Black and white photograph of Colin MacPhail of Crossapol House.
Colin MacPhail of Crossapol House with a Clydesdale mare and foal.
1998.94.4
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1998.94.1
Black and white photograph of Willie MacLean, Balevullin.
Willie MacLean, Balevullin on horseback.
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.
1997.161.8
Transporting lobster creels at Caoles in 1936
Photograph of Calum MacDonald and Alex MacIntosh transporting lobster creels at Caoles in 1936.
Courtesy of Mrs Janet MacIntosh
Calum MacDonald and Alex MacIntosh are shown in this photograph of 1936 transporting lobster creels by horse and cart at Caoles. In the 1930s the men would go out lobster fishing every day rowing or sailing their skiffs around the island to their preferred fishing sites.
The creels were baited with salted fish. A line, around 9 fathoms long, was tied to the bottom frame of the creel and at the other end a number of small herring net corks attached every six feet to keep the rope on the surface at low tide. The top cork was marked to identify the owner.
The lobsters were packed with seaweed in wooden boxes and sent by ferry and rail to Billingsgate market in London. If they survived the journey, the fisherman would eventually receive a postal order, paying one shilling and sixpence per lobster.
Black and white photograph of Calum MacDonald and Alex MacIntosh in 1936.
Collecting creels by horse and cart at Caoles in August 1936. L-R: Calum MacDonald and Alex MacIntosh.
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.
2001.96.4
Laser print of a black and white photograph of two men cutting thistles at Heylipol.
John Hume, manager of Heylipol Farm, cutting thistles at Heylipol with a horse-drawn cutter. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s)
1997.157.1
Black and white photograph of John Maclean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg.
John Maclean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg (Alec Mor`s father) with a Clydesdale stallion in the 1930s or 1940s.
2003.127.5
Postcard of two Icelandic ponies advertising `Tiree on Horseback`.
Postcard of two Icelandic ponies advertising `Tiree on Horseback` run by Jane Isaacson of Kenovay.
2003.130.14
Letter dated 12/6/2003 from Donald MacIntyre, Gott, giving information about Charles MacLean of Kenovay.
Letter dated 12/6/2003 from Donald MacIntyre, Gott, giving information about Charles MacLean of Kenovay (site of the present Craft Shop) who was employed as a stud groom by David Adams, Scotland`s most famous Clydesdale horse breeder and exporter. Charles cared for shipments of mares and fillies for the six week journey to Australia.
Charles’ great-nephew tells us that “when Charles arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, he would stay at the home of a cousin MacLean. After disembarking the Clydesdale horses, Charles was told in Gaelic to have a bath because he smelled of horses”.
2003.122.1
Audio cassette recording of Morag Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003
Maggie Campbell talks to Morag Kennedy of Arinagour, Coll in July 2003 about her life in service at Breachacha Castle from the age of 16 – the daily routine, the uniforms and days off, the changes she’s seen since she was a young girl especially for children, the Arinagour shop, the local doctor and his pony and cart. Morag Cheannadach a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul air Eilean Cholla anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu deidhinn a bhith ag obair aig seirbheis anns an caisteal Breachacha bho bha i 16, obair an latha, an trusgan a bhitheadh orra agus na rudan a’ bhitheadh i a’ deànamh nuair bha la saoir aice. Tha Morag cuideachd a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn na rudan a tha air atharrachadh ann a Colla bho bha i na nighean òg, bùth Arinagobhar agus obair a lighiche.