Tag Archives: piermasters

2017.36.5

Black & white photograph of piermaster Kenneth MacKenzie, Scarinish, and George Ian MacLean Brodie on the pier at Gott Bay in the 1920s. Georgie’s grandparents were Lachlan MacLean, Kilmoluaig, and Catherine MacLean, Grianal (Greenhill). From a large photo album embossed with G.I.B. and belonging to Georgie.

2016.30.7

Black & white photograph of a crowd around a bi-plane on The Reef during Sports Day in 1927. It was the first plane to land on Tiree. On the left is Kenneth MacKenzie, Scarinish (b. 1890). He worked as Piermaster and lived with his wife Agnes in the ‘Bank House’ in Scarinish, which was built for him.

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2012.31.1

Audio cassette recording of John MacDonald (Ian Noan) and Duncan MacPhee made by Reg & Meena Knapman, Balephuil, 1982

Audio cassette recording of John MacDonald (Iain Noan), piermaster and former employee of MacBraynes ferries, and Duncan MacPhee, part III. Made by Reg & Meena Knapman, Balephuil, in 1982. (Tape A) Poor quality.

2011.113.10

Photograph of group of men and women standing by a rocky hill at Scarinish, ca 1935.

Sepia photogaph of a group of four men and two women standing by a rocky hill at Scarinish in the 1930s. Left of picture: Nonian, Mrs George MacFadyen, unknown, Mrs Mackenzie. Right back of picture: Kenneth Mackenzie – Pier Master, unknown.

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