Photocopied extract from letter from Catherine Muriel MacPhail.
Extract from letter (date unknown, probably pre-World War I) from Catherine Muriel MacPhail, describing a visit to Tiree. The Post Office mentioned in the letter was probably at Cornaigmore, as the family have a photograph of it.
Black and white photograph of Cornaig pupils on a school trip to Oban in 1945.
Pupils from Cornaig School on a school trip to Oban in 1945 for the Argyll Inter-School Games.
L-R: Donald MacKay, Skye; Joe MacLeod, Balemartine; Alasdair Straker, Balemartine; Colina MacDonald, Mannal; Neil Johnston, Heanish; Neil Sinclair, Balephuil; Patsy MacPhee; Jimmy Curran, Silversands, Vaul; Ina Brown, Balephuil. The pupils were accompanied by teacher Pat Robertson from Scarinish.
Minidisk recording of Alex MacLean talking to Maggie Campbell in An Iodhlann on 5/12/2006.
Alex MacLean of Cornaigbeg talks to Maggie Campbell in December 2006 about his schooldays in Cornaig.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 373, 29/7/2006.
Local news and events including the turning of the mill wheel at Cornaig, photos and results from the Agricultural Show, Alistair Boyd competing in the Mongol rally, the results of the Tiree Association sports day and an update from the coucillor Ian Gillies and Tiree Rural Development.
Black and white photograph of Cornaigmore School in 1946.
Cornaigmore School in 1946. (copy and info supplied by donor in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
(L-R, back row) Hugh Archie MacLean, Lachie Campbell, Colin Campbell, Willie MacDonald, Charlie MacLean, David MacKay, John Rhodie, Alasdair MacDonald, John Pollock, Neil Campbell, Calum MacKinnon, Hugh Kennedy, Donald Alex MacLean, (2nd back row) Hugh MacLean, Joan Campbell (MacArthur), Catriona Campbell (MacAuslan), Janet Lamont, Rose Rhodie, Janet Campbell (Paterson), Jessie MacLean (MacKinnon), Isobel MacDonald, Sheila MacKinnon (Suggit), Dolina MacDonald, Flora MacLeod, Zena MacFadyen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Mairi Paterson (Campbell), Maggie MacKechnie (Campbell), Mary Brown, Iain Campbell, Archie Matheson, (middle row) Iain MacKinnon, Mary MacDonald, Cathie Boden, Miss MacLeod, Mrs MacDougall, Miss MacKinnon, Mr Allan MacDougall, Miss Livingstone, Miss MacDonald, Miss Nisbet, Donina Stewart, Elizabeth MacMillan, Mary MacPhail (Cameron), Calum MacKinnon, (2nd front row) Effie MacKinnon, Jean Campbell (MacFadyen), Betty Campbell, Jean Watson (MacCallum), Lizzie MacMaster, Bessie MacPhail, Annie Stewart, Jessamy Bower, Sheena MacDonald, Christine Evans, Pamela Matheson, Netta Lamont, Sheena Henderson, Grace MacDonald, Marion MacNeill, Georgina Wilson, Catriona MacPhail (Watt), Donald MacDonald, (front row) Christina MacLean, Elma MacTaggart, unknown, Iain MacLean , Willie MacMillan, Margaret Boden, Donald MacLean, Hector MacPhail, Ewan Campbell, Roy Blair, Donald MacNeill, Alex Matheson, Gilleasbuig MacLeod, Hugh MacPhail, Donald Stewart, Iain MacKinnon, David MacMillan, Iain Stewart, Hugh M. MacLean, Donald A. Brown.
Timetable for Tiree Music Club for 2005-6.
Timetable for Tiree Music Club 2005-6 detailing tutors, instruments and pupils.
Angus MacKechnie talking about mischief at school
Sound clip in English of Angus MacKechnie talking about the mischief he and his friends got up to on the way to Heylipol School in the 1950s and 60s.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacKechnie
Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol was recorded talking to Maggie Campbell of Kilmoluaig in October 2005 about his schooldays. He was strapped at school, deservedly so according to himself, for breaking the ceramic insulators on the telegraph poles on the road to Heylipol School.
This was a popular sport amongst schoolchildren, in Ruaig as well as Heylipol, and required accuracy in throwing stones. A boy’s reputation depended upon success, especially if the girls, who were guilty of the same activity, scored a direct hit.
Today Angus and his wife Nancy run one of the two school buses on the island and the popular Ring ‘n’ Ride service which provides transport on request. Angus also works crofts in Crossapol, Heylipol and Moss.
Iain MacLeod talking about corporal punishment at school
Sound clip in English of Iain MacLeod of Kilmoluaig talking about corporal punishment at school in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacLeod
Iain MacLeod of Kilmoluaig was recorded in October 2005 talking to Maggie Campbell about his schooling at Cornaigmore where he was given ‘the belt’ for various misdemeanours, including spelling mistakes in the first years of primary school and for teaching a young child swear words.
The instrument of punishment in Scottish schools was the tawse, commonly known as the belt, which was a thick leather strap split at the end to inflict maximum pain. The strap was usually applied to the palms of the hands but in some recorded cases to bare buttocks. It was banned in state schools in 1986.
Iain and his wife Fiona were for many years the managers of Brown’s shop in Balemartine. They now run their own shop at Crossapol.
Photocopied extracts from `The Scottish Congregational Ministry 1794-1933` by Rev Dr William McNaughton.
Information about the Congegational Church on Tiree, Rev Archibald Ffarquharson and Malcom hunter.
Black and white photograph of the exterior of Cornaig mill in 1962.
The exterior of Cornaig mill showing the mill wheel, photographed Dr Euan Mackie in 1962. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
