Photograph of brothers Iain and Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish, as boys ca. 1960
Black and white photograph of brothers (L-R) Iain MacFarlane (b.1950) and Lachie MacFarlane (b 1952), Hynish, playing football in shorts and tank-tops around 1960.
Photograph of Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish, with Mike Stanfield of the Hebridean Trust in the early 1990s
Colour photograph of (L-R) Lachie MacFarlane (b. 1920), Hynish, standing with Mike Stanfield of the Hebridean Trust at Hynish in the early 1990s. Signed “To Lachie with best wishes and thanks, Mike”.
Photograph of Alastair MacNeill, Hynish, digging for lug worms in the 1970s
Colour still captured from a cine film of Alastair MacNeill (senior), Hynish, digging for lug worms for rock fishing on An Cladach Arrabach, Hynish, in the 1970s. Original stored with letter from Alastair MacNeill, Berwick, in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Photograph of Alastair MacNeill, Hynish, collecting limpets in the 1970s
Colour still captured from a cine film of Alastair MacNeill, Hynish, collecting limpets for rock fishing on An Cladach Arrabach, Hynishe, in the 1970s. Original stored with letter from Alastair MacNeill, Berwick, in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Photograph of Fiona MacNeill with bamboo fishing rod and fish in 1975
Colour photograph of Fiona MacNeill (grandaughter of Alastair MacNeill, Hynish) holding a long bamboo fishing rod and a catch of fish (gad of piucaich) caught from the rocks at Hynish in 1975. Original stored with letter from Alastair MacNeill, Berwick, in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4.
Photograph of Princess Anne at the Alan Stevenson Centre in Hynish, 1991
Black & white photograph of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, being presented with a basket of flowers by Mairi Lyndsey Campbell of Cornaigbeg while a crowd looks on at the opening of the Alan Stevenson Cenre at Hynish in May/June 1991. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4) (similar to colour photo E116)
Photograph of Duncan MacLean, W.Hynish and his sisters, ca 1900
Sepia photograph from a postcard of Duncan MacLean (a` Chiobair), W.Hynish and his sisters Peigi and Jessie, outside `The Shepherd`s Cottage`, Hynish, ca 1900. L-R: Sine Chaluim Bhàin, Peigi a` Chiobair, Jessie, Duncan MacLean (a` Choibair). Sine looked after Jessie who developed dementia. Another of Duncan`s sisters lived in Islay and was there when one of the boats from Fuadach Bhaile Phuill was blown to Islay. Duncan himself had advised them not to go out that morning. The house was enlarged in 1936. It is in W. Hynish (na Cùiltean) and dates from when E & W Hynish was in one farm under the Factor`s brother (MacQuarrie). (Large printed copy and information stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 3)
Two articles about childhood memories of traditional rock fishing on Tiree in the 1940s and 1950s. The first is by Billy Whiteside writing about fishing at Barrapol/Greenhill, while the second is by his friends, brothers Alastair and John MacNeill, about fishing at Hynish.
Magazine article about the `Golf Ball` on Beinn Hynish, ca. 1996.
News article from `Airway`, the magazine of the Civil Aviation Authority/NATS about the radar station or `Golf Ball` on the top of Beinn Hynish, which opened in 1985. Includes colour photographs with one of the staff: Iain MacDonald (Balemartine), Simon Latham (Baugh), Malcolm O`Dea (Balinoe), Roddy Campbell and Duncan MacLean.
Dissertation about the Tiree bulb-growing industry in the 1960s
Bound dissertation entitled “Tiree Bulbs” about the tulip- and daffodil-growing industry on Tiree in the 1960s. Includes hand-typed preface about the history of bulbs, an account of Tiree`s bulbs, many colour photographs of the different varieties of bulbs growing in-situ on Tiree, photos of some bulb-growers including Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig, and a map of bulb sites around the island. Author: Ena MacLean Percy – a district nurse who attended courses at The Royal College of Nursing in Edinburgh in the 1960s, and retired to Fort William. Bound in royal blue board with gold embossed title on cover. Found at a recycling centre in Fort William in 2011.
