Printed account by Greta Trevers of her experiences on Tiree during WWII where she served in the WAAF, and her return to Tiree and Oban in June 2010.
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Postcard of the broch at Vaul
Colour photo postcard of Dun Mor Bhalla, the broch at Vaul, taken in the 1970s-1980s by Sue Anderson. Original in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3.
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BBC LAB film “Seaside Stories – Tiree”
DVD of BBC LAB film of Tiree adults talking about life on Tiree and the possible effects of a proposed offshore windfarm on the island. Filmed at the Tiree Fèis 2010. Iain MacKinnon, Hillcrest interviews Yolanda MacDonald, Gordon Scott, Josie Fletcher, Eilidh Campbell, Jackie Jones, Sarah Holliday, Donald Meek, Iona Brown, Archie John MacLean, John Holliday, Iain Brown and others. Ceilidh at An Talla.
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Tiree Tourism study 1996
Documents relating to the Tiree Tourism Study in 1996. Minutes of a meeting 2/9/96, correspondence with Argyll & Bute Council and Caledonian MacBrayne, list of owners of holiday letts.
2010.63.1
Documents and photographs relating to the Eriskay Pony breed
Documents, articles and photograps relating to the endangered Eriskay Pony breed of the outer Hebrides. The Eriskay Pony Society was set up in 1972 to prevent the extinction of the breed. One of the founders was Robert Beck, vet, and resident of Tiree.
2010.65.1
Book “I Remember – Reminiscences of Donald Alistair MacLeod”
Autobiography of the life, travels and Tiree ancestry of Donald Alastair MacLeod (b 1918), whose grandparents came from Tiree. Donald emmigrated from Edinburgh to Patagonia in 1920 along with his extended family. Signed by the author with a message to David & Eileen, 13/07/2009.
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Section of map showing location of the well at Dùn Mhòr broch, Vaul
Photocopied tracing of a section of map F19 – Ordnance Survey map sheet LXV.1, 1899 scale 1:2,5000, showing the location of the well `Tobar Duin Mhoir` at the broch at Vaul.
2010.62.1
Book “To the Islands”
Hard-back book “To the Islands” by the archaeologist Professor Steven Mithen, University of Reading, about his years of searches for evidence of prehistoric communities in the Hebridean islands. Includes Tiree, Gunna and Coll in chapters 12-14 & 19. Signed by the author with a note to Dr John Holliday, An Iodhlann.
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Photograph of the graves of seamen from HMS Sturdy
Colour photographs of wreaths at the graves of the five seamen who died when the HMS Sturdy foundered on rocks off Sandaig in October 1940. Taken in 2008.
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Collection of 23 photographs (2008) from a visit to the HMS Sturdy wreck site and sailors` graves.
Collection of 23 colour photographs taken in 2008 by B Greenshields, son of F Greenshields who was one of the five sailors who died while escaping HMS Sturdy when it foundered on rocks off Sandaig in October 1940. Includes gravestones at Soroby Cemetery, B Greenshields laying a wreath, site of wreck, “the Sturdy Bell”, Elean and David Allison holding the Sturdy Bell, Sturdy plaque, and view of Sandaig from the wreck site. Also a letter from B Greenshields to Polly and Duncan `Cèabhar` thanking them for their hospitality.