Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 433, 10/01/2009
Local news: success of Tiree Parties Committees in 2008; PC Danny Lapsley receives Queen`s Police Medal; nativity play at Tiree Parish Church; Royal Bank of Scotland fundraising success of 2008; the Sorley MacLean Trust; school environment news; sheep scab alert.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 436, 21/02/2009
Local news: plans for windfarm off Tiree; WWII soldier remembers building a jetty at Balephetrish Bay; Mainly Music; Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) discussions; Gordon Scott`s Everest trek; Tiree Trust discuss offshore windfarm proposals; SWRI meeting; Cobbled Cow café under new management; RSPB information; livestock sale results; Edinburgh moonwalk.
Book `Cry at Midnight` by Mavis Gulliver, 2014
Fictional story for children that takes place on Tiree. Featuring magic and mythical creatures, and sea beans. Signed by the author.
Book `McDougall`s Alexandra Readers`, 1900-1910
Child`s school reading book of verses, stories and facts published in 1900-1910, and used by Elsie MacKinnon, Kirkapol, at Ruaig Public School from 1925.
Graph of births, marriages and deaths on Tiree 1855-1920
Printed graphs showing the numbers of births, marriages and deaths from the Tiree Parish Registers from 1855 to 1920.
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Photograph of “wee Charlie” ca 1930
Black & white photograph of “wee Charlie” in his perambulator around 1930. Also on the reverse of the photo: “George took it in the back court”. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a group of children with a man in a tractor in 1952
Black & white photograph of a group of three boys and a girl standing in front of a man driving a tractor in July 1952. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a man holding a baby around 1930.
Sepia photograph of a smartly-dressed man holding a baby around 1930. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a child feeding lambs around 1950.
Black & white photograph of a small girl bottle-feeding lambs around 1950. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a 1940`s foster children, ca 1950
Black & white photograph of a group of 11 children from the mainland, who were boarded out to families on Tiree in the 1940s, with three adult supervisors (all women). Original stored in 2014.5.1 filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
