Black and white photograph of Alex MacNeill, Balephuil, at an Agricultural Show in the 1950s.
Alex MacNeill of Main Road Farm, Balephuil at an Agricultural Show in Crossapol in the 1950s. Note the elaborate show harness and the tractor wheels on the cart. In comparison with the old iron wheels, the rubber tyres made travelling quieter and more comfortable and made pulling the cart considerably easier for the horses.
Account by George Holleyman of his life on Tiree 1941-43.
Account by amateur archaeologist George Holleyman of his time in the RAF Service Police on Tiree from September 1941 to June 1943
| Tags: ancient monuments , cattle , cheese-making , coal , communities , construction , craggans , disasters , education and cultural services , fishing , fishing and fishermen , food , fuel and firing , furniture and decoration , hens , horses , mixed farming , national wars , outbuildings temporary buildings enclosures , puffers , raf , seaweed , sheep , shipwrecks , shops shopkeepers & merchants , social recreation and hospitality , textiles and tailoring , thatched houses , world war ii | | Dates: 1940s | | Object Types: composition | | People: Holleyman, Mr George, Tiree (1910 - 2004) | Black and white photograph of Colin MacPhail of Crossapol with two horses.
Colin MacPhail of Crossapol House with two Clydesdale horses, probably taken in the 1920s or 30s.
Black and white photograph of Donald MacKechnie at Kilmoluaig in the early 1950s.
Donald MacKechnie and Polly at Kilmoluaig in the early 1950s. (Maggie Campbell`s father)
Black and white photograph of Donald MacKechnie at Kilmoluaig in the early 1950s.
Donald MacKechnie with An t-Each Dubh at Kilmoluaig in the early 1950s. (Maggie Campbell`s father.)
Black and white photograph of John MacDonald, Kilmoluaig with his prize mare in the late 1940s.
John MacDonald, Kilmoluaig with his prize mare at a cattle show in the late 1940s.
Black and white photograph of Donald Archie MacLean, Kilmoluaig, moving hay.
Donald Archie MacLean (Doris Lochside`s brother-in-law) moving hay from wet to drier ground in the 1940s.
Black and white photograph of John MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig and his brother Gilleasbuig.
Brothers John and Gilleasbuig MacLean of Lochside, Kilmoluaig in the 1940s with a pair of Clydesdales yoked to a reaper.
Account by George Holleyman of his time in the RAF on Tiree 1941-1943.
Account by George Holleymen, an amateur archaeologist, of his time in RAF Tiree as a Service Policeman. Two more copies added in 2011 (E01206).
| Tags: cattle , cheese-making , coal , communities , construction , craggans , crofters and crofting , disasters , domestic economy , education and cultural services , fishing , fishing and fishermen , food , fuel and firing , furniture and decoration , harvesting , hens , horses , kelp , mixed farming , national wars , outbuildings temporary buildings enclosures , puffers , raf , seaweed , sheep , shipwrecks , shops shopkeepers & merchants , social recreation and hospitality , textiles and tailoring , thatched houses , world war ii | | Dates: 1940s | | Object Types: composition | | People: Holleyman, Mr George, Tiree (1910 - 2004) | Black and white photograph of children with two Clydesdale horses.
A pair of yoked Clydesdale horses, taken in Ruaig. Children and year unknown.