Colour scan of English poem by unknown author about the Great Tea Race of 1866.
Poem by unknown author found by Dr J G Buchanan of Coll and sent to the Editor of the Oban Times for publishing on 6/5/1949.
2001.28.2
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2001.30.2
Scan of newspaper cutting about Captain John Lamont.
Newspaper article and photograph about the retiral of Captain John Lamont who worked for 36 years with Cal Mac.
2001.31.1
Photocopy of a framed memorial to Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Taeping.
Memorial to Captain Donald MacKinnon of the `Taeping` comprising a number of obituaries from different newspapers.
1999.274.17
Copied black and white postcard of Balephetrish from John Barr.
Postcard of Balephetrish in 1931 with the wreck of the `Malve` in the distance.
2001.92.12
Colour photograph of Foot and Mouth Notice on Tiree in 2001.
Food and Mouth Notice on gate at Loch an Eilein in April 2001.
2001.92.13
Colour photograph of Susan Lamont at the pier in 2001.
Susan Lamont of Croish, the Green spraying vehicles with disinfectant against foot and mouth disease at the pierhead in 2001.
2003.151.1
Copy of colour photograph of the pipe band at the Lodge in June 1977.
Tiree Pipe Band playing the Queen`s 25th Jubilee celebrations near the Lodge Hotel in June 1977.
1997.265.99
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 62, 26/5/1993.
Local news including the wreckage of Chay Blyth`s boat in Port a` Mhuilinn, the re-assessment of Council Tax Valuation Banding, the weather, coastal erosion, Kilkenneth 3 by Sandy MacKinnon, trees on Tiree, the sighting of a golden eagle at Milton and the forthcoming botanical survey of Tiree.
1997.265.60
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 25, 5/6/1991.
Local news including the opening of the Hynish Centre and the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Ruadh by Princess Anne, Balevullin – part 6 by Sandy MacKinnon and an article on corncrakes by Andy Knight, RSPB.
2003.120.1
Audio cassette recording of Cathie MacLean interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003.
Maggie Campbell talks to Cathie MacLean, the postmistress on Coll, about the postal services there over the last 19 years, the changes she’s seen in Coll over the years, the shipwreck of the ‘Nevada’ which went aground in Arinagour harbour, the two remaining thatched houses on Coll, Project Trust and the Coll Cattle Show. Tha Cathie NicGill-Eathain, bàna-mhaighstir a phòst air Colla a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu dheidhinn seirbheis a phòst fo chionn fichead bliadhna, na rudan a tha air atharrachadh ann a Colla thar na bhliadhnaichean, briseadh a Nevada, taighean tugha, Project Trust agus la sealladh na beathaich ann a Colla.