Mini-disk recording of Mabel MacArthur of Sandaig talking to Maggie Campbell in January 2006.
Mabel MacArthur of Sandaig talks to Maggie Campbell in January 2006 about her schooling on Tiree during World War II.
2006.26.1
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2006.12.6
Christmas card and postage stamp designed by school pupil Anna MacDonald.
Christmas card and postage stamp designed by Primary 6 pupil Anna MacDonald.
2006.4.1
Black and white photograph of Cornaigmore School in 1946.
Cornaigmore School in 1946. (copy and info supplied by donor in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
(L-R, back row) Hugh Archie MacLean, Lachie Campbell, Colin Campbell, Willie MacDonald, Charlie MacLean, David MacKay, John Rhodie, Alasdair MacDonald, John Pollock, Neil Campbell, Calum MacKinnon, Hugh Kennedy, Donald Alex MacLean, (2nd back row) Hugh MacLean, Joan Campbell (MacArthur), Catriona Campbell (MacAuslan), Janet Lamont, Rose Rhodie, Janet Campbell (Paterson), Jessie MacLean (MacKinnon), Isobel MacDonald, Sheila MacKinnon (Suggit), Dolina MacDonald, Flora MacLeod, Zena MacFadyen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Mairi Paterson (Campbell), Maggie MacKechnie (Campbell), Mary Brown, Iain Campbell, Archie Matheson, (middle row) Iain MacKinnon, Mary MacDonald, Cathie Boden, Miss MacLeod, Mrs MacDougall, Miss MacKinnon, Mr Allan MacDougall, Miss Livingstone, Miss MacDonald, Miss Nisbet, Donina Stewart, Elizabeth MacMillan, Mary MacPhail (Cameron), Calum MacKinnon, (2nd front row) Effie MacKinnon, Jean Campbell (MacFadyen), Betty Campbell, Jean Watson (MacCallum), Lizzie MacMaster, Bessie MacPhail, Annie Stewart, Jessamy Bower, Sheena MacDonald, Christine Evans, Pamela Matheson, Netta Lamont, Sheena Henderson, Grace MacDonald, Marion MacNeill, Georgina Wilson, Catriona MacPhail (Watt), Donald MacDonald, (front row) Christina MacLean, Elma MacTaggart, unknown, Iain MacLean , Willie MacMillan, Margaret Boden, Donald MacLean, Hector MacPhail, Ewan Campbell, Roy Blair, Donald MacNeill, Alex Matheson, Gilleasbuig MacLeod, Hugh MacPhail, Donald Stewart, Iain MacKinnon, David MacMillan, Iain Stewart, Hugh M. MacLean, Donald A. Brown.
2005.162.4
Timetable for Tiree Music Club for 2005-6.
Timetable for Tiree Music Club 2005-6 detailing tutors, instruments and pupils.
2005.153.1
Copy of a sepia photograph of Scarinish School.
Scarinish School. (Awaiting info) (Donated copy in Filing Cabinet 7 drawer 4)
2005.151.1
Angus MacKechnie talking about mischief at school
Sound clip in English of Angus MacKechnie talking about the mischief he and his friends got up to on the way to Heylipol School in the 1950s and 60s.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacKechnie
Angus MacKechnie of Crossapol was recorded talking to Maggie Campbell of Kilmoluaig in October 2005 about his schooldays. He was strapped at school, deservedly so according to himself, for breaking the ceramic insulators on the telegraph poles on the road to Heylipol School.
This was a popular sport amongst schoolchildren, in Ruaig as well as Heylipol, and required accuracy in throwing stones. A boy’s reputation depended upon success, especially if the girls, who were guilty of the same activity, scored a direct hit.
Today Angus and his wife Nancy run one of the two school buses on the island and the popular Ring ‘n’ Ride service which provides transport on request. Angus also works crofts in Crossapol, Heylipol and Moss.
2005.150.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 355, 29/10/2005.
Local news and events including the Tiree Community wind turbine proposal, Tiree Heritage Society summer events, the Wave Classic, news from the councillor Ian Gillies about the Health Board and water shortages, Tiree Community Council, news from Lodge Tir an Eorna, and news from the school and RSPB.
2005.148.1
Copy of black and white photograph of Balemartine School around 1934-5.
Balemartine School, around 1934-5.
L-R: (back row) Hector MacLean, John MacFadyen, Willie Lamont, Hugh MacFarlane, John MacKay, Calum Brown, Murdoch Sinclair, Alick MacKay, Arthur Straker, John MacFadyen, (2nd back row from boy at extreme left) Alastair MacDonald, Mary MacLean, Annabel MacFadyen, Alix MacLean, Mary MacDonald, Netta MacKay, Ina MacFadyen, Cathie MacKay, Netta Wool, Sarah MacKinnon, (2nd front row standing) Flora MacFadyen, Cathie Sinclair, Effie MacDonald, unknown, Phem. MacNeill, Isobel Campbell, Flora MacFadyen, May MacDonald, Morag MacKinnon, Effie B. MacDonald, Katie Ann Lamont, Hector Brown, (front row) Calum MacLean, Donald Wool, Neil Sinclair, Walter MacKay, Donald MacFadyen, Alasdair Sinclair, John Brown, Allan MacFadyen, Duncan Wool. (Copy in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 4)
2005.137.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 354, 15/10/2005.
Local news and events including the official opening of the Croft House Grant Scheme, CalMac`s bardic exhibition, the Wave Classic, essential oils, gardening, the Young Scot Splashdown initiative, the Bee Project and news from the WRI.
2005.133.1
Iain MacLeod talking about corporal punishment at school
Sound clip in English of Iain MacLeod of Kilmoluaig talking about corporal punishment at school in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacLeod
Iain MacLeod of Kilmoluaig was recorded in October 2005 talking to Maggie Campbell about his schooling at Cornaigmore where he was given ‘the belt’ for various misdemeanours, including spelling mistakes in the first years of primary school and for teaching a young child swear words.
The instrument of punishment in Scottish schools was the tawse, commonly known as the belt, which was a thick leather strap split at the end to inflict maximum pain. The strap was usually applied to the palms of the hands but in some recorded cases to bare buttocks. It was banned in state schools in 1986.
Iain and his wife Fiona were for many years the managers of Brown’s shop in Balemartine. They now run their own shop at Crossapol.