Aiport Ambulance First Aid box
Large white-painted wooden chest containing First Aid equipment of the ambulance service at Tiree Aerodrome pre-1980. A typed inventory of items present includes: bandages, dressings, gauze, cotton wool, tourniquets, rescue sheets, paracetamol, pins, plasters, drinking glass, scissors and casualty labels.
Notice in Gaelic and English for Argyll &Bute Council Area Office
Wooden notice board with two blue perspex panels reading (1) “comhairle sgire earraghaidheil is bhoid oifis ionadail”, and (2) “Argyll and Bute District Council Area Office”, presumably from the office at Crossapol.
The Kerol Stockowner`s Notebook 1924
Small orange/brown card covered notebook for the recording the use of `Kerol` products as stock remedies. Includes instructions for use, testimonials, calendar, advice regarding ailments, and pages for the stockperson`s own notes. Handwritten notes are by Colin MacPhail of Crossapol.
Book of postage stamps 1929
Book of postage stamps from 1929 containing four 1/2 d stamps bearing King George`s head and “Postal Union Congress 1929” , information about postal rates and various adverts. From Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol.
Box of “KOH-I-NOOR” rubber bands ca 1930
Small cardboard box of L&C Hardtmuth`s “Koh-i-noor” assorted rubber bands from Colin MacPhail`s byre in Crossapol. Contains eight rubber bands of various sizes (now brittle) and the nib from a fountain pen.
Map of Tiree showing proposed new roads in 1937
Annotated map of Tiree hand-drawn by Argyll County`s Engineer in 1937, showing the position of proposed new roads at Cornaig-Balevullin and Barrapol-Kilkenneth. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. (photocopy in the `Map Key` folder in the main store)
The Colin MacPhail collection – file folder 1
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: biography of Colin MacPhail with birth, marriage & death certificates, correspondence and articles regarding the Tiree Show, photographs, wartime preparations, the Tiree Association, Northern & Scottish Airways and personal letters. For example:
The Colin MacPhail collection – file folder 2
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: correspondence and articles about his crofts and crofting, drainage, auction marts and the Balephetrish Sheep Stock Club. For example:
The Colin MacPhail collection – file binder 3
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: correspondence and articles regarding school, doctors, foster children and personal shopping. For example:
Birth record for George Alexander Paterson in Argentina in 1891
Photocopy of hand-written record of the birth of George Paterson on 14th June 1891, son of Donald Paterson, Crossapol, and his wife Ada Maria Luisa Hallet. Written by Francesco Gouche, Civil Registrar of Santa Cruz, Argentina, on 17th July 1891.
Click here to view 2013.23.1
