Copied colour photograph of Kevin Brown in the wheelhouse of his boat in June 2003.
Kevin Brown of Balephuil in the wheelhouse of his boat in June 2003.
2003.147.1
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2003.147.2
Copied colour photograph of Kevin Brown, Dr Alexandre Fuzeau and Stuart Grant in June 2003.
L-R: Kevin Brown of Balephuil, Dr Alexandre Fuzeau and Stuart Grant of Ruaig on board Kevin`s boat in June 2003.
2003.147.3
Copied colour photograph taken aboard Kevin Brown`s boat in June 2003.
Scott Brown aboard his father Kevin`s boat in June 2003.
1997.265.62
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 27, 28/8/1991.
Local news including the plummeting sales prices for stock, the closure of the petrol pumps at Balemartine and the pierhead, the loss of the senior teacher of the Gaelic unit at the school, report from the Tiree Working Group on fishing, tourism and leisure, crofting and farming, the new waiting room at the surgery, obituary for Dolly Cameron and Balevullin – part 8 by Sandy MacKinnon.
1997.246.1
Binder `The Island of Tiree 1941 – 1943` containing an account of George Holleyman’s time on Tiree, plus 123 related photographs.
Account by RAF policeman and amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA of his time on Tiree between September 1941 and June 1943. Includes seventy-five photographs taken on Tiree by George Holleyman between September 1941 and June 1943, and forty-eight black and white photographs/postcards taken by unknown photographer(s). George Holleyman carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
1997.243.2
Audio cassette recording of Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31/1/1997
Hector MacPhail talking at Vaul Golf Club on 31st January 1997 about Clydesdale horses on Tiree, Tom Barr, the Scottish Horse Regiment, his great-uncle Archie MacDougall, Tiree blacksmiths, shoes and clothes made on Tiree, weaving and carpentry, graveyards and tacksmen, Sir Donald MacLean, Tiree place-names, UK boxing championship Donald Lamont, shebeens and whisky distilling, peat and seaweed, emigration, fishing and Hynish pier, local boat-building.
2001.96.7
Laser print of a black and white photograph of herring packers at Oban pier in the 1920s.
`Packing herring at Oban pier.` (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2003.125.2
Audio recording of Angus Munn interviewed by Dr John Holliday in Heanish on 23/6/2003.
Audio cassette recording of Angus Munn interviewed by Dr John Holliday in Heanish on 23/6/2003. (awaiting further info.)
2003.116.1
Poem titled `Bella`s moment` composed by Neil Urquhart, Balinoe.
Poem by Neil Urquhart of Balinoe about the fishing competition held off Scarinish on 30/7/2003.
2003.119.1
Audio cassette recording of Angus MacFarlane and Willie Robertson interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll Hotel on 10/7/2003.
Angus MacFarlane and Willie Robertson of Coll talk to Maggie Campbell in July 2003: Angus talks about the village of Sorisdale, the shipwreck of the Nevada, the transportation of passengers and cargo by small boat to and from the ferry The Loch Earn and his work in Canada in the 1960s and 70s, mostly on ice-breakers; Willie talks about his holidays on Coll as a young boy and a typical day’s work, where people fished and the sort of fish caught, moving sheep to Eilean Mòr in the summer and back again in September. (continues on AC235). Mairead Chaimbeul air Colla anns an t- Iuchair 2003, a’ bruidhinn ri Aonghas MacPhàrlain agus Uilleam MacDhonnchaidh. Tha Aonghas a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn Sorasdal, briseadh a Nevada agus mar a bha luchd-siubhal agus luchd air a ghiùlan air bata beag fon bàta aiseag The Loch Earn gu Eilean Cholla. Tha Uilleam a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn làithean saor nuair bha e na bhalach, ag iasgach agus a falbh le caoraich gu Eilean Mòr. (A leantainn air AC235)