Box containing 110 photographic slides taken by Alex MacLeod of Hough in the 1970s. Includes people of Hough, Scarinish Harbour, archaeological sites, houses in Hough, Coop van and GPO van, plane, agriculture, Cattle Show and landscapes. Also one of the Coll boat that met the steamer. Some printed and accessioned separately.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 357, 26/11/2005.
Local news and events including the community vote for a wind turbine, article by district councillor Ian Gillies about fuel prices, water supply to new homes and air services to Oban, the SABB grounded at airport because of high winds, and news from the Tiree Association, WRI, youth club, RSPB, school and Tiree broadband.
Colour photograph of a Heron airplane landing at Tiree airport.
A Heron airplane landing at Tiree airport.
Black and white photograph of Andrew MacLeod at the Hough radio station.
Andrew MacLeod at the Hough radio station around 1960. Andrew was the son of John MacLeod, a Communication Officer with Ministry of Civil Aviation, who came to Tiree in 1947 or 1948.
Communication Officer John MacLeod
Photograph of John MacLeod at the radio station on Ben Hough in the late 1950s.
Courtesy of Mr Andrew MacLeod
A Communication Officer with Ministry of Civil Aviation, John MacLeod came to Tiree in the late 1940s. Initially he was based in the wartime Control Tower at the airport but subsequently relocated to a building at the top of Ben Hough.
The purpose of the station was to provide radio communications and position fixing services to aircraft flying over the West of Scotland and the Hebrides. In those days air to ground communications were by Morse code and all aircraft carried a radio officer.
If there was an ambulance flight to Tiree or one of the other islands, John would be called out, even in the middle of the night, and would have to climb the steps to the top of Ben Hough, in darkness and often rain and gales.
Black and white photograph of Communications Officer John MacLeod at the Hough radio station.
John MacLeod at the radio station at the top of Ben Hough in the late 1950s. A Communication Officer with Ministry of Civil Aviation, John came to Tiree in 1947 or 1948. The station provided radio communications and position fixing services to aircraft flying over the West of Scotland and the Hebrides.
Colour photograph of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
Colour photograph of the interior of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
The interior looking aft of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
Colour photograph of the interior of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
The interior looking towards the cockpit of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
Colour photograph of the cockpit of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
The cockpit of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
Colour photograph of the cockpit of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
The cockpit of Heron G-ANXB at Newark Museum in 2000.
