Colour photograph of sheep on Gott Bay pier.
Loading sheep on the ferry MV Columba at Gott Bay pier.
2000.15.6
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2001.99.1
Newspaper cutting about the ferry `Loch Seaforth`.
Newspaper cutting with photograph of the Loch Seaforth on the rocks at the Kyle of Lochalsh in 1965.
1997.257.7
Johnny Brown with the ‘Spindrift’
Photograph of Johnny Brown with his launch ‘Spindrift’ at Scarinish harbour.
Johnny Brown, pictured here at Scarinish harbour, was the tenant of Scarinish Farm and the Temperance Hotel there in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also the owner of the motor launch ‘Spindrift’ which was worked by Neil Munn (Neila) of Heanish.
Neila’s work with the ‘Spindrift’ included fishing for lobsters, taking the hotel guests out on fishing trips, and, when work was needed to be done on the Browns’ family farm in Mannal, ferrying the farmhands from Scarinish to Mannal in the morning and bringing them home at night.
The late Hector MacPhail recorded a practical joke on Neila which backfired. One day the farmhands filled Neila’s sea-boots with water. He said nothing but the next day, once out of Scarinish harbour, he donned oilskins and went full ahead to Mannal, drenching the workers with spray on the way.
Board mounted photograph of Johnny Brown with the `Spindrift` displayed in An Iodhlann`s 1997 exhibition.
Johnny Brown, owner of the Temperance Hotel in Scarinish, with the motor launch ‘Spindrift’ in front of Taigh Mairi Claddaich in the 1930s or1940s.
1997.242.1
Audio cassette recording of a Feis talk with Hector MacPhail, Hugh and Angus MacLean in 1997.
Feis Thiriodh talk in July 1996 with Hector MacPhail of Ruaig, Hugh MacLean of Barrapol and Angus MacLean of Scarinish answering questions from the public about mills and millers at Cornaigmore and Milton, township names, peat bogs in Coll and Mull, lazy beds, thatched houses, the clearances of 1875-7, crofting, erosion, horses, Land Leagues and land tenure, whiskey distilling, shipwrecks and HMS Sturdy.
2001.90.3
Black and white photograph of a regatta in 1946.
The competitors in a Tiree regatta of 1946 at Scarinish pier. The hotel is in the background. (Original in Filing Cabinet 5 drawer 2)
2001.90.4
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour in 1950.
Lugboats at Scarinish pier before the start of a regatta in 1950. Standing on the left in oilskins and lighting his pipe is `Doan` of Balemartine.
2000.155.1
Audio cassette recording of Ailig MacArthur of Heylipol talking to Maggie Campbell in July 2000.
Ailig MacArthur (Ailig beag) of Heylipol talks to Maggie Campbell in July 2000 about his croft in Heylipol, his father Èairdsidh Chìobair, using a horse and cart for transporting loads, the importance of Heylipol and the people in it, the shepherd’s house, the pranks of young boys, the shops and vans, domestic economy, changes in the way of life, the relationship between crofting and Gaelic, sales, Ireland, the declining population of Tiree and Caledonian MacBraynes.
2004.13.4
Hardback book `The Tea Clippers` by David R. MacGregor.
Illustrated history of the tea clippers from 1833-1875.
2004.13.6
Hardback book `West Coast Cruising` by John McLintock.
Illustrated account of cruising round the Hebrides.
1999.277.1
Audio cassette recording of Donald Archie MacLean of Kenovay talking to Maggie Campbell in December 1999.
Donald Archie MacLean (Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh a’ Mhuilinn) talks to Maggie Campbell in December 1999 about his childhood in Kenovay, collecting coal with horses and carts from puffers on the beach and the hard work involved, the people who lived in Kenovay including the carpenter and Rob MacMaster, his father who sold meat in Kenovay and Calum MacKinnon who had the butcher’s shop in Scarinish, the difference in the rules and regulations today, the kindness of people in Scarinish, and his hopes for the new century. Tha Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh a’ Mhuilinn a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dùbhlachd 1999 mu laithean-oige ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh, a’ cruinneachadh gual le each is cairt o bhàtaichean guail air an tràigh agus an obair cruaidh a bha ’nn, na daoine a bha a’ fuireach ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh, a’ gabhail a steach an soar, Rob ’Ic a’ Mhaighstir, athair a bha reic feòil ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh agus Calum ’Ic Fhioghainn aig an robh bùth ann an Sgairinnis, na riaghailtean is na laghan a tha ’nns an latha an diugh, coibhneas muinntir Sgairinnis agus a dhòchas airson an linn ùr.