Colour photograph of Taigh Raonaild in Brock in 2003.
The leaning chimney of Taigh Raonaild in Brock with Taigh Iain Mhòir and Taigh Èairdsidh in the background, photographed by Dr John Holliday in 2003.
2004.125.9
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2004.119.2
Copy of black and white photograph of Brock.
Brock. L-R: Taigh Raonaild and, hidden behind it, Taigh Clèireich; Taigh Cìorstaidh; Taigh Uilleim; Taigh Iain Mhòir and Taigh Èairdsidh. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
2004.62.6
Collection of seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson.
Seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson: Balevullin thatched house; Brock; Port Ban; Balinoe beach; Kennavara; four traditional Tiree houses; Gott Bay pier.
1999.272.5
Black and white photograph of Brock.
Brock photographed by author Alastair Alpin MacGregor.
1999.68.24
Black and white photograph of a postcard of Brock.
Postcard of Brock before World War II.
2001.87.10
Hardback book `The Scottish House` by Ianthe Ruthven.
Illustrated examples of Scottish housing from mansions to castles to Kirsty Laird`s house in Brock, pp 84-9.
2000.253.1
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair Sinclair talking about the history and people of Brock.
Alasdair Sinclair talks about the history of Brock from the late 18th century, describing each of the houses in detail and giving a history of all the families who lived there.
2004.7.1
Minidisk recording of Alasdair Sinclair and Duncan Grant talking to Dr John Holliday in An Iodhlann on 21/1/2004.
Alasdair Sinclair of Brock and Duncan Grant of Ruaig talk to Dr John Holliday in January 2004 about their Tiree connections and early memories of Ruaig, Brock and Soa, about Hugh Lamont (Eòghann Iain) from Ruaig, the postal service, Brock ceilidh house, thatched houses, quarrying stones at Brock and the tools used, handmade lintels, and collecting seaweed and birds’ eggs from Soa.
2004.7.2
Dan MacLeod’s practical joke
Sound clip in English of Duncan Grant of Ruaig talking about a practical joke involving a lobster.
Courtesy of Mr Duncan Grant
In a conversation with Alasdair Sinclair of Brock recorded in January 2004, Duncan Grant of Ruaig tells a humorous story about his relative, Dan MacLeod, who played a practical joke on Alasdair’s great-uncles, William, Donald and Neil MacKinnon.
In the days before television, neighbours would regularly visit each other ‘air chèilidh’- for the ‘crack’. Alasdair’s Uncle William was a great story-teller and would entertain the township children with ghost stories.
Duncan’s mother, Mary Flora MacLeod, remembered a particularly scary story about ‘cròg mòr fada liath, liath le aois’ (a long grey claw-like hand, grey with age). She and her sister would be so scared of leaving in the dark they would race the twenty yards home.
1999.311.5
Colour copy of a Certificate of Residence in a Protected Area dated 1/3/1942.
Certificate of Residence in a Protected Area dated 1/3/1942 for Lachlan MacKinnon of Brock (Alasdair Sinclair`s uncle).