Set of eight tiny ‘Magneto’ spanners and screwdriver used for adjusting the Magneto batteries in army trucks during WWII.
2019.36.1
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2018.77.4
Home-made metal tool to connect metal brake lines, made by Donald Brown, Vaul.
2018.77.3
Home-made metal tool to clean carbon from engine intake and exhaust valves, made by Donald Brown, Vaul.
2018.75.2
Schrader spark plug tyre pump from the 1950s. To operate, it was screwed into the spark plug mounting of the engine, and, when the engine was turned on, blew an air/fuel mixture into the tyre.
2018.17.1
Tiree Memories calendar 2016, produced by Alec Walker, Edinburgh. Photographs include Hughina MacKinnon (nee MacFadyen; Hughina Eachainn Bhuidhe), 1981; Willie MacPhee and Mary T MacPhee on a motorbike in Scarinish the 1960s; MacArthur’s Store in Scarinish, 1937; a calf being led off the ferry in 1981; Am Baile Ur, Balephuil, 1955; Brown’s Store in Balemartine, 1980; Tiree Aerodrome from the air 1942; groups of crofters at the Agricultural Show at Whitehouse, 2002; Lord of the Isles ferry at the linkspan pier in 1991; sheep shearing at Parkhouse in 1980; Balemartine School children 1947; puffer ‘Anzac’ at Caoles, 1950s; Mary Stewart sailing past Coll in 1930s.
2018.1.1
Schrader-Universal tyre pressure gauge used by RAF Servicemen on Tiree during WWII. Compact and made of steel, it was manufactured in the USA by A. Schrader’s Son Inc., New York, for use on Michelin Dunlop tyres, and patented in Australia and England. The end pops out when it reaches the correct pressure.
2009.158.5
MacLennan Motors car & bike hire leaflet
Leaflet advertising car and bicycle hire from MacLennan Motors, Peirhead, Scarinish.