Paper label from a Russian, USSR, fish product, dated 1970. Origin unknown, but assumed to have come off packaging washed ashore on Tiree around 2007.
2020.36.1
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Tag Archives: gathering food and other materials
2019.53.1
Book ‘Edible Seashore’ by John Wright, 2009.
2017.70.4
Memoirs of Alistair MacNeill, Hynish, ‘They were our Vital Sparks’ which recall his fascination with the coal puffers that visited Hynish to off-load coal and other goods during the 1950s. The puffers also took away bundles of kelp for processing on the mainland.
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2015.54.4
Research paper ‘The catching of seabirds in northern and western Scotland and the Faroes – a summary of historical and contemporary survival’, by JR Baldwin, published in Northern Studies, 1973.
2006.162.1
Black and white photograph of Effie and James MacLeish collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
Effie and James MacLeish and Effie`s sister Margaret Russell are collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s. Effie and Margaret were brought up in the southernmost cottage in Sandaig Terrace.
2006.162.2
Black and white photograph of James MacLeish collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
James MacLeish with a bag of whelks collected at Sandaig in the 1950s.
2006.162.3
Black and white photograph of Carol Ann, Effie and James MacLeish collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
Effie and James MacLeish with their granddaughter Carol Ann (their son Charlie`s daughter) collecting whelks at Sandaig in the 1950s.
2005.102.1
Shovel used for ditching
Round headed shovel used for digging ditches, found at the old Fever Hospital in Heanish. (Given to donor by Rosemary Noon)
2005.102.2
Shovel used for removing turf.
Shovel used for removing turf, found at the old Fever Hospital in Heanish. (Given to donor by Rosemary Noon)
2000.30.4
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 2, 1984.
Articles about sheep and farming in Coll in 1764, livestock on the island between 1940 and 1981, peat-cutting, lazy beds, local man Neillie John MacLean, the Free Church in Coll, early travellers to Coll, bird-watching and gardening, carrrageen and wild flowers, and other local news.