Teachers strap
`Lochgelly` brown leather two-tongued teacher`s strap (or tawse) for punishing school children. John J Dick maker. Embossed with an `H` at the handle end.
Composition about water, transport, heating and lighting in the Cornaig School building and grounds from the 1920s to 1970s. Written by Archie MacKinnon, Cornaigmore, who was the school janitor from 1952 to 1992.
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Photograph of the windmill that pumped water to Cornaig School during the 1970s
Black & white photograph of the windmill on the shore of Loch Bhasapol that pumped water to header tanks at Cornaig School. Danny Gillespie in the foreground was preparing the windmill for demolition when the photo was taken during the 1970s. Sitting next to Danny is Iain Baker (son of the policeman, Jimmy Baker), with Bobby MacLean (Bobby Mhialuim) in the background.
Photograph of group of school girls with their teacher around 1970
Colour photograph of a group of Tiree school girls on an excursion on Tiree with their teacher, Annie MacKinnon, around 1970. Back row L-R: Rosemary Omand, Fiona Langley, Marybell MacKinnon, Christine MacLeod, Ann Munn, Flora Brown. Front row L-R: Marion MacLean, Catherine Ellen Campbell, Donna Davies, Ann MacKinnon, Kathleen MacLean, Ina Omand, Lorna Kerr.
Photograph of Cornaig School in 1930
Black & white photograph of the exterior of Cornaig School in 1930 and annotated photocopy indicating the staff room, headmaster`s house, entrance gates and headmaster`s garden. In 1938, all the stonework on the school and school house was plastered and roughcast as it is today (2011).
Photograph of Alan MacDougall, headmaster of Cornaigmore School in the 1940s, and his wife
Black & white photograph of Mr Alan Campbell MacDougall and his wife Alice (nee MacMillan), 1940s. Mr MacDougall was headmaster at Cornaigmore School from 1940. He died in 1969 when he fell between the pier and the ferry. Alice MacMillan was the science teacher.