Black and white photograph taken in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, around 1950. L-R: Hugh MacDonald, postmaster, Scarinish; Cathie(?), sister of Mona MacLean, Coolins, Scarinish; Cathie’s mother and father.
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2014.107.17
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 432, 13/12/08
Local news: Christmas parties; interview with Santa Claus; An Talla news; Christmas message from the Provost of A&B Council; primary children visit the Post Office; sheep scab alert; Skerryvore winter tour; RSPB information; SWRI Christmas party and Commemorative Bench.
2014.102.1
Post Office telegram, 1951
Photocopy of a Post Office telegram to Flora MacKinnon (now Flora MacLean, Druimfraoich): “Congratulations on being twenty-one. Mary Ian and Angus”, dated 29 June 1951. Sent by George Paterson, Crossapol, from Balemartine PO to Middleton PO (postmaster Calum MacArthur). Includes photocopy of envelope.
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2014.13.1
Photograph of Duncan and Margaret MacInnes in 1991
Colour photograph of Duncan and Margaret MacInnes standing in front of their Post Office caravan at Ruaig in August 1991 or August 1992.
2014.8.1
Package label addressed to MacDonald`s Store in Scainish
Label from a package of stationery materials addressed to MacDonald Stores, Pier Road, Scarinish, from John Menzies, Glasgow. Includes a photocopy.
2013.182.1
Lamp from a Post Office cart, ca 1900
Brass paraffin lamp used on the Post Office cart around 1900. Square in shape with covered vent at top. Two clear glass panes, one small circular red pane, and one mirrored side. Would have slotted into a bracket on the cart.
2013.175.1
Large cardboard box for posting 24 fresh eggs during the 1940s. Complete with interior dividers and cardboard padding.
2013.151.1
Photograph of a gathering on Coll before 1913
Sepia postcard photograph of an outdoor gathering of well-dressed adults and children watching a piper, thought to be on the Isle of Coll before 1913. The reverse side of the postcard is stamped Nov. 1913, and was written at the Coll Post Office by Mary Clement to her mother in Port Appin. When the family lived on Coll, Mary`s brother, Jim, had the longest long-jump on the island, which was marked out for many years. He was a member of the Territorial Army and served in WWI. (Original and further information stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
2013.138.1
Photograph of the coal ship Loch Iorsa aground in Arinagour harbour in 1920
Black & white photograph of the ship Loch Iorsa aground on rocks in Arinagour harbour, Coll, in 1920. Her cargo of coal for the island is being transferred to the other ship. The small ‘white’ shed to the right of the boats, built on stilts close to the shore, was `the post office above the waves` and built for Robert Sturgeon, Dalbeattie, who also established a fish buying and processing unit. Tiree folk traded with Robert Sturgeon. See also 2013.138.2 by Robert Sturgeon.
