Black and white photograph of RAF pilot Niall Campbell of Crossapol.
RAF pilot Niall Campbell of Crossapol.
1999.138.6
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1999.138.7
Black and white photograph of Effie and Douglas Wheeley`s wartime wedding.
Wartime wedding with groom Douglas Wheeley (RAF), Cardiff, bride Effie MacDonald and bridesmaid Mary MacDonald, both from Mannal.
1999.138.8
Black and white photograph of Hector Campbell of Crossapol.
Hector Campbell of The Shieling, Crossapol, brother of S5 and also an RAF pilot during WWII.
1997.233.2
Audio cassette recording of Duncan MacPhee talking to Reg Knapman.
Duncan MacPhee talks to Reg Knapman about the Customs & Excise, smuggling, brewing and shebeens, methods of building, Captain Robert Nisbet of Heanish, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping`, the Home Guard, HMS Sturdy, the history of Scarinish piers, his family, the ferry service before the pier, Niall and Iain Alainn, Lady Victoria Campbell and Lord Ash, Lady Ferguson and Miss Gibb, the Dukes of Argyll, Tiree boat building, superstitions and some old stories.
1997.235.1
Audio cassette recording of Seumas na Croige with Alan Boyd.
Alan Boyd talks to James MacDonald (Seumas na Croige) of West Hynish about his sea-faring days and being shipwrecked in World War I, his schooldays at Balemartine School, the people of West Hynish and Bail’ Ur, their nicknames and genealogy, fishing and different types of seaweed, thatched houses, healing powers, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Great China Tea Race, and place-names in Balephuil and West Hynish. Gàidhlig neo-mhodail: Tha Ailean Bòid a’ bruidhinn ri Seumas Mac Dhòmhnaill (Seumas na Croige) as na Cùiltean mu na làithean aige aig fairge agus mar a chaidh am bàta air an robh e air na sgeirean ’sa Cheud Chogadh, làithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn, muinntir nan Cùiltean agus am Bail’ Ùr, a far-ainm agus an sloinneadh aca, iasgach, deifir sheòrsa feamainn, taighean tugha, comasan leigheis, an sgiobair Dòmhnall Mac Fhionghainn, fear Reis Mhòr an Ti Shina agus ainmean-aite ann am Baile Phuill agus na Cùiltean
1997.230.1
Audio cassette recording of Mike Hughes talking about Tiree during World War II.
Mike Hughes talks about Tiree as a strategic location, description of photographs shown during talk, the wireless station, hangars and Nissen huts, aircraft, shipwrecks, collisions, the Home Guard, entertainment and some details of manoevres in around Oban.
2002.175.4
Account of RAF 224 Squadron in Tiree by Sam Bagley.
Account of Sam Bagley`s time as ground crew with RAF 224 Squadron in 1942, with a covering letter.
1997.217.2
Map of RAF Tiree sites in Crossapol in 1945.
RAF Tiree sites 1-9 in Crossapol including WAAF Sites 1 and 2, Sick Quarters and the Communal Site, scale 1:2,500.
1997.217.8
Ordnance Survey map sheet LXXVIII.3 with RAF sites superimposed.
RAF Tiree sites 1, 2, 4, 8 and 9 in Crosapol including WAAF Sites 1 and 2, Sick Quarters and the Communal Site, scale 1:2,500.
1998.98.16
Black and white photograph of brothers John and Archie MacDonald.
L-R: Brothers John (Iain Dhomhnaill Iain) and Archie (Gilleasbuig Dhomhnaill Iain), sons of Donald and Margaret MacDonald of Cornaigbeg (see J16). Photographed during World War I, Archie is in Canadian Army uniform.
