Video recording of an unknown BBC programme about boarded out children broadcast in 1996.
Programme about children boarded out to Hebridean islands, the work they did on the crofts and how they were treated, featuring Hector MacPhail of Ruaig, Bernie Smith of West Hynish, Jean MacCallum of Balevullin, Robert Gray of Balemartine, Tommy Monaghan of Heanish and John Fletcher of Balemartine.
Black and white photograph of a postcard of Salum.
Postcard of Salum House with cattle on the shore.
Tirey
Transcription of an extract from ‘Tirey’ in ‘The Rev. Dr. John Walker’s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771’ edited by Margaret M. MacKay.
Courtesy of John Donald Publishers
The Rev Dr John Walker, minister of Moffat and a pioneer of scientific botany and geology, was sent to the Hebrides in 1764 and 1771 by the Commission for Annexed Estates to report on the social conditions, population and the state of manufacture, agriculture and fisheries.
He found the waters round Tiree teeming with fish but no fishing equipment on the island. In 1792, Rev Archibald McColl lamented that the local fishermen seemed unable to compete with those from other islands or the east coast who were taking full advantage of the nearby fishing banks.
The reasons for this he attributed to the daily involvement of crofters with their land and animals and to their poverty which disinclined them to risk what little savings they had purchasing equipment easily lost in bad weather.
United Auctions catalogue for cattle sale in February 2000.
United Auctions catalogue for a cattle sale on 12th February 2000, giving sellers` name and township, number of cattle and breed.
Newspaper cutting about vets` income in the Highlands and Islands.
Article about vets` income, especially in Tire, Skye, Lewis and Uist, being adversely affected by low sheep and cattle prices.
Paperback book `The Drove Roads of Scotland` by A. R. B. Haldane.
An account of Scotland’s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland. Includes references to Tiree in the index.
Foot and Mouth Poster issued by Argyll & Bute Council.
Foot and Mouth Poster issued by Argyll & Bute Council in 2001.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 313, 21/2/2004.
Local news and events including a wind turbine for the new hall, letter from the factor A. Montgomery to MSP George Lyon re community buyout of Tiree, the cattle sale on 14/2/2004, relocation of civil service jobs to Tiree and news from the Tiree Heritage Society and the school.
Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald of Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell on 9/10/2001.
Iain MacDonald of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell about his childhood memories of Tiree, how people were more self-sufficient, growing potatoes, milking cows and churning butter, helping his uncle Murdoch, a butcher, deliver meat around the island in a pony and trap, the community spirit of shearing day, picture night at the Reef, coastguard drill and some of the people of Balevullin; Iain also discusses his work as a Highland dancer, judge and piper at the Highland Games.
Audio cassette recording of Archie John MacLean, Heylipol talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
(Continued from AC240) Archie John MacLean (Èairdsidh Tèon ?) of Heylipol talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about farm subsidies and prices, the necessity of crofting for the survival of island communities, Cattle Shows and judging, learning from older crofters and the old methods of crofting.
