Tag Archives: ferries

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2012.63.1

Tiree Memories 2012 calendar

Display copy of Alec Walker`s `Tiree Memories 2012` calendar with old images of Skerryvore Lighthouse, the ferry and pier in the 1950s, airport control tower in mid 1950s, view from Balephetrish Hill over Balephetrish to Kenovay and Crossapol in the 1960s, a crofters house Balephuil, Balemartine around the 1960s, Baugh Bay, ferry at pier in mid 1930s, Gott Bay, Kirkapol church, view from Ben Hough of Loch Bhasapol, Scarinish from the air in the 1960s, coal boat unloading at Ruaig during the 1930s,

2012.31.1

Audio cassette recording of John MacDonald (Ian Noan) and Duncan MacPhee made by Reg & Meena Knapman, Balephuil, 1982

Audio cassette recording of John MacDonald (Iain Noan), piermaster and former employee of MacBraynes ferries, and Duncan MacPhee, part III. Made by Reg & Meena Knapman, Balephuil, in 1982. (Tape A) Poor quality.

2012.7.2

Photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band on the ferry to Tobermory/Oban ca. 1975

Colour photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band on the ferry to Tobermory/Oban around 1975. L-R: Lachie MacFadyen, Kenovay, Neil MacPhail, Kirkapol, Alasdair Sinclair, Greenhill, Hector Campbell, Cornaigbeg, Pipe Major Robert Beck, Ruaig (wearing sash), Hugh MacLean, Barrapol, Willie MacLean, Balinoe, Anne Sinclair (back to camera). (original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)

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2011.121.3

Photograph of people waving off the ferry ca. 1930

Black & white photograph of around 35 people standing on the (Gott Bay?) pier around 1930, some waving off the ferry as it leaves. Probably from a postcard “Leaving Tiree”. (Large printed copy stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3)

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Photograph of the ferry `lighter` boat off Scarinish ca. 1950.

Black & white photograph of the `lighter` boat carrying about 20 people being rowed out to the ferry waiting off Scarinish Harbour around 1910. From a postcard.

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2011.111.4

Photograph of a double-decker bus on Gott Bay pier, 1981

Black & white photograph of a double-decker bus travelling down Gott Bay pier to the waiting ferry, 1981. The bus was the first of its kind on the Scottish islands. (original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3)

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