Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 65, 25/8/1993.
Local news including speeding through Crossapol, CalMac summer timetable, retiral of manager Cathie Omand from the Co-op, improvements in the local bus service, speech by Fiona MacKinnon, Kirkapol, at a `Transport for Independent Living` conference, the privatisation of the Post Office and Kilkenneth by Sandy MacKinnon.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 68, 6/10/1993.
Local news including a road accident at Baugh, an open letter to the hall committee by Sandy MacKinnon, article about safety at work by the doctor, the arrival of new teacher Pat Campbell, corncrakes by Gwen Evans RSPB, and news from the feis and the Hynish Centre.
Hardback book `A Hebridean journey` by Elizabeth Stucley.
Account by Elizabeth Stucley of a journey through the Highlands and Islands following the route of Johnson and Boswell in the 18th century.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
Black and white photograph of three people in a car.
1928 Model T Ford at Balephetrish. Driving the car is George Hamilton of Barrapol, former sea captain with Robertsons.
Black and white photograph of Mary Flora MacDonald and Mrs Kenneth MacKenzie.
Mary Flora MacDonald of Caoles and Mrs Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster`s wife, photographed in Caoles in the 1930s.
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.
Black and white photograph of unknown man in a car.
Unknown man.
Black and white photograph of a hay cart.
Bringing in the hay by horse and cart. Man and boy unknown.
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.
Black and white photograph of Mary Margaret MacLean of Cornaigbeg in the 1930s.
Mary Margaret MacLean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg (Alec Mor`s aunt) with her bicycle in the 1930s. She died in 1938 aged 25 of septicaemia following a tonsillectomy.
