Photograph of Mrs Summers outside The Café at Crossapol in 1957
Black & white photograph of Mrs Summers outside The Café at Viewfield, Crossapol, during her honeymoon on Tiree in August 1957.
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Map of Balephetrish showing proposed crofts, 1922
Map of Balephetrish drawn up in 1922 to show areas to be subdivided into crofts and common grazings as part of the Land Settlement Schemes, and a field on the shore at Crossapol Farm “for market stance”.
© National Archives of Scotland
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Crofters Commission report 1904 about croft enlargements at Cornaigbeg, Kenovay and Balinoe.
Photocopied extracts from the Report by The Crofters Commision (1905) regarding applications by six crofters of Cornaigbeg and Kenovay to enlarge their land holdings into parts of Crossapol Farm tenanted by Thomas Barr, and applications by five crofters of Balinoe to extend their holdings into Heylipol Farm tenanted by Hugh MacDiarmid.
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2014.61.1
Carpenter`s wooden plane 1859-1905
Carpenter`s wooden and steel plane made by Hargreaves, Smith & Co. around 1859-1905, and belonging to Hugh MacKinnon, Crossapol (Eòghann Dhomhnaill, `The Contractor`).
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Carpenter`s moulding plane 1859-1905
Carpenter`s wooden plane for moulding the edges of furniture. Engraved with name W McKinlay. Belonged to Hugh MacKinnon, Crossapol (Eoghann Dhomhnaill / The Contractor).
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The circumstances of the grounding of the Oceana at Baugh in 1949, by owner John Campbell
Transcript of a telephone conversation between John Campbell and Dr John Holliday in October 2013, regarding John Campbell`s life and ownership of the schooner `Oceana` and the circumstances leading up to its grounding and eventual break up on the beach at Baugh / Crossapol in 1949.
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Extracts from the autobiography of John Campbell – owner of the Oceana
Printed extracts from the autobiography of John Campbell, owner of the schooner `Oceana` that grounded on Crossapol beach in 1949, including a photograph of the yacht in full sail.
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Citations of John Campbell`s war medals
Printed pages from the website of Friends of Popski`s Private Army, citing the medals of John Davies Campbell earned during service in Europe in WWII. John Campbell was the owner of the yacht `Oceana` that grounded and broke up on Crossapol Beach at Baugh during a storm in 1949.
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Book `Popski`s Private Army` by Vladimir Peniakoff
Softback book about the wartime adventures of Vladimir Peniakoff (nickname `Popski`), who formed his own elite fighting force in the North African Desert during WWII. The foreword is by John Campbell who owned the yacht `Oceana` when it grounded and broke up on Crossapol Beach at Baugh in 1949.
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DVD of a tribute to Gordon Connell`s accordion teaching on Tiree, 2013
DVD of a tribute to accordion teachers made by MG Alba in Gaelic to be screened at Feis Thiriodh 2013, beginning with Gordon Connell, Crossapol, who has been teaching accordion at Tiree High School since the 1970s. Includes footage of Tiree landscapes, dancing in the old community hall, a photograph of Murray Omand, and interviews with Angus MacPhail, Ruaig, Flora MacPhail, Ruaig, Dr John Holliday, Balephuil, and Alastair MacLean (Billy the Box), Barrapol.