Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 3, 1985.
Articles about lobster fishing, the wreck of the Nevada, the coastguard on Coll, the potato famine, butterflies and moths, orchids and lichens, early travellers to Coll and other local news.
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 3, 1985.
Articles about lobster fishing, the wreck of the Nevada, the coastguard on Coll, the potato famine, butterflies and moths, orchids and lichens, early travellers to Coll and other local news.
Audio cassette recording of Vivienne Johnston talking to Dr John Holliday in March 2000.
Vivienne Johnston of Heanish talks to Dr John Holliday in March 2000 about her relations in Balemartine, coming on holiday every year as a child then as an evacuee in 1939, her stay at Taylor’s Cottage, her experiences at Balemartine School where Gaelic was the language of the playground, the kindness of the MacDonalds at Catrim, going to the pictures, the wartime plane crashes, experiences of her later life and how living on Tiree has affected her.
Three pages of photocopied newspaper cuttings about Captain MacKinnon and the Taeping
Three pages of poor photocopies of newspaper articles about Captain MacKinnon (1827-1867) and the Great China Tea Race of 1866.
Photocopied page of biographical notes about Captain Donald MacKinnon of Heanish.
Biographical notes about Captain Donald MacKinnon (1827-1867) of Heanish, winner of the 1866 Great China Tea Race.
Audio cassette recording of Iain Clark giving a public talk at An Iodhlann on 2/4/2000.
Iain Clark talks in An Iodhlann in April 2000 about his connection with Coll, his many happy memories of holidays there, the day the `Nevada` went aground off Coll in 1942 and its subsequent salvage, diet, radio, rationing and his first shooting experience. (Continues on AC200)
Audio cassette recording of Iain Clark giving a public talk at An Iodhlann on 2/4/2000.
(Continued from AC199) Discussion about the shipwreck and salvage of the `Nevada` between Iain Clark and members of the audience following his talk in An Iodhlann in April 2000.
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair Sinclair talking about the history and people of Brock.
Alasdair Sinclair talks about the history of Brock from the late 18th century, describing each of the houses in detail and giving a history of all the families who lived there.
Newspaper cutting about the ferry `Loch Seaforth`.
Newspaper cutting with photograph of the Loch Seaforth on the rocks at the Kyle of Lochalsh in 1965.
Audio cassette recording of Donald Kennedy, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campebll in 2000.
Donald Kennedy (Dòmhnall Eachainn) of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people who used to live in Balevullin, the mill and sawmill, shipwrecks, carrageen, the shops, the roads in the area, where they went and who lived there, sea captains, his own time at sea and the changes he’s seen.