Angus Maclean, Tiree bank manager from 1959 to 1964. Pictured whilst working for the National Bank of Scotland in Fort William and sometimes on the travelling bank.
“Angus Maclean was brought up in Uist. His predecessor, John Wilson was from Fair Isle and Roddy Morrison from Lewis took over from Angus, then it was Willie Groat from Orkney. The bank chose people from the islands as they thought that would work better. My parents were very happy in Tiree and had a lot of friends although I think my father found it stressful at times being the banker.” by the donor of this photograph and others in this collection at 2025.53 Isabel Beaton.
A relief banker, possibly Angus Macpherson from Skye, Mary Mackinnon, Park House and John Macleod of Balemartine. The bank name appears to be National Commercial so 1959 or later. The bank was National Bank before then.
Certificate from the Institute of Bankers in Scotland to Charles McLean on passing an exam which allowed him entry as a Member, June 1938, and a receipt for his annual subscription to the same organisation. Two postal envelopes formerly containing official documents addressed to Charles McLean (1917-1941), son of Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay. One is from the Passport Office and addressed to his home in Linlithgow, dated 21/7/1939, the other from London dated 21/11/1941 and marked ‘Private’. Charles served as a Pilot Officer in the RAF during WWII. The second letter was sent to 217 Squadron based in Cornwall, just days after Charles went missing in action over the English Channel. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
Black & white photograph of Alister McLean (b. 1931), youngest son of Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay, in military uniform in Cheshire in 1949. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
Solicitors’ copy of a Minute of Agreement between Tiree Public Hall Management Committee and Tiree Agricultural Show Committee regarding a loan of £500 from the show committee to the hall committee in 1990, and the conditions of its repayment. Signed by Grace C MacKinnon and Monica Smith for the show committee, and Donald M MacDonald, Heanish, and Jack Carter, Balephetrish, for the hall committee.
Softback book ‘Correspondence from July, 1846, to February, 1847, Relating to the Measures Adopted for the Relief of the Distress in Scotland…’ Great Britain Treasury, 2012. Government correspondence about Famine Relief in the Highlands. Includes separate index listing references to Tiree.
