Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 2, 1980.
Local news including a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, Long Service Medals for Tiree coastguard auxiliaries, Taigh a` Rudha Grand Fete, Vaul Golf Club, a list of books about Tiree, the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, the Social Work Department, fire hydrants, Road Equivalent Tariff (RET), the cost of funerals and the Tiree Pre-school Playgroup.
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 2, 1980.
Local news including a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, Long Service Medals for Tiree coastguard auxiliaries, Taigh a` Rudha Grand Fete, Vaul Golf Club, a list of books about Tiree, the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, the Social Work Department, fire hydrants, Road Equivalent Tariff (RET), the cost of funerals and the Tiree Pre-school Playgroup.
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 3, 1980 (4 copies).
Local news including the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, visit by the Welfare Rights team, Housing Action Areas, the cost of funerals, the delay in the installation of new telephones lines, the quality of the mains water, the bus shelter at Balemartine, conveyance to school for Primary pupils, the Community Council election, a list of books about Tiree, a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, church, and school news, Golf Club and Tiree Football team news, the proposed new public hall and the WRI summer ceilidh. (4 copies)
Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 3, 1980.
Local news including the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, visit by the Welfare Rights team, Housing Action Areas, the cost of funerals, the delay in the installation of new telephones lines, the quality of the mains water, the bus shelter at Balemartine, conveyance to school for Primary pupils, the Community Council election, a list of books about Tiree, a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, church, and school news, Golf Club and Tiree Football team news, the proposed new public hall and the WRI summer ceilidh.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Summer 1989 (2 copies).
Local news including an extract from John Walker`s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771, an obituary for Neil MacLaine Cameron, one Gaelic and two English poems by Neil Brownlie, article by a child evacuated to Tiree during the war, news from the school, WRI, golf club and the hall committee.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 2 (new issue), 14/2/1990.
Local news including the disposal of sewage, the Poll Tax, obituary for Archibald MacArthur of Hynish by the Baptist minister Peter Williams, the arrival of a new policeman, obituary for Donald MacDonald of Caoles, and news from Comunn Feis Thiriodh, the playgroups and the windsurfing club.
Postcard album.
Postcard album containing tinted postacrd from around Britain dating from the first quarter of the 20th century and also containing a funeral card for John MacKinnon of Kilkenneth, husband of Catherine MacDonald, who died 13/11/1911.
Funeral procession at Soroby graveyard in the 1920s
Photograph of a funeral procession on its way to Soroby graveyard in the 1920s
Courtesy of Ms Rachel Wylie
Before World War II, coffins were made locally from lengths of sarking. MacArthurs’ shop in Scarinish supplied bundles containing black cloth, white cloth, a stack of embossed lead strips, eight handles and cords, and a black plaque, which were taken to the coffin-makers to complete the job.
On the day of the funeral, the mourners would gather outside the house where the coffin would be placed on two dining room chairs. After a short service the procession, traditionally composed only of men, would set off for the graveyard.
The coffin was carried on a bier by relays of men. They were accompanied by a basket containing cheese, oatcakes and whiskey to refresh the mourners on their journey which could be several miles long.
Laser print of a black and white photograph of a funeral procession on its way to Soroby in the 1920s.
Funeral procession on its way to Sorobaidh graveyard. (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
Colour photograph of the gravestone of Archibald Campbell (1792-1841), miller at Cornaig.
The gravestone of Archibald Campbell (1792-1841), miller at Cornaig, in Soroby graveyard.
Colour photograph of the gravestone of Archibald Campbell (1792-1841), miller at Cornaig.
The gravestone of Archibald Campbell (1792-1841), miller at Cornaig, in Soroby graveyard.
