Tag Archives: education and cultural services

1997.265.84

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 48, 23/9/1992.

Local news including the decision to appoint a Development Officer to assist the Tiree Working group, the loss of the Tobermory link, the retiral of margaret MacIntyre and Archie MacKinnon from the school, public transport on Tiree, the pierhead development, a letter from teacher Bill Skene, and news from the playgroups, the hall and the Girl Guides.

1997.265.113

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 75, 15/2/1994.

Local news including the planning application for a wind turbine at Baugh, road accidents, article about shipwrecks by Sandy MacKinnon, the weekend stay at the Hynish centre by the Gaelic Unit and news from the feis, the regatta club, Tiree Art Enterprise and the Crofters Union.

1997.265.9

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 9, 1982.

Local news including complaints about the muddy state of the mains water, news from the Boys Brigade , Vaul Golf Club, Cornaig School and the churches, spoke Gaelic on Tiree and house insulation.

1997.265.26

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Winter 1986.

Local news including the arrival of Dr John Holliday and family, the 1989 ferry schedule, the airport runways, the agricultural show, articles by Meena Knapman and Rev George Donaldson and news from the school, WRI, golf club, the video society, Tiree Association and the regatta club.

1997.265.46

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 11, 26/9/1990.

Local news including CalMac`s Sunday sailing from Mallaig, visit by Minister for Transport Cecil Parkinson, the retiral of teacher Dolly Cameron, the refurbishment of the Co-op, changes in the dental services and news from the school and gradening club.

1997.265.10

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 10, 1982 (3 copies).

Local news including the proposed closure of the knitwear factory, a letter from the Director of Water about the muddy mains water, the continuing off-loading of mail and newspapers from Loganair flights, news from the church, the school, Vaul Golf Club, the Regatta Club and the Boys Brigade, a letter from the vet about vaccination of of calves, the weather and bird-watching.

1997.265.27

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Spring 1987.

Local news including the mains supply, pedestrian access to the pier, nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, obituary for and poem by Rev Hector MacPherson (minister on Tiree 1973-8), article in Gaelic by Neil Brownlie, news from WRI, the hall committee, the football club, the churches, Tiree Association, the school and Tiree Agricultural Society.

1997.265.49

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 14, 14/11/1990.

Local news including safety fears over the road to the Hynish, fire alarms at Taigh a` Ruadh, the crisis in crofting as sheep and cattle prices plummet, news from the school and from MP Ray Michie.

1997.265.92

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 55, 3/2/1993.

Local news including the suspension of BT`s compensation scheme, the air ambulance service, an account of the wreck of the SS Vivo on Balevullin beach in 1890 by Sandy MacKinnon, the weather, and news from the playgroups, the school librarian and the Crofters Union.