Audio cassette recording of Alasdair MacKechnie and Angus MacLean talking to Maggie Campbell in October 1999.
Alasdair MacKechnie of Mull and Angus MacLean of Scarinish talk to Maggie Campbell in October 1999 about bringing cattle from Tiree to the Ross, the links between the Ross and Hynish when Skerryvore was being built, how fishermen came from South Uist to teach the Ross people how to fish at the time of the potato blight, the exchange of peat for potatoes with Tiree people, regular peat-cutting trips to the Ross from Tiree, the ferry links that used to exists; two songs are sung: Fàgail Loch Buidhe and Mhairi Mhin Mheall-Shieileach. Tha Alasdair ’IcEachairn a Muile agus Aonghas Dhòmhnuill Eòghainn Mhòr a Sgairinis a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dàmhair 1999 mu bhi toirt beathaichean as Tiriodh gu ’n Ros, an co-cheangal a bha eadar An Ros agus Haoidhnis nuair a bha an Sgeir Mhòr ga togail, mar a thàinig iasgairean a Uibhist a Deas a dh’ ionnsachadh iasgach do mhuinntir an Ros an àm bliadhna a chailleadh am buntàta, an t-suaip mòine ri muinntir Thiriodh airson buntàta, cuairtean riaghailteach do ’n Ros airson mòine, co-cheangal bhàtaichean a b’ àbhaist a bhi ann; tha da òran air an seinn: Fàgail Loch Buidhe agus Mhàiri Mhìn Mheall-Shuilean
Local news and events including the Tiree Wave Classic, CalMac timeteable, the Better Neighbourhoods Services `Stay Put` project, extra money for the Council`s education service, a poem by a visitor written in 1900, the Mod and the youth club.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Gott Bay from a small album from Silversands.
`Bata guail ann an Camus Ghot` (the coal boat in Gott Bay) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Gott Bay from a small album from Silversands.
`Bata guail ann an Camus Ghot` (the coal boat in Gott Bay) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
Photograph of boats at Port an Tobair in Balemartine in 1946.
Courtesy of Mr Lachie MacArthur
Lug sail boats at Port an Tobair, Balemartine in 1946. Boats pictured left to right: ‘An Gadoch’, ‘Taeping’, ‘Ariel’, ‘Heatherbell’, ‘Girl Pat’, ‘Try Again’.
Black and white photograph of Port an Tobair, Balemartine in 1946.
Port an Tobair, Balemartine in 1946. Boats (L-R): `An Gaodach` (Lachie Dhomhnaill`s), `Taeping`, `Ariel`, `Heatherbell`, `Girl Pat` (Lachie MacArthur`s father`s), `The Try Again`.
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour around 1940.
View of Scarinish harbour from the pier with the skiff `Passing Cloud in the foreground, the hotel and radio masts in the background, taken around 1940.