Cutting hay at Cornaig in the 1920s
Photograph of hay-makers at Cornaig in 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Doris MacLean
Archibald MacLean, the last miller at Cornaig (on the extreme left), is pictured here with his family and neighbours cutting hay with a horse-drawn reaper in the 1920s. The reaper worked non-stop round the field until the patch of growing hay was all cut.
Alasdair MacLean from Kilmoluaig is sitting holding a scythe which was used to deal with problem patches. It was also used when work commenced to open up a pathway inside the gate for the reaper to begin.
The woman is the miller’s sister, Flora, who is using a three-pronged fork made in the local smiddy. She followed the reaper to keep the pathway clear for the next time it came round.
Black and white photograph of haycutters at Cornaig in the 1920s or 1930s.
Cutting hay at Cornaig in the 1920s or 30s. L-R: Archibald MacLean, the miller at Cornaig; the miller`s sister Flora (Floraidh Ruadh) who had a shop in Cornaig; (seated on the ground) Alasdair MacLean from Lochside; unknown; Donald MacLean, son of the miller. This is a reaper cutting hay. It worked non-stop round the field until the patch of growing hay disappeared. The seated worker is holding a scythe which was used to deal with problem patches. It was also used when work commenced to open up a pathway for the reaper to begin. The female used a three-pronged fork made in the smiddy. She followed the reaper to keep the pathway clear for the next time it came round.
Black and white postcard of Cornaigmore Post Office.
Cornaigmore Post Office in the 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Cornaig School, year unknown.
Cornaig School, year unknown. (Duplicate of S1- 19999.159.2)
Black and white photograph of Lag nan Cruachan in Cornaigmore.
Lag nan Cruachan in Cornaigmore photographed in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
Black and white photograph of a Tiree Association Sports Day at Cornaigmore School.
Tiree Association Sports Day at Cornaigmore School in the late 1940s early 1950s. Note the anemometer of the weather station on the left.
Black and white photograph of John MacLean, Kilmoluaig shearing sheep.
John MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig shearing sheep at his uncle`s croft at Lag nan Cruachan in Cornaigmore in the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of a cycle race at a Tiree Association Sports Day at Cornaigmore School.
Cycle race at a Tiree Association Sports Day at Cornaigmore School in the late 1940s early 1950s.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean at Cornaig machair.
Cornaig machair in the 1910s or 1920s. L-R: Possibly the wife of the Archibald MacLean, the miller at Cornaig, or Amelia Cameron, granddaughter of Allan MacFadyen of Scarinish; Flora MacLean (Floraidh Ruadh), the sister of the miller Archibald MacLean, who had a shop in Cornaig.
Black and white photograph of the MacLeans at Cornaigmore School.
The MacLeans at Cornaigmore School in the 1920s or 1930s. L-R: (back row) headmaster D.O. MacLean, Janet, Grace, Mary and her brother John; (middle row) Archie (Lochside), Catriona , Flora, Mary Margaret, Mary (Port na Criche), Alasdair (brother of Mary and John), John (Lochside); (front) Donald (Ardbeg) and Hugh.
Black and white photograph of a newspaper cutting about Rev. Hector Cameron.
Newspaper cutting about the Rev. Hector Cameron (1880-1940), born in Cornaigmore, a Gaelic scholar, editor of the `Tiree Bards` and author of `The Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree`.
