Black and white photograph possibly of Tiree Association event.
Tiree Association Gathering, year unknown. L-R: unknown; Dr John Edward MacKinnon; Mariona MacLaine, Scarinish; Nancy MacLean, Corraire, Cornaigbeg; Rev. Hector Cameron, `Locheil`, Cornaigmore; Hugh Cameron, `Lochiel`, Cornaigmore; Rev. Alexander MacKinnon, Kilmon; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown.
Black & white photograph of Neil MacLaine and his wife Catherine MacFadyen in their Highland finery. The ‘Bard’, as Neil MacLaine was familiarly known, was at the forefront of the Celtic movement in Glasgow from the late 1890s until his death in 1925.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
The Bard had a gift for telling humerous Gaelic stories and reciting his own compositions. He regularly attended meetings of the Clan MacLean, Tiree Association and Ceilidh nan Gaidheal and was a vice-president in each of these societies.
Born in Caoles in 1851, he went to Glasgow at an early age to become apprenticed to the joinery trade. Apart from four years spent in the Kimberley Diamond Fields in South Africa, he remained in the city until his death in 1919.
Black and white photograph of Mr Neil MacLaine.
Mr Neil MacLaine in full Highland regalia.
Black and white photograph of Gran Cameron, Cornaigmore.
Gran Cameron, Cornaigmore.
Black and white photograph of Willie MacLean`s father.
Willie MacLean`s father in full Highland regalia (see F8).
Pipe Major Willie MacLean
Photograph of Pipe Major Willie MacLean of Kilcreggan.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
Pipe Major Willie MacLean of Kilcreggan led the 1st Cameron Highlanders into Cologne during World War 1. He was married to Effie MacLaine, daughter of the Caoles bard Neil MacLaine and his wife Catherine MacFadyen.
Black and white photograph of Willie MacLean, Kilcreggan.
Pipe Major Willie MacLean of Kilcreggan, in full Highland regalia. He led the 1st Cameron Highlanders into Cologne during World War I.
Black and white wedding photograph of Hugh and Margaret Cameron, `Lochiel`, Cornaigmore.
Hugh and Margaret Cameron of `Lochiel`, Cornaigmore on their wedding day, 23rd December 1923.
Black and white photograph of the wedding of Hugh Cameron and Margaret MacLaine,`Lochiel`, Cornaigmore, in Glasgow on 23rd December 1923, with best man Dr John Cameron and bridesmaid Marion MacLaine.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
The bride Margaret MacLaine and the bridesmaid, her sister Marion, are dressed in the fashion of the day with elaborate bouquets. The groom, Hugh Cameron, is in full Highland regalia.
Both families took a keen interest in the Tiree Association which was founded in 1900 to provide a focal point for islanders living in Glasgow. The bride’s father, Neil, was a well-known bard and was prominent in the Celtic movement in Glasgow.
The best man was the groom’s brother, Dr John Cameron. He married Mae Smillie who raised funds for a holiday cottage by the shore in Morvern for the families of ex-servicemen.
Colour photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock modelling a woman`s bonnet, blouse and skirt.
Alasdair Sinclair photographed in August 2001 in front of An Iodhlann modelling a woman`s black bonnet, blouse and skirt made in the early 20th century.
Interior decoration in the 1920s
Sound clip in English of Mabel Kennedy talking about interior decoration in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mabel MacArthur
Mabel Kennedy talks to Dr John Holliday in October 1998 about the interior decoration of the house at Main Road Farm in Balephuil where she lived until she went to work in service in Glasgow in 1926.
The floors of the house were made of concrete although, at that time, some must still have been beaten earth and clay. Earthen floors were considered warmer for children’s feet than concrete or flagstones and were kept clean by a sprinkling of shell sand every day except Sunday.
The walls inside were painted twice a year with whitewash made from seashells. The difficulty and expense of obtaining household goods on a remote Hebridean island encouraged the resourcefulness of the local people who would make do with the materials to hand.
