Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Balinoe beach in 1953.
Coal puffer on Balinoe beach unloading coal into horse-drawn carts, photographed by Morton Boyd in 1953.
2003.18.42
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2003.8.8.1
Sepia prints of pen and ink drawings of Tiree by Norman R Hardy, 1984
Sepia-coloured pen and ink drawings of Balinoe, Balemartine and Sandaig Terrace on card by Norman R Hardy in 1984.
2002.188.6
Photocopied letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 16/11/1898.
Letter from the factor Hugh MacDiarmid dated 16/11/1898 to the Duke`s chamberlain about the Campbells in Balinoe who lost their stock and are in rent arrears, Hector Lamont of Kirkapol who is requesting assistance to put a roof on the barn he`s built and the reasons why the cash balance for October is not as large as it appears.
1997.238.1
Audio cassette recording of Willie MacLean singing his own songs in 1994.
Willie MacLean of Balinoe singing his own Gaelic songs in 1994 recorded by himself.
1997.238.2
Audio cassette recording of Willie MacLean singing his own songs in 1995.
Willie MacLean of Balinoe singing his own Gaelic songs in 1995 recorded by Dr John Holliday and Mrs Flora MacPhail.
1997.238.3
Audio cassette recording of Willie MacLean singing his own songs in 1995.
Willie MacLean of Balinoe singing his own Gaelic songs in 1995 recorded by Dr John Holliday and Mrs Flora MacPhail.
2000.23.1
Balemartine Post Office in the 1920s
Postcard of Balemartine Post Office in Balinoe in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mr Neil MacArthur
This postcard of Balemartine shows the Post Office and surrounding houses as they were in the 1920s. Tiree’s first post office was established in 1802 in Scarinish. Originally spelled Tyree, the name was changed in 1889 to avoid confusion with Tyrie in Aberdeenshire.
There were no internal delivery services until the 1880s and these were by foot. In the following decade three sub-post offices were established at Balemartine, Cornaigmore and Ruaig. A fifth office was added in 1934 at Middleton.
At the beginning of World War II a civilian camp was built at Crossapol to house the thousand construction workers engaged in building the Coastal Command aerodrome. A sub-post office was opened at the camp which was later taken over by the RAF. This office closed around 1946.
Black and white postcard of Balemartine Post Office.
The Post Office and thatched houses at Cu’ Dheis in Balinoe, taken in the 1920s.
1999.17.3
Photocopied extract from unknown publication about Free Church ministers serving on Tiree.
Information about the Free Church and its ministers on Tiree from 1853.
1999.12.1.1
Booklet titled `Isle of Tiree` edited by Mona MacDonald, with photocopy.
Guide to townships on Tiree, local advertising and map. Accession includes photocopy of same.
1999.17.1
Two photocopied extracts from Volume III of the evidence taken by the Napier Commission, pp 2128-82.
One bound and one unbound transcript of the evidence given by the crofters and cottars in Tiree.