Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Gott Bay from a small album from Silversands.
`Bata guail ann an Camus Ghot` (the coal boat in Gott Bay) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
Binder `The Island of Tiree 1941 – 1943` containing an account of George Holleyman’s time on Tiree, plus 123 related photographs.
Account by RAF policeman and amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA of his time on Tiree between September 1941 and June 1943. Includes seventy-five photographs taken on Tiree by George Holleyman between September 1941 and June 1943, and forty-eight black and white photographs/postcards taken by unknown photographer(s). George Holleyman carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
Photocopied newspaper article about a visit to Tiree by George E. Meston in 1935.
Article about Tiree with paragraphs about the ferry and freight services, golf, the beaches, snipe shooting and bird watching, the lochs, air ambulance, the coal boats, wireless sets in Balemartine, Soroby graveyard and the Skerryvore workshops at Hynish.
SS ‘Lady Isle’ aground off Scarinish harbour in 1956
Photograph of the SS ‘Lady Isle’ aground off Scarinish harbour in 1956.
Courtesy of Mr Richard MacCrory
The steam puffer ‘Lady Isle’ ran aground in August 1956 while attempting to enter Scarinish harbour. The crew immediately abandoned ship and scrambled ashore.
It was thought at first that she would be easily re-floated as she was upright in a relatively sheltered position. However, six weeks later, when an attempt to pump out the water on board failed, it was discovered that she was more seriously damaged than first thought and she was abandoned as a wreck.
Little remains of the wreckage other than metal plates and girders, which lie in six metres of water to the north of the harbour entrance.
Black and white photograph of the wreck of the `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
The wreck of the `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
Black and white photograph of the wreck of the `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
The wreck of the `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
Six black and white photographs of the wreck of the puffer `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
Six black and white photographs of the wreck of the puffer `Lady Isle` off Scarinish in 1956.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Black and white photograph of a coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Coal puffer on Soroby beach in the mid-1930s.
Black and white photograph of puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts.
Puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
Black and white photograph of puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts.
Puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.
