Black and white photograph of Alex MacLean of Cornaigbeg with a Clydesdale mare.
Alex MacLean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg (Ailig Mor`s grandfather) with a Clydesdale mare in show harness.
1998.157.4
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1998.138.18
Black and white photograph of the pipe band at the Agricultural Show in Crosspol in 1965.
The Tiree Pipe Band playing at the Agricultural Show in Crossapol in July 1965.
1998.138.26
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Agricultural Show in 1950.
Tiree Agricultural Show in 1950. The man putting the Clydesdale horse through its paces is Donald MacLean, Ardbeg.
1998.97.2
Black and white photograph of an agricultural show during World War I.
Agricultural Show during World War I probably held in Scarinish.
2003.154.1
Spectators at the Agricultural Show in 1968
Photograph of spectators at the Agricultural Show at Crossapol in 1968.
Courtesy of Mrs Nonnie MacFadyen
Pictured from left to right are Donald MacLean, Hugh MacKinnon of Kenovay, Alasdair MacFadyen of Crossapol, Archie MacArthur and John MacArthur, both from Middleton, at the Tiree Agricultural Show at Crossapol in 1968.
Black and white photograph taken at 1968 Agricultural Show in Crossapol.
The Agricultural Show at Crossapol in 1968. L-R: Donald MacLean; Hugh MacKinnon, Kenovay; Alasdair MacFadyen, Crossapol; Archie MacArthur, Middleton; John MacArthur, Middleton (Iain Theonaidh).
1997.265.12
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 12, 1982.
Local news including the re-opening of the knitwear factory trading as Tiree Knitwear Ltd, prize-winners at the Agricultural Show, the weather, slimming advice from Dr Campbell and news from the church, the school, the Slimming Club and the Regatta Club, and a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie.
1997.265.26
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Winter 1986.
Local news including the arrival of Dr John Holliday and family, the 1989 ferry schedule, the airport runways, the agricultural show, articles by Meena Knapman and Rev George Donaldson and news from the school, WRI, golf club, the video society, Tiree Association and the regatta club.
1997.265.64
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 29, 25/9/1991.
Local news including the crisis in local organisations due to lack of public support for the hall committee and the School Board, also the collapse of the livestock section of the agricultural show, corncrakes by Andy Knight, RSPB and Kilmoluaig – part 2 by Sandy MacKinnon.
2001.96.15
Laser print of a black and white photograph of an unknown group taken at the Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922.
Unknown group taken at the Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922. (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.16
Mrs Ludlow demonstrates how to make butter in 1922
Photograph of Mrs Ludlow demonstrating how to make butter at the Tiree Agricultural Show in Scarinish in 1922.
Courtesy of Mrs Rachel Wylie
Butter was made on Tiree by first skimming the cream off fresh milk that had stood for twenty-four hours. The cream was usually collected over several days, by which time it had fermented. This produced a fuller flavour. The cream was then churned until it separated into butter and buttermilk.
Plunge churns were popular on Tiree in the 19th century. These are tall barrels with a plunger, at the end of which is a wooden disk with holes drilled in it. Towards the end of the century they were superseded by patent barrel churns, which were turned round with a handle.
Butter was usually preserved with salt and was known in Gaelic as ‘ìm saillte’. It was stored in an earthenware jar called a ‘pige’. Homemade butter, patted into shape, was exhibited at Tiree Agricultural Shows until the 1950s.
Laser print of a black and white photograph of Mrs Ludlow at the Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922.
Mrs Ludlow demonstrating how to make butter at the Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922. (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)