Collection of seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson.
Seven postcards of Tiree by Sue Anderson: Balevullin thatched house; Brock; Port Ban; Balinoe beach; Kennavara; four traditional Tiree houses; Gott Bay pier.
2004.62.6
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2004.49.4
Folder titled `Argyll County Council` containing correspondence with Tiree and Coll District Council 1928 – 1969.
Folder titled `Argyll County Council` containing correspondence with Tiree and Coll District Council 1928 – 1969 about piers, graveyards, schools, housing water supply and sewerage, war memorials, the airstrip on Coll, roads, ferry and air services.
2004.49.7
Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing District Council papers dated from 1952 to 1964.
Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing minutes of Tiree Ward meetings and Coll Ward meetings from 1952 to 1964 and some correspondence with Argyll County Council.
1999.68.31
Black and white photograph of Gott Bay pier.
Gott Bay pier in the early 20th century.
2000.15.5
Unloading petrol drums off the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier
Photograph of petrol drums being unloaded from the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of Mrs Maggie Campbell
This photographs shows 44-gallon drums of petrol and diesel being unloaded from the M.V. ‘Loch Carron’ at Gott Bay pier. There were two petrol outlets on the island in the late 1970s: one at the pier-head owned by the West Highland Crofters & Farmers and the other at Browns’ shop in Balemartine.
Petrol was sold in Scarinish at a number of sites from the late 1920s onwards. The first pumps in the west end were installed in 1947 by Chrissie MacArthur who then owned the shop in Balemartine. There were also pumps in Balephuil between 1960 and 1972.
In 1991 the island faced a fuel crisis when the shop in Balemartine was sold to the Baptist Church and the ‘Crofters’ went into liquidation. In spring 1992 pumps were installed at the pier-head garage and the following year at the garage in Crossapol. Fuel is now delivered by bowser.
Colour photograph of the MV Loch Carron.
Loading petrol drums on the MV Loch Carron at Gott Bay pier.
2000.15.6
Colour photograph of sheep on Gott Bay pier.
Loading sheep on the ferry MV Columba at Gott Bay pier.
2001.90.3
Black and white photograph of a regatta in 1946.
The competitors in a Tiree regatta of 1946 at Scarinish pier. The hotel is in the background. (Original in Filing Cabinet 5 drawer 2)
2001.90.4
Black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour in 1950.
Lugboats at Scarinish pier before the start of a regatta in 1950. Standing on the left in oilskins and lighting his pipe is `Doan` of Balemartine.
2001.49.5
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the new pier manager Mr Anderson, golf competitions, school board elections and the retiral of Sunday School teacher Hector Campbell of Kenovay from Cornaig Indepenedent Church.
2001.49.8
Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about the good weather, visitors enjoying Vaul links, the chairman of the new school board: Hugh MacDiarmid, lambs, the pier works, acting mate J MacKinnon of Vaul who is to sail for Ontario and visits to boarded-out children by Mr MacInnes of the Glasgow Parish Council.