Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish Tours in July 2004.
Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish Tours on board the Scimitar on route for Skerryvore in July 2004.
2004.118.7
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2004.118.8
Colour photograph of Angus MacPhail in July 2004.
Angus MacPhail playing the pipes on board the Scimitar of Skipinnish Tours on route to Skerryvore lighthouse in July 2004.
2004.105.5
Newspaper article about the holing of the ferry `Lochearn` off Tiree.
The ferry `Lochearn` struck a rock off Tiree and was beached on Gott Bay to prevent her sinking.
2004.105.6
Newspaper article about the difficulties travelling to remote islands.
The difficulties of opticians, dentists, chiopodists and vets travelling to remote islands.
2004.95.4
Leaflet about Skipinnish Sea Tours.
Leaflet advertising Skipinnish Sea Tours with the information given in a ten verse poem.
2004.96.1
Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay
Sound clip in English of former airline pilot Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay.
Courtesy of Mr Bill Innes
Former airline pilot Bill Innes tells a humorous anecdote about Captain David Barclay, MBE, during an illustrated talk about the pioneers of Scottish aviation held in An Talla, Tiree on 5th July 2004.
The name David Barclay is synonymous with the development of aviation in the Western Isles and with the Scottish Air Ambulance Service. He flew his first ambulance flight with Northern & Scottish Airways in 1935 and at the end of his career had flown more than two thousand ambulance missions.
He was awarded the MBE in 1942 and invested with the order of St John of Jerusalem in 1950. Much loved and well respected by those who knew him, Captain Barclay retired in April 1965 with an overwhelming send-off from islanders in Barra and Tiree.
1999.179.1
Hardback book `British Warship Names` by Capt. T. D. Manning and Cdr. C. F. Walker.
The history of ship-naming from the earliest times to the present day.
2004.77.1
Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald and Lachie MacFadyen in May 2003.
Iain MacDonald of Ruaig and Lachie MacFadyen of Caoles in Vaul at the start of their fund-raising row in the dinghy `Isabella` round the island in aid of the Tiree Mart in May 2003.
2004.77.2
Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald and Lachie MacFadyen in May 2003.
Iain MacDonald of Ruaig and Lachie MacFadyen of Caoles in Vaul at the start of their fund-raising row in the dinghy `Isabella` round the island in aid of the Tiree Mart in May 2003.
2004.77.3
Colour group photograph at Clachan, Cornaig in May 2003.
The fund-raising row round the island by Iain MacDonald and Lachie MacFadyen in aid of the Tiree Mart in May 2003 stopped due to wind at Clachan, Cornaig. L-R: Jane, Jamie and Iain MacDonald of Ruaig, Kenneth, Niall and Mhairi MacKinnon of Hillcrest, Balephetrish and Lachie MacFadyen of Caoles.
