Tin box of dressings.
Blue tin box from the Surgical Manufacturing Company containing gauze and lint used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
2002.80.4
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2002.80.5
Glass bottle with rubber stopper.
Small clear glass bottle (stamped glyco-thymoline) with rubber stopper used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
2000.10.22
Newspaper cutting `Air delay leaves diabetic without insulin`.
A combination of bad weather and technical problems prevent insulin supplies reaching Jim MacIntyre by ferry or plane. Tiree Councillor Ian Gillies questions sharing a Twin Otter aircraft with Barra, due to frequent flight cancellations. Includes photo of Ian Gillies.
2001.165.2
Black and white photograph of Jean Bonar.
Jean Bonar, relief district nurse from 1959-1966 and wife of GP, Dr Robert Blair Bonar.
2002.75.2
Photocopy of newspaper cutting ` “Meals on Wheels” long service recognised` with photocopy.
Presentation by Tiree Community Council to Mairi Campbell, Cornaigbeg and Isobel Weatherston, Scarinish in recognition for their work with `Meals on Wheels`, with photograph.
2002.63.1
Valuation Roll for the County of Argyll, Parish of Tiree, 1931-2.
Valuation Roll for Tiree 1931-2.
2000.7.3
Magazine article `Island life – why staff will never tire of Tiree` from `Leading Edge`, the magazine of the Strathclyde Social Work Dept.
Articles about Iain MacKinnon`s work in council housing, environmental services, finance and home help services, Elspeth Gillies` work at Taigh a` Rudha as Depute Officer in Charge, and home help Annette MacKinnon. Photos, L-R: (top) Mairi Campbell, Corrairigh; (centre) Iain MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Willie Bunting, Crossapol; (bottom) Flora MacInnes, Ruaig; Elspeth Gilllies, Scarinish.
2001.166.1
Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in Nigeria in 1956
Photograph of Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in Nigeria in 1956.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacLeod
Annie MacLeod of Kilmoluaig trained as a nurse after World War II in Glasgow, and at the Edinburgh Faith Mission College. She worked briefly as a district nurse on Tiree in 1954 and 1955. Unable to drive, she had to be taken on her rounds by Donald Archie and Duncan Cameron from the Scarinish Hotel.
She then left for Africa to work at the Qua Iboe Mission Hospital in southern Nigeria. The hospital had one doctor and four RGNs from Britain, and a maternity ward. Anna eventually became the nurse in charge of its leprosy wards.
Brought home by family circumstances, she worked as a nurse at Kilmartin and on Skye. On one of her return visits to Tiree, she met and married the well-known missionary Kenneth MacRae who was working on the island at the time.
Black and white photograph of Anna MacLeod, Carrachan in Nigeria, 1956.
Anna MacLeod (Anna Charrachan) with some patients from the women`s ward at Qua Iboe (Kwa Eebo) Mission Hospital, Etinan, Nigeria in spring 1956. The hospital had one doctor and four RGNs from the UK and a maternity ward.
2002.40.1
Flora MacLean of Cornaigbeg
Photograph of Flora MacLean from Cornaigbeg.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
Flora MacLean from Port na Criche, Cornaigbeg. Flora was a nurse in the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, she was also one of the first to fly in an ambulance plane.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean.
Flora MacLean, Port na Criche, Cornaigbeg. A nurse in the Southern General, she was one of the first to fly in an ambulance plane.
2002.41.1
B&W photograph of Janet MacLean, first matron of the Eventide Home.
Janet MacLean, first matron of the Eventide Home, pictured with staff at Crow Road, Glasgow.
