Black and white photograph of Archie and Donald MacDonald of Mannal House in the 1920s.
Archie and Donald MacDonald of Mannal House with four Clydesdale horses in the 1920s.
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Colour photograph of a cattle show in the early 1990s.
Judging cattle at an agricultural show at Crossapol in the early 1990s.
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Black and white photograph of Clydesdale horse dressed for showing in the 1950s.
Clydesdale horse belonging to Alec MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil, dressed for a Tiree Show at Crossapol in the 1950s. Donald MacPhail is at the wheel of the cart and Archie Kennedy at the extreme left.
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Colour photograph of a duck and ducklings at Cornaigbeg around 1995.
Duck and ducklings at Corrairigh in Cornaigbeg around 1995.
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Black and white photograph of Clydesdale horse dressed for showing in the 1950s.
Clydesdale horse belonging to Alec MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil, dressed for a Tiree Show at Crossapol in the 1950s. L-R: John MacLean of Balevullin, blacksmith Hugh MacEachern of Cornaigbeg, Hector J. C. Campbell of Cornaigbeg.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
