Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 42, 13/5/1992.
Local news including the single petrol outlet, the retiral of nurse Freda MacArthur, tourism, article about corncrakes by Andy Knight RSPB, news from the school and Heylipol – part 2 by Sandy MacKinnon.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 65, 25/8/1993.
Local news including speeding through Crossapol, CalMac summer timetable, retiral of manager Cathie Omand from the Co-op, improvements in the local bus service, speech by Fiona MacKinnon, Kirkapol, at a `Transport for Independent Living` conference, the privatisation of the Post Office and Kilkenneth by Sandy MacKinnon.
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 72, 15/12/1993.
Local news including the rise in fuel prices and the introduction of airport surcharge, the road at Baugh, the forthcoming election of new Community Council, the local bus service, visiting Social Worker Moira MacKechnie, ferry services, the weather, a face-lift for the pierhead, and news from the feis, the playgroups and Forum on Disability.
Three anecdotes about ‘the Goilear’
Sound clip in English of Hector MacPhail telling three anecdotes about ‘the Goilear’.
Hector MacPhail of Ruaig gave a talk at Vaul Golf Club in November 1996, during which he told three humorous anecdotes about a fisherman from Balevullin nicknamed ‘the Goilear’.
At the Co-op Egg Depot, Tiree
Photograph of two women taking their eggs to a co-operative depot at Cornaigmore in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Rachel Wylie
In his ‘Crofts and Farms in the Hebrides’ published in 1883, the 8th Duke of Argyll wrote that ‘the island is admirably suited to poultry, and there is annually a very large export of eggs, amounting …to not less than 50,000 dozen.’
The Agricultural Statistics for Tiree show that in 1885 there were two thousand hens and one thousand ducks on the island. Between the wars, crofters on Tiree kept around eight thousand hens and ducks. The numbers fell to six thousand in 1955 and a decade later there were fewer than three thousand.
This photograph, titled ‘At the Co-op Egg Depot, Tiree’, was taken in Cornaigmore the 1920s. The depot was at the croft in the background, which belonged to Archie MacLean (Èairdsidh Tuairneir). A number of co-operatives were formed on the island for the purpose of collecting eggs for onward shipment to Glasgow.
Laser print of a black and white photograph of two women with baskets of eggs in the 1920s.
`At the Co-op Egg Depot, Tiree.` (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
Colour photograph of the café at Viewfield, Crossapol in the 1950s.
The café at Viewfield, Crossapol in the 1950s. L-R: Annie Brown, Crossapol; Mary Davies and her daughters Monica and Donna; Mary`s mother Dolina MacCallum nee MacInnes; Fiona Langley (sister of Stuart and Keith).
Colour photograph of the café at Viewfield, Crossapol in the 1950s.
Outside the café at Viewfield, Crossapol in the 1950s. L-R: The MacCallum sisters Peggy, Jessie Ann and Mary.
Audio cassette recording of Morag Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003
Maggie Campbell talks to Morag Kennedy of Arinagour, Coll in July 2003 about her life in service at Breachacha Castle from the age of 16 – the daily routine, the uniforms and days off, the changes she’s seen since she was a young girl especially for children, the Arinagour shop, the local doctor and his pony and cart. Morag Cheannadach a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul air Eilean Cholla anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu deidhinn a bhith ag obair aig seirbheis anns an caisteal Breachacha bho bha i 16, obair an latha, an trusgan a bhitheadh orra agus na rudan a’ bhitheadh i a’ deànamh nuair bha la saoir aice. Tha Morag cuideachd a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn na rudan a tha air atharrachadh ann a Colla bho bha i na nighean òg, bùth Arinagobhar agus obair a lighiche.
The Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s
Photograph of the Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Mrs Nan MacClounnan
This photograph, taken at Vaul in the mid-1940s, shows Catriona MacKinnon of Vaul with Margaret Doig, deputy Co-op manager Archie Robertson from Tobermory, a visitor, and van driver Neil MacNeill of Scarinish standing in front of one of the Co-op vans. A second van driven by Rob MacMaster served the west end of the island.
The vans carried a selection of basic groceries which at Christmastime included extras such as cakes and shortbread and small presents like socks and handkerchiefs. They made their rounds of the island every day of the week except Sunday and Monday.
Sometime in the 1960s the Co-op reduced their service to a single van driven by Rob MacMaster who would call at each township once a week. This ceased altogether in the early 1970s.
Black and white photograph of the Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s.
The co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s. L-R: Catriona MacKinnon; Margaret Doig; Lorna and Morag Lee; Neil MacNeill (Cathy MacNeill`s husband).
Photocopied bill of account dated 1861 for canvas for the fishing boat `Duchess`.
Bill of account dated 1861 from William Calder, Sail Maker, for canvas for the fishing boat `Duchess`. (Bundle 1537)
