Audio cassette recording of Rosie MacIntyre of Scarinish talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.
Rosie MacIntyre (Ròsaidh Chaluim a’ Ghobhainn) of Scarinish talks to Dr John Holliday about her schooldays at Scarinish School, wartime activities, the Lodge where her mother worked for Lady Victoria Campbell, how Lady Victoria helped the island by getting a district nurse, starting a Women’s Guild, and setting up woodwork, sewing and knitting classes; she also talks the genealogy of people from Gott and Kirkapol.
Audio cassette recording of Ishbel MacArthur of Barrapol talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2001.
Ishbel MacArthur of Barrapol talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2001 about childbirth and childcare, the comparison between bringing up her five children in the 1960s and 1970s and the easier methods of today, e.g. car seats, baby alarms and walkers, playgroups, disposable nappies and baby clinics; Ishbel also talks about her schooldays in Balemartine. Tha Iseabail Nic Artair a Goirtean Dhòmhnaill a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul ann an Mart 2001 mu aisead agus cùram cloinne, an t-eadar dhealachadh air a bhi togail còignear de theaghlaich eadar 1960 agus 1980, ’s ach na dòighean furasda ’s na laithean an diugh, cathairean carbad, sanas naoidhean agus taic coisiche, cròileaganan, foichein pàipear, leighis-lann naoidhean; tha Iseabail a’ bruidhinn cuideachd mu a laithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn.
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people she knew as a child, including Nurse MacDonald, her friends and family and what she got up to, her schooling, her love of working outside with animals, meeting her mother and half-brothers and -sisters and of eventually meeting her sister, the people in Balevullin, the shops and the butcher’s, wartime rations and being sent back to Glasgow but returning to Tiree.
Black and white photograph of the District Nurses at Cornaig Mill in 1991.
The District Nurses at Cornaig Mill in 1991. L-R: Ann MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Flora MacKinnon, Balevullin; Jane Williams, Balemartine; Cairin MacLeod, Balephuil; Mairi MacInnes, Ruaig; Storm Kemp, Balinoe.
Colour photograph of Wilma Kennedy in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001.
Rolling up the cloth after Oran Luaidh (waulking song) in the Scarinish Hotel in April 2001. L-R: (at back wall) Tish MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; Ishbel MacArthur, Barrapol; (round table) Maggie Campbell, Kilmoluaig; teacher Flora MacPhail, Skipnish; Jane Isaacson, Kenovay; Lal Leitch, Heylipol; Dorinda Johnston, Balevullin; Wilma Kennedy; Kate England, Balemartine; teacher Neil Oliver, Cornaigmore; nurse Anne MacKinnon, Hillcrest; Jeanette Cameron, Balevullin; Kate Brown, Cornaigmore; Clare Jones, Baugh; Murdina MacLean, Kilmoluaig; (at back wall) teacher Mairi Forbes, Balevullin; teacher teacher Catriona Campbell, Heylipol; Sarah Holliday, Baugh; Brian Findlater, Scarinish; unknown.
Colour photograph of waulking the cloth in Scarinish Hotel in 2001.
Waulking the cloth in Scarinish Hotel in April 2001. L-R: (at back wall) Tish MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; (round table) Wilma Kennedy; teacher Flora MacPhail, Skipnish; Jane Isaacson, Kenovay; Lal Leitch, Heylipol; Dorinda Johnston, Balevullin; unknown; unknown;teacher Neil Oliver, Cornaigmore; Janette Cameron, Balevullin; nurse Kate Brown, Cornaigmore; Murdina Maclean, Kilmoluaig; (at back wall) teacher Brian Findlater, Scarinish.
Colour photograph of the health team outside Taigh a` Rudha in 1991.
The opening of the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Rudha in 1991. L-R: Dr John Holliday, Cairin MacLeod, Jane Williams, Storm Kemp, Mairi MacLean, Anne MacKinnon, Flora MacKinnon, Chair of Argyll & Clyde Health Board Bob Reid.
Photocopied letter from Margaret Laing dated 21/5/1948 to the Argyll County Council Clerk.
Letter from Margaret Laing dated 21/5/1948 to the Argyll County Council Clerk accepting the office of District Nurse on the condition that suitable accomodation and transport is provided.
