Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 7, 1989.
Articles about the restoration of a Coll cottage, a school trip, Community Council report, Sorisdale to Arinagour walk, postmen, the new ferry, the Coll Show, old Arinagour, the Coll Association among others.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 327, 18/9/2004.
Local news and events including the new doctor Vicky Pringle, letter from Councillor Ian Gillies about the ferry service, An Talla AGM and news from the youth club, RSPB and the school.
Audio cassette recording of Hugh Maclean of Barrapol talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Hugh MacLean (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill Eòghainn Mhòir) talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about his upbringing, the early days of WWII, HMS Sturdy and other shipwrecks, the Home Guard, the crash of the Sylvia Scarlett and the mid-air collision of two Halifaxes, the Home Guard v. RAF shooting match, shops, diet and ration books, medical services and Dr Hunter, social life, dances and film shows, Italian POWs, the raising of the Loch Seaforth and meeting the German tug captain.
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at the Scarinish Hotel in January 1998.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig talks at the Scarinish Hotel on 31st January 1998 about emigration to Canada, New Zealand and Patagonia, the Duke of Argyll’s factors, the MacNiven family, cattle droves, smacks and schooners, the shops at Middleton and Hynish, three Tiree men who emigrated to Seattle, ancient graveyards, a school trip to Dundee, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Taeping, the Downie family, emigration history at Inverary Archives, CalMac boats, the storms in 1953 and 1968, the emigrations of 1855 and 1877. (Continued on AC43)
Audio cassette recording of Donneil Kennedy talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.
Donneil Kennedy talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) in June 1998 about the history of the knitwear factory, the sinking of the ferry Loch Seaforth in 1973, anecdotes about Hector Kennedy, Malcolm MacLean of Salum and John Kennedy of Crossapol, the pre-war shops on Tiree, the ghost at Island House, the appointment of vet Jimmy Wilson in 1973, the problems installing septic tanks, his uncle AndrewYoung’s war experiences, expeditions by horse and cart in the 1930s and his memories of Argyll County Council around 1970.
M.V. ‘Clansman’
Photograph of the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry ‘Clansman’ leaving Tiree in 2001.
Courtesy of Mr Alasdair Sinclair
Ninety-nine metres in length, M.V. ‘Clansman’ is the largest vessel that can safely navigate the numerous channels at places like Gott Bay on Tiree and Arinagour on Coll. Built by Appledore Shipbuilders of North Devon in 1998, she is the fifth vessel to carry that name in the fleet.
Carrying 638 passengers and up to a hundred cars, she replaced ‘Lord of the Isles’ on the busy Coll-Tiree and Barra-South Uist routes. Calls at Tobermory on the Tiree sailings ceased as she is too large to berth at the pier there.
Although somewhat lacking in open deck space and with no overnight berths, the passenger facilities set new standards with a series of lounges, a children’s play area, room for dogs, a shop, a bar and a cafeteria and, on the top deck, an observation lounge.
Colour panoramic photograph of the M.V. Clansman in 2001.
Panoramic view of the M.V. Clansman approaching Gott Bay pier in 2001.
Black and white photograph of the P.S `Waverley` at Gott Bay pier in 2004.
The P.S. Waverley at Gott Bay pier on 9/5/04.
Copy of a postcard of Gott Bay pier.
Postcard of the ferry at Gott Bay pier. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Newspaper article about the holing of the ferry `Lochearn` off Tiree.
The ferry `Lochearn` struck a rock off Tiree and was beached on Gott Bay to prevent her sinking.
Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay
Sound clip in English of former airline pilot Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay.
Courtesy of Mr Bill Innes
Former airline pilot Bill Innes tells a humorous anecdote about Captain David Barclay, MBE, during an illustrated talk about the pioneers of Scottish aviation held in An Talla, Tiree on 5th July 2004.
The name David Barclay is synonymous with the development of aviation in the Western Isles and with the Scottish Air Ambulance Service. He flew his first ambulance flight with Northern & Scottish Airways in 1935 and at the end of his career had flown more than two thousand ambulance missions.
He was awarded the MBE in 1942 and invested with the order of St John of Jerusalem in 1950. Much loved and well respected by those who knew him, Captain Barclay retired in April 1965 with an overwhelming send-off from islanders in Barra and Tiree.
