nearing Scarinish Pier.
1997.148.33
Lifting potatoes at Ruaig
Postcard of the potato harvest at Ruaig in the mid-1920s.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
Potatoes were first grown in the Hebrides in 1743 when they were brought back to South Uist from Ireland by MacDonald of Clanranald. His tenants were unwilling to plant them and brought the crop to his house as they refused to eat them.
However, by 1800 potatoes had become the main food crop in the islands, including Tiree. They produce three to five times as many calories as grain from the same area of land. Potatoes are also a much more dependable crop than oats and barley, which can be flattened overnight by a storm.
Dependable, that is, until 1846, when the fungus causing potato blight caused widespread starvation in Europe. It is said that West Hynish was the only area of Tiree to be unaffected. This postcard shows Nancy and Alexander MacInnes in the foreground harvesting potatoes in Ruaig in the mid-1920s.
Black and white photograph of potato lifting at Ruaig.
Lifting potatoes at Ruaig, c. 1925-6, with Nancy and Alexander MacInnes in the foreground (Duncan MacInnes`s aunt and great-uncle).
1997.148.42
Black and white photograph of J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
J. Brown with the dinghy `Spindrift` at Scarinish harbour.
1997.148.39
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacLean of Caoles in 1920.
Hugh MacLean of Caoles in 1920.
1997.148.17
Colour photgraph of Taigh na Suacain in Caoles, c. 1950.
Thatched house Taigh na Suacain in Caoles taken around 1950 with Ardnamurchan in background.
1997.148.38
Black and white photograph of a group of people outside Ruaig School in 1921.
Building the extension to, or re-building, Ruaig School after the fire. In the back row are Calum MacKinnon, butcher in Scarinish (2nd left), Colin MacArthur, mason from Caoles (3rd right) and Sandy Mor MacLean from Sea View, Caoles (2nd right). 3rd from L (seated) may be Elizabeth Lamont (Lizzie Bhan).
