Colour photograph of John Thomson Skinner outside the Crofters.
John Thomson Skinner of Crossapol, manager of the West Highland Crofters and Farmers Ltd outlet on Tiree, outside the new building on the day in opened in 1978-9.
Colour photograph of John Thomson Skinner outside the Crofters.
John Thomson Skinner of Crossapol, manager of the West Highland Crofters and Farmers Ltd outlet on Tiree, outside the building.
Black and white photograph of the Cameron family house in Scarinish.
The Cameron family house in Scarinish, probably photographed in the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Archibald MacLean and Robina Cameron.
Robina Cameron of Scarinish and Archibald MacLean of Mill House, Cornaig in Canadian Army uniform, taken during WWI.
Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in Nigeria in 1956
Photograph of Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in Nigeria in 1956.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacLeod
Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig trained as a nurse after World War II in Glasgow, and at the Edinburgh Faith Mission College. She worked briefly as a district nurse on Tiree in 1954 and 1955. Unable to drive, she had to be taken on her rounds by Donald Archie and Duncan Cameron from the Scarinish Hotel.
She then left for Africa to work at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in southern Nigeria. The hospital had one doctor and four RGNs from Britain, and a maternity ward. Anna eventually became the nurse in charge of its leprosy wards.
Brought home by family circumstances, she worked as a nurse at Kilmartin and on Skye. On one of her return visits to Tiree, she met and married the well-known missionary Kenneth MacRae who was working on the island at the time.
Black and white photograph of Anna MacLeod, Carrachan in Nigeria, 1956.
Anna MacLeod (Anna Charrachan) with some patients from the women`s ward at Qua Iboe (Kwa Eebo) Mission Hospital, Etinan, Nigeria in spring 1956. The hospital had one doctor and four RGNs from the UK and a maternity ward.
Black and white photograph of Anna MacLeod, Carrachan in Nigeria, 1955.
The Girls Life Brigade in Nigeria in 1955 with Anna MacLeod (Anna Charrachan) on the left and her friend Margaret Bunting on the right.
Black and white photograph of SS Mary Stewart in Iona Sound.
The Mary Stewart in the Sound of Iona. The captain, Donald MacLean of Scarinish (Dòmhnall Òg), is the middle figure in the stern.
Black and white photograph of James MacFadyen, Scarinish.
James MacFadyen, Scarinish lighthouse keeper, taken in the 1930s.
The smack ‘Mary & Effie’ in Scarinish harbour
Photograph of the smack ‘Mary & Effie’ in Scarinish harbour in the early 20th century.
Courtesy of Mrs Marjorie Wilson
The ‘Mary and Effie’ was the last sailing vessel to bring cargoes to Tiree. She ceased trading around 1946. She was owned by Allan MacFadyen (Ailean Shandaidh), the grandson of Allan MacFadyen (1800-1891), who was a tenant of the Scarinish Hotel.
Allan MacFadyen the elder was the son of Janet Munn and John MacFadyen of Scarinish. In 1832 he married Amelia Stewart, daughter of Exciseman Alexander Stewart. The couple had seven sons and five daughters: John, Jessie, Catherine, Alexander, Malcolm, Amelia, James, Charles, Margaret, Donald, Hannah and another John.
Allan also owned a smack and in the 1840s carried stone from the quarry at Camas Tuath on the Ross of Mull, which was used in the building of Skerryvore Lighthouse.
Black and white photograph of of the smack `Mary & Effie` in Scarinish harbour.
The smack `Mary & Effie` owned by Allan MacFadyen of Lismore, the grandson of Allan MacFadyen (1800-1891) of Scarinish Inn.
Black and white photograph of 281 Squadron, RAF Tiree, 1945.
Officers and wives of 281 Squadron, RAF Tiree, 24/6/1945.
