Black and white photograph of the `Mary Stewart` beached in Scarinish harbour in 1938.
The `Mary Stewart` beached in Scarinsh harbour with lobster pots in the foreground, the Scarinish Hotel at the extreme left and communication masts in the background to the right.
Black and white photograph of the old harbour and lighthouse, Scarinish.
The old harbour and lighthouse in Scarinish.
Corn stooks at Ruaig
Postcard of corn stooks at Ruaig in the mid-20th century.
This postcard shows a field of corn stooks at Ruaig in the mid-20th century. The corn was cut and bound into a ‘sguab’ (sheaf) using two handfuls pulled from the sheaf to make a ‘bann’ (tie). These were lined up into an ‘adag’, a short double row of eight to ten sheaves.
The old men were very particular to line up the row of ‘adagan’ in the field so that you could see ‘gobhal na h-adaig’ (the gap between the sheaves) from one end of the field to the other. If cut slightly unripe because of the weather, the sheaves were turned every day until they ripened.
Harvesting was hard, thirsty work and a tin of ‘sùgh min-choirce’ (cold well water mixed with oatmeal) was kept in the shade of an ‘adag’ to provide a refreshing drink.
Black and white postcard of Ruaig.
Ruaig with corn sheaves in the foreground and L-R Taigh Eoghainn Iain na Hongs (Ruaig Post Office in the 1930s) and Taigh Dhonnchaidh or Alasdair Dhonnchaidh (Ruaig Post Office in the 1970s).
Colour photograph of a puffer discharging coal in Scarinish harbour.
Puffer discharging coal in Scarinish harbour with the hotel and Post Office in the background. The harbour is suitable only for small coastal craft. The flat-bottomed puffers lie safely high and dry at low tide.
Black and white photograph of a de Havilland Rapide.
De Havilland Rapide at No.1 Hangar at Tiree airport.
Colour photograph of a puffer discharging coal in Scarinish harbour.
Puffer discharging coal in Scarinish harbour with the hotel in the background. The harbour is suitable only for small coastal craft. The flat-bottomed puffers lie safely high and dry at low tide.
Black and white photograph of the Youth Club platform party, 1953.
Youth Club platform party, 1953, with the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the centre front.
Black and white postcard of Ruaig School.
Ruaig School. (Original in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1: 1997.178)
Black and white postcard of Hynish.
View of Hynish showing Signalling Tower and Keepers` Cottages.
Black and white photograph of Scarinish taken in 1946.
View of Scarinish in 1946 from the air looking south with the lighthouse on the extreme left.
