Audio cassette recording of Meena Knapman of Kenovay talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Meena Knapman of Kenovay talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about her early holidays on Tiree in the late 1920s and 1930s staying at Heanish then Vaul, the people in Vaul, the journey to Tiree from Glasgow and transport on Tiree, the funeral of John Brown from the Scarinish Hotel, Commander Dewar of Vaul, things to do on holiday in Tiree, shops and dances, Malcolm MacLean of Salum, the airport before WWII, memories of people and places, lighthouses seen from Tiree and Captain John MacKinnon of Vaul.
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at the Scarinish Hotel in January 1998.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig talks at the Scarinish Hotel on 31st January 1998 about emigration to Canada, New Zealand and Patagonia, the Duke of Argyll’s factors, the MacNiven family, cattle droves, smacks and schooners, the shops at Middleton and Hynish, three Tiree men who emigrated to Seattle, ancient graveyards, a school trip to Dundee, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Taeping, the Downie family, emigration history at Inverary Archives, CalMac boats, the storms in 1953 and 1968, the emigrations of 1855 and 1877. (Continued on AC43)
Audio cassette recording of Donneil Kennedy talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.
Donneil Kennedy talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) in June 1998 about the history of the knitwear factory, the sinking of the ferry Loch Seaforth in 1973, anecdotes about Hector Kennedy, Malcolm MacLean of Salum and John Kennedy of Crossapol, the pre-war shops on Tiree, the ghost at Island House, the appointment of vet Jimmy Wilson in 1973, the problems installing septic tanks, his uncle AndrewYoung’s war experiences, expeditions by horse and cart in the 1930s and his memories of Argyll County Council around 1970.
Audio cassette recording of Donald MacIntyre of Gott talking to Hector MacPhail of Ruaig in March 1998.
Donald MacIntyre of Gott talks to Hector MacPhail of Ruaig in March 1998 and tells several anecdotes about people in Scarinish and elsewhere covering topics such as tobacco, eggs, boats and fishing.
Forwarded e-mail from the Northern Lighthouse Board about the Skerryvore Steamer.
Forwarded e-mail from the Information Officer of the Northern Lighthouse Board about the paddle steamer `Skerryvore` which was built in 1839 in connection with the construction of Skerryvore lighthouse.
The Tiree regatta was started by Peter MacNeill, a travelling salesman from Colonsay, who visited Tiree before World War I. Fishermen on Tiree had always raced back from the fishing banks and the regatta grew out of this rivalry.
The classic Tiree skiff was between 20 and 26 feet long and pointed at both ends. Some of the larger boats were half-decked but all were rigged as dipping lugs. As outboard engines came into use in the 1930s and 1940s, flat transom sterns became popular.
In the early regattas, up to thirty boats would take part in sailing and rowing races. The mid-1990s saw as many as ten Tiree boats competing regularly. Sadly in 2003 there was only one regatta with two boats and in 2004 no regatta at all.
Colour photograph of the `Heatherbell` in Scarinish harbour in the 1980s.
The `Heatherbell` in Scarinish Harbour with the hotel in the background. L-R: `Billy` MacLean, Barrapol; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; Billy`s brother Duncan MacLean, Crossapol/Caoles.
