Black and white photograph of Alasdair Brown, Balephuil, at a Tiree Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alasdair Brown, Balephuil, with a prize Clydesdale at an Agricultural Show held at Crossapol in the 1950s.
2000.26.20
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2000.26.21
Alick MacNeill of Balephuil
Photograph of Alick MacNeill of Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Mrs Doris MacLean
Alick MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil is pictured at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. A prize was awarded for the best horse, cart and harness. Tractors became more common after World War II, before which crofters depended on draught horses for ploughing and transporting crops.
Note the tractor wheels on the cart. Although not a large as the old iron wheels, the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable. It was also considerably easier for the horses pulling the cart. Young horses in particular were alarmed by the noise of the old iron wheels.
One of the major events in the local calendar since the 1880s, the Show was originally held in Scarinish, moved to Crossapol in the 1940s and then to Whitehouse at Cornaig in 1996. Since 2004 it has been located at the new Rural Centre at Crossapol.
Black and white photograph of Alex MacNeill, Balephuil, at aTiree Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alex MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. Note the tractor wheels on the cart. Although not a large as the old iron wheels (see cart in the background on the right), the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable and made pulling the cart considerably easier for the horses. Young horses in particular were alarmed by the noise of the old iron wheels.
2000.26.25
Black and white photograph of Alex MacNeill, Balephuil, at an Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alex MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. Note the elaborate show harness and the tractor wheels on the cart. In comparison with the old iron wheels, the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable and made pulling the cart considerably easier for the horses.
2003.16.3
Newspaper cutting about a council flat for sale in Crossapol.
Description and photograph of No 9 Sruthan Terrace, Crossapol which is on the market.
1997.268.2
Black and white photograph of Colin MacPhail of Crossapol with two horses.
Colin MacPhail of Crossapol House with two Clydesdale horses, probably taken in the 1920s or 30s.
2003.10.36
Scanned aerial photograph of the Reef looking east taken in 1942.
Aerial photograph of the Reef in 1942 looking south-west, showing a number of the dispersed sites around Crossapol.
2000.22.3
Black and white postcard of a cattle show at Crossapol
Postcard of a cattle show at Crossapol.
2003.1.20
Colour photograph of a pantomime in Crossapol Hall.
Pantomime `Hook` (?) in Crossapol Hall. L-R: (back) Mairi Lyndsay Campbell, Cornaigbeg; Margaret MacLean, Kilmoluaig; Siobhan Gillespie, Crossapol; (front) Mhairi Green, Mannal; Emma Ryan, Hynish; Fiona Grant, Ruaig; Heather MacDonald, Hynish.
2003.1.21
Colour photograph of a Feis concert in Crossapol Hall in 1988.
Feis concert in Crossapol Hall in 1988. On stage (L-R) Jessie Gray, Balemartine; Morven MacInnes, Ruaig; Ailig Hector MacDonald, Hynish, on the accordion; Niall MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Craig Smith, Crossapol; Mairi Munn, Crossapol; Sarah Holliday, Baugh.
2003.1.23
Colour photograph of Crosapol Hall in 1999.
Crossapol Hall in 1999 with Beinn Hynish in the background.
