Black and white photograph of hay-making in the 1930s.
Haymaking in the 1930s. L-R: Mairi Paterson (m.s. Campbell); visitor Iain MacDonald from Glasgow; Iain’s father, Mr MacDonald; Iain Paterson, Mairi’s brother; Harry Skelton; George Paterson of Crossapol, father of Mairi and Iain.
George Paterson’s byre
Photograph of George Paterson’s byre at Crossapol in the 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
George Paterson and Archie Kennedy were photographed milking cows in George’s cattle byre at Crossapol in the 1930s. The byre was white-washed every year and housed up to ten cows which were mainly Ayrshire and Shorthorns.
The cows were put out to graze in the summer and brought in twice a day to be milked. In winter they were kept inside. The family made butter which they sold as well as milk, and also made cheese for their private use.
Until thirty or so years ago crofters commonly kept a milking cow for their own use. Very few do so now, and with the changes in the law regarding ‘raw’ milk, all milk for sale is imported into the island.
Black and white photograph of George Paterson`s cattle byre at Crossapol in the 1930s.
George Paterson and Archie Kennedy milking cows in George`s cattle byre at Crossapol in the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Hector Campbell with a Clydesdale foal in the mid-1940s.
Hector J. C. Campbell with a Clydesdale foal at Melness in Cornaigbeg in the mid-1940s.
Black and white photograph of a horse-drawn sledge at Corrairigh around 1950.
A horse-drawn sledge used to move hay ricks at Corrairigh in Cornaigbeg around 1950. L-R: Flora Clark née Campbell (Hector J C’s sister); Hector Campbell and his nephew Colin (John Neil Brown’s brother).
Black and white photograph of a Tiree Show in Scarinish in the 1920s or 1930s.
Tiree Show behind Scarinish School in the 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Donald and Hector Campbell with a horse-drawn reaper.
Brothers Donald and Hector Campbell of Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg, with a horse-drawn reaper in the late 1940s. Donald was the father of PM Tony Blair`s spin doctor, Alasdair Campbell.
Bagging fleeces
Photograph of two men bagging sheep fleeces in the 1920s or 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
The bagging of fleeces sheared from Tiree sheep. These fleeces were transported off the island. This picture was possibly taken in Balevullin in the 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of an unknown man bagging fleeces in the 1920s or 1930s.
Bagging fleeces for transport possibly in Balevullin in the 1920s or 1930s.
Driving sheep through Baugh
Photograph of Archie Kennedy and James MacMaster driving sheep through Baugh in the 1960s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
In this photograph of the 1960s, Archie Kennedy of Crossapol and James MacMaster of Kenovay are driving sheep through Baugh on their way to the ferry after lamb sales at Crossapol. The monument to Dr Buchanan can be seen on the hill to the left.
Sheep are generally kept on common grazings; each croft has a souming, the right of grazing on common land, which varies according to township. For instance, in Barrapol each croft has the right to graze five cows and fourteen sheep, whereas in Balephuil the crofts have different soumings.
In the second half of the 19th century, there were between four to five thousand sheep and lambs on the island. Today they number over thirteen thousand.
Black and white photograph of a flock of sheep at Baugh in the 1960s.
Archie Kennedy of Crossapol and James MacMaster of Kenovay herding sheep past the Baugh monument on the way to the ferry after lamb sales in the 1960s.
Colour photograph of George Paterson at Balinoe in the 1910s.
George Paterson of Crossapol in front of a thatched house at Balinoe in the 1910s.
Hector J. C. Campbell of Cornaigbeg in the 1970s
Photograph of Hector Campbell of Cornaigbeg setting up potato drills in the 1970s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
Hector J. C. Campbell on his tractor in the fields at Corrairigh. Hector is setting up the potato drills, this picture was taken in the 1970s.
Colour photograph of Hector J. C. Campbell of Cornaigbeg in the 1970s.
Hector J. C. Campbell setting up potato drills at Corrairigh in Cornaigbeg in the 1970s.
