Display copy of Alec Walker`s `Tiree Memories 2012` calendar with old images of Skerryvore Lighthouse, the ferry and pier in the 1950s, airport control tower in mid 1950s, view from Balephetrish Hill over Balephetrish to Kenovay and Crossapol in the 1960s, a crofters house Balephuil, Balemartine around the 1960s, Baugh Bay, ferry at pier in mid 1930s, Gott Bay, Kirkapol church, view from Ben Hough of Loch Bhasapol, Scarinish from the air in the 1960s, coal boat unloading at Ruaig during the 1930s,
Photograph of Audrey Carter outside her guest house at Balephetrish in 1991
Colour photograph of Audrey Carter and three Labrador dogs outside her guest house `Audrey`s` at Balephetrish House, Hillcrest, on6/09/1991. (original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4).
Photograph of Audrey and Jack Carter and others outside Balephetrish House in the early 1990s.
Colour photograph of Audrey & Jack Carter outside Audrey`s guest house at Hillcrest, Balephetrish, in 1991/2. The man on the left is Mr Robin Boyd from Paisley who, for many years, spent his summer holidays on Tiree. He always stayed at Audrey’s. The woman beside him is Phyllis. The woman on the right is unidentified.
Dissertation about the Tiree bulb-growing industry in the 1960s
Bound dissertation entitled “Tiree Bulbs” about the tulip- and daffodil-growing industry on Tiree in the 1960s. Includes hand-typed preface about the history of bulbs, an account of Tiree`s bulbs, many colour photographs of the different varieties of bulbs growing in-situ on Tiree, photos of some bulb-growers including Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig, and a map of bulb sites around the island. Author: Ena MacLean Percy – a district nurse who attended courses at The Royal College of Nursing in Edinburgh in the 1960s, and retired to Fort William. Bound in royal blue board with gold embossed title on cover. Found at a recycling centre in Fort William in 2011.
Photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949), 1942
Black & white photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949) and a baby in 1942. Mary was born in Balephetrish and died in Wollongong, Australia.
Printed emails about military sites on Tiree, 2011, 2013 & 2016
Printed emails to An Iodhlann regarding military sites surveyed on Tiree by Martin Briscoe, Fort William, in September 2011, April 2013 and June 2016. Includes information on hitherto unmapped buildings and links to photo-sharing websites on which there are many photographs of ruins of military installations on Tiree in 2011.
Photographs of standing stones on the Balephetrish Common Grazing.
Two colour photographs of standing stones on Archie John MacLean`s apportionment of the Balephetrish Common Grazing taken by Mary MacKinnon, Parkhouse in 2010. (Originals stored with four additional similar photographs in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3)
