Black and white photograph of a group outside the NGA Aerodrome Fire Service Training School Headquarters.
Outside the NGA Aerodrome Fire Service Training School Headquarters at Pengamoor, Cardiff in 1950-1.
1997.160.3
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1997.160.4
Black and white photograph of a group of firemen.
Outside the NGA Aerodrome Fire Service Training School Headquarters at Pengamoor, Cardiff in 1950-1.
2003.62.1
Audio cassette recording of Angus MacLean of Scarinish interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 3/4/2003.
Angus MacLean (Aonghas Dhòmhnuill Eòghainn Mhòr) of Scarinish talks to Maggie Campbell about Tiree’s plane service from 1934 to the present day, about the various companies that flew to the island, the routes and aircraft used, his work and colleagues at the airport fire service, the fuel supply and runways, the Met Office and Captain David Barclay.
2003.20.1
Colour photograph of Angus MacKechnie, Alasdair and Ellen Campbell in 1999.
L-R: Alasdair Campbell (son of Maggie Campbell, Kilmoluaig), Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol and Ellen Campbell, Alasdair`s daughter, taken at the airport on the day Angus retired from the airport fire service in November 1999.
1999.144.70
Black and white photograph of Ailig MacArthur, Heylipol in 1982.
Ailig MacArthur, Heylipol, fireman and crofter, taken outside Tiree airport on 20/8/1982. (Original in Filing Cabinet 4 drawer1)
2002.100.1
Audio cassette recording of Ailig MacArthur, Heylipol, interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Heylipol on 24/5/2002.
Maggie Campbell talks to Ailig MacArthur (Ailig a’ Chìobair) of Heylipol in 2002 about his work as fireman at Tiree airport and the different types of service planes used, crofting and how its affected by the Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme and the grant system, how crofts are being amalgamated into farms, cattle sales and the local wildlife especially geese, the shops in Balemartine and Balephuil and the shop vans, story-telling. Tha Ailig Mac Artair (Ailig a’ Chìobair) a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul ann an 2002, mu ’n obair a bh’ aige aig Port Adhair Thiriodh, nuair a bha e na fhear-smalaidh, na h-itealan a bha air an cleachdadh, croitearachd agus mar a tha an sgeama an ‘Environmentally Sensitive Area’, a’ beantal do ’n eilean, mar tha croitean air an cur còmhla mar bhaile-fhearainn, fèill cruidh, eunlainn an eilean, gu sònraichte na geòidh, bùthan ann am Baile Mhàrtainn agus Bail’ a’ Phuill, carabadan agus naidheachdan.
2001.198.1
Audio cassette recording of Angus MacLean interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Scarinish on 20/11/01.
Angus MacLean of Scarinish talks to Maggie Campbell in November 2001 about his time in the fire service after the RAF left, the first fire leader Neil Gunn from Heanish and his team, the Western Area Fire Service in the 1950s, using a Hathaway pump, the fire box at Taigh na Beairt in Scarinish, the new fire station beside the hotel, the first fire tender in 1970, the better equipment under Strathclyde Fire Brigade, several fires including two fatal ones and the improvements in the service.
2001.199.1
Audio cassette recording of Stewart Langley interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Kirkapol on 17/11/01
Stewart Langley of Kirkapol talks to Maggie Campbell in November 2001 about his time in the Volunteer Fire Service from 1967 to 2001, about the fire engines, breathing apparatus and fire hazards, the difficulties of recruiting fire-fighters and the improvements he’s seen during his time in the service.