Photograph of the ferry `lighter` boat off Scarinish ca. 1950.
Black & white photograph of the `lighter` boat carrying about 20 people being rowed out to the ferry waiting off Scarinish Harbour around 1910. From a postcard.
Photograph of Lamont Dock, Hong Kong, c. 1905.
Black & white photograph of Lamont Dock in Hong Kong around 1905. The Lamont Dock was completed in 1860 and is named after John Lamont who was from Tiree. When John Lamont and Admiral Sir James Hope built the docks, they accurately foresaw the tremendous width of ships of the future. Original emailed news article extract in Filing cabinet 9 drawer 3.
Cup and saucer illustrated with a view of Scarinish
Small china cup and saucer souvenir from Mona MacDonald`s shop in Scarinish (the corrugated extension to Angus MacLean`s house, whom she married) in the 1970s. Yellowish with gold trim and colour illustration of Scarinish and harbour with lettering “Scarinish Isle of Tiree” and “Hand Painted”. Found during a house clearance when Iain & Helen Paterson sold their house `Taigh bean Iain/Nona Tuaigs` at Caoles, ca 2011.
Postcard of Scarinish from the air, ca 1950
Black & white photographic postcard of Scarinish and Scarinish harbour from the air during the 1950s.
Photograph of old lighthouse at Scarinish
Black & white photograph of the old lighthouse at Scarinish Harbour, taken from outside the Scarinish Hotel in the 1950s-60s. Original photo stored with 2010.75.1.
Photocard of the `Mary Stewart` in Scarinish Harbour ca. 1900
Black & white photo postcard showing the trading ship `Mary Stewart` anchored in Scarinish Harbour, with cattle standing in the sea in the foreground, ca. 1900.
Photograph of a house in Scarinish with the harbour and Mary Stewart in the background, 1945
Black & white photograph of a house in Scarinish with the harbour and Mary Stewart in the background, 1945.
Tiree Memories Calendar 2011 by Alec Walker
“Tiree Memories” calendar 2011, by Alec Walker, showing black and white photographs of old Tiree. Photos: Mary Stewart in Scarinish Harbour, Balephetrish 1950s, Upper Vaul, Ruaig, Kilkenneth chapel, Scarinish from the air, Caoles, Claymore ferry, Hillcrest, Kilkenneth, Balephuil.
Aerial photograph of Scarinish ca 1940
Black & white aerial photograph of Scarinish ca 1940. Shows various houses and from bottom to top: white-roofed house owned by Amelia Cameron then her daughter Biddy until the early 1970s, Scarinish School, the Reading Room (now An Iodhlann), the Cooperative store, harbour, Scarinish Hotel, wreck of Mary Stewart.
Archive film about Strathclyde c 1973
DVD film from the Scottish Screen Archive about `Strathclyde`. Filmed in 1973, colour, sound. About the forthcoming new Scottish region of Strathclyde using the views of school children from the region to describe their local areas. Senior pupil at Oban High School, Lachie MacFadyen, speaks about his home of Tiree. Footage includes the old mart at Crossapol farm, the Hebridean Knitwear Factory, Scarinish harbour and travelling between Tiree and Oban to school on the ferry “Claymore”. Other areas mentioned: Dalavich, Oban, Coatbridge, Oban hostel, bus to west Loch Tarbert ferry, Tayinloan ferry, Glasgow, housing projects, Hunterston nuclear power station and industrial estate.
This can also be viewed at the Scottish Screen Archive, Glasgow.
