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Black and white photograph of John Brown, Scarinish Hotel, 1946.

John Brown, Scarinish Hotel, 1946.

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Black and white photograph of Neil MacLean of Salum and Balephuil.

Neil MacLean (Niall Mac Eachainn `ic Ailein), crofter at Balephuil, born in 1837, the son of Hector MacLean and Mary MacDonald (see photograph E12).

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Black and white photograph of Mannal.

View of Mannal looking south with two men in a horse-drawn cart and children playing at the side of the road. (Original photograph 1997.178.1)

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Outside the general store in Scarinish in 1910

Photograph of Calum MacLean, Hugh MacArthur and Peter Anderson outside the general store in Scarinish in 1910.

Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean

Calum MacLean, Hugh MacArthur and Peter Anderson are pictured in 1910 outside the shop in Scarinish owned and run by Hugh and his brother Dan. As well as a general store, the building contained a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs

Calum MacLean (Calum Bùidsear) from Moss opened a butcher’s shop in Scarinish in 1930s on a site previously housing a baker and cobbler. The business was taken over by Donald and Nan MacLean in 1953.

Peter Anderson came to Tiree in 1886 as the island’s first gamekeeper. A keen ornithologist, he published ‘The Birds of the Island of Tiree’ in ‘The Scottish Naturalist’ in 1913

Black and white photograph of Scarinish shop in 1910.

Scarinish shop, 1910. L-R: Calum MacLean (butcher in Scarinish), Hugh MacArthur (partner in shop), Peter Anderson (gamekeeper). (Original photograph 1997.178.1)

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Black and white photograph of Scarinish School around 1935.

Scarinish School, c. 1935. L-R: (front row) John MacDonald (Morag Slowther`s younger brother); Netta MacLean, Lighthouse View; Flora MacFarlane, daughter of Rev Duncan MacFarlane; May MacArthur, Balephetrish (married Hugh MacLean, Salum and emigrated to Auustralia) Catriona MacKinnon, Parkhouse; Cathie MacDonald, Pier Road (Angus MacLean`s sister-in-law); Katie MacLean, Lighthouse View; Anne MacArthur, Balephetrish; Annie MacFarlane (minister`s youngest daughter); John Peter MacDonald (policeman`s younger son); (middle row) Cathie Munn, Heanish; Morag MacKinnon, Baugh (Hugh`s sister); Mary Ann MacIntyre (married Donald MacDonald, Heanish); Mamie Millar (lived with John Campbell and his wife at Port a` Mhuilinn, Baugh); Katie MacLean, Scarinish (postman Eairdsidh Mor`s daughter); Elizabeth MacFarlane (minister`s eldest daughter); Mona MacDonald (married Angus MacLean); Hetty MacDonald (sister of the late John, piermaster); (back row) Archie MacDonald (Morag Slowther`s brother); Lachie MacKinnon, Parkhouse; Donald MacDonald, Heanish; Donald Angus MacDonald (policeman`s son); Lachie MacFadyen, Heanish; Peter Millar (brother of Mamie); Donald MacLean, Scarinish (postman`s son); Angus Munn, Heanish.

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Black and white photograph of Scarinish School in 1933.

Scarinish School, 1933. L-R: (front row) Lachie MacKinnon, Parkhouse; Sheena Glenday, Heanish Police Station; Katie MacLean, Lighthouse View; Cathie MacDonald, The Coolins, Pier Road; Angus Munn, Heanish; Archie and John MacDonald, Scarinish (brothers of Morag Slowther); (second row) Mona Glenday, Heanish Police Station; Mona MacDonald, The Coolins, Pier Road; Hetty MacDonald, Scarinish; Anne MacArthur, Balephetrish House; Mamie Miller, Baugh; Donald MacDonald, Heanish; (third row) Grace MacArthur, Balephetrish House; Anne MacKinnon, Heanish (married Alasdair MacDonald, Balevullin); Kate Nisbet, Heanish; Rosie MacIntyre, The Lodge; Mary MacKinnon, Homestead, Heanish; (back row standing) Neil MacKinnon, U. F. Manse, Scarinish (now Taigh a` Rudha), killed in Italy in WWII; Lachie MacFadyen, Heanish; Donald MacLean, Scarinish (postman`s son); Mary Ann MacIntyre, Gott (married Donald MacDonald, Heanish) ; Donald MacIntyre, Gott; Alick Duncan MacCallum, Scarinish; Neil MacDonald, Port na Criche, Scarinish; Katie MacLean, Scarinish (postman`s daughter); Alasdair Glenday, Heanish Police Station.