Black and white photograph of a crofter gathering seaweed by horse and cart.
A crofter gathering seaweed by horse and cart to be used as fertiliser.
1999.113.22
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1999.113.24
Black and white photograph of crofters carting marram grass for thatching.
Two crofters carting marram grass for thatching behind Ben Hough in the 1930s or 1940s.
1999.113.32
Black and white photograph of Grace Campbell and Duncan MacPhee.
L-R: Grace Campbell of Tullymet and Duncan MacPhee of Scarinish astride Russell and Gypsy in the late 1930s.
1998.107.9
Black and white photograph of Lady Victoria Campbell`s buckboard.
Lady Victoria Campbell`s buckboard, the horses for which were supplied by Thomas Barr, tenant of Balephetrish Farm. Possibly `Faithful John`, John MacKinnon, Lodge Farm, on the right.
1998.70.11
Five horse rosettes and ribbons.
Three tartan (one with white bead work) and two red and blue horse rosettes and extra ribbons used for decorating horses shown at Agricultural Shows (see photo D3 – 1997.159.14)
2003.28.1
Fridge magnet with photograph of Iceland ponies at Caoles.
Fridge magnet with photograph of Iceland ponies at Caoles.
2003.22.1
Alick MacNeill’s turn-out at a 1950s Agricultural Show
Photograph of Alick MacNeill, Donald MacLean and Donald MacIntyre at an Agricultural Show at Crossapol in the early 1950s.
Courtesy of Mr Donald MacIntyre
The Tiree Agricultural Show was started in the 1880s by Tom Barr, the tenant of Balephetrish farm, to encourage local crofters to improve their stock of breeding horses and their income. Around 1900, a stirk (one-year-old calf) would fetch £4 to £5 whereas a good year-old filly foal would fetch £25 to £30.
At the Shows in the 1950s prizes were given for the best horse in a number of classes: Clydesdale geldings and mares, Highland ponies, cross geldings, mares, fillies or colts and any breed of foal. There was also a special prize for the best horse, cart and harness.
Alick MacNeill of Main Road Farm in Balephuil, Donald MacLean of Vaul and Donald MacIntyre of Gott are pictured at a Show at Crossapol in the early 1950s. By this time tractors had replaced the horse and Alick’s turn-out was the only entrant in its class.
Black and white photograph of Alick MacNeill, Donald MacLean and Donald MacIntyre.
Agricultural show at Crossapol in 1951 or 52. L-R: Alick MacNeill, Main Road Farm, Balephuill; Donald MacLean, Vaul; Donald MacIntyre, Gott.
2000.26.20
Black and white photograph of Alasdair Brown, Balephuil, at a Tiree Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alasdair Brown, Balephuil, with a prize Clydesdale at an Agricultural Show held at Crossapol in the 1950s.
2000.26.21
Alick MacNeill of Balephuil
Photograph of Alick MacNeill of Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Mrs Doris MacLean
Alick MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil is pictured at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. A prize was awarded for the best horse, cart and harness. Tractors became more common after World War II, before which crofters depended on draught horses for ploughing and transporting crops.
Note the tractor wheels on the cart. Although not a large as the old iron wheels, the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable. It was also considerably easier for the horses pulling the cart. Young horses in particular were alarmed by the noise of the old iron wheels.
One of the major events in the local calendar since the 1880s, the Show was originally held in Scarinish, moved to Crossapol in the 1940s and then to Whitehouse at Cornaig in 1996. Since 2004 it has been located at the new Rural Centre at Crossapol.
Black and white photograph of Alex MacNeill, Balephuil, at aTiree Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alex MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. Note the tractor wheels on the cart. Although not a large as the old iron wheels (see cart in the background on the right), the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable and made pulling the cart considerably easier for the horses. Young horses in particular were alarmed by the noise of the old iron wheels.
2000.26.24
Black and white photograph of a white mare with her foal.
A white mare with her black foal owned by John MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig in the 1940s.
