Audio cassette recording of Angus MacFarlane and Willie Robertson interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll Hotel on 10/7/2003.
(Continued from AC234) Willie Robertson of Coll talks to Maggie Campbell in July 2003 about peat-cutting when it was done by hand with the help of a horse, coffin making, caithris na h-oidhche and funerals on Coll, past and present. (Tape 2 documented on E00519)
(A leantainn air fo AC235) Mairead Chaimbeul air Colla anns an t- Iuchair 2003 a bruidhinn ri Uilleam MacDhonnchaidh mu dheidhinn gearradh mòine – nuair a bha seo air a dhèanamh le làimh, deànamh cisteachan-laighe, caithris na h-oidhche, agus dòighean tiodhlacaidh air Colla fo chionn fhada co-shamhlachadh ri dòighean an là an-diugh.
Black and white photograph of the coal boat `Glenshira` at Gott Bay pier in the 1970s or 1980s.
Kennedy`s lorry driven by Donald MacKinnon, Hough, at Gott Bay pier in the 1970s or 1980s with the coal boat `Glenshira` tied up alongside.
Copy of a newspaper photograph titled `The First Since May: An MP at the coal boat`.
Photograph of Mr Macquisten, MP for Argyll, on the quay at Tiree when the first cargo of coal was brought to the island after a stoppage in 1924 or 1925. L-R: (standing) Mr Macquisten, Conservative MP for Argyll; (to the right of the cart) Hugh MacIntyre, Gott (Eoghann a` Ghobhain); Malcolm MacLean, Kirkapol (Calum Mor); unknown; Ground Officer Alick MacLean.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Black and white photograph of puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts.
Puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
Black and white photograph of puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts.
Puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on the beach at Balephetrish in 1945.
Coal puffer on the beach at Balephetrish in September 1945.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Balinoe beach in 1953.
Coal puffer on Balinoe beach unloading coal into horse-drawn carts, photographed by Morton Boyd in 1953.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Balinoe beach in 1953.
Coal puffer on Balinoe beach unloading coal into horse-drawn carts, photographed by Morton Boyd in 1953.
