In this recording made in June 2005, Mrs Ethel MacCallum talks to Maggie Campbell about what it was like to move as a child to a Gaelic-speaking community. During World War II, Ethel was evacuated to Tiree where she was fostered by Hugh and Kate Lamont of Ruaig Post Office.
After leaving school at fifteen, Ethel helped her foster-parents in the Post Office and on the family’s croft. A couple of years later she moved to Inverary Castle where she worked as a housemaid for the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.
By the end of her schooling Ethel had ‘nothing in her head but music’. She competed many times in national and provincial Mods, winning cups for her Gaelic singing. She was also a gold medallist in the provincial Mod at Lochgilphead in 1967.
Local news and events including the new visitor information centre, the refurbishment of Taigh a` Rudha, Argyll & Bute Design Guide, a broadband update, Scarinish harbour and Gott pier improvements project, the flower book and Coll magazine project and news from the youth club, RSPB, the regatta club and the school.
Local news and events including TEAR agri-plastic recycling project, Tiree Community Council meeting, the SISU project, the air ambulance tragedy and news from the WRI, the school and Skipinnish Tours.
Local news and events including the Argyll & Bute Planning Design Award, CalMac sailings and tendering, weather ersoion, farmers` markets at the Rural Centre and news from Tiree Heritage Society, Tiree Environmental Action & Recycling, the school and the RSPB.
Local news and events including the Council`s scrapping the rebuild of Tiree High School, the local councillor`s viewpoint, an update about broadband, the wind turbine feasibility study and news from the school, the WRI and the RSPB.
Local news and events including photos of the storm damage, the visit of Coll headteacher to Downing Street, Community Council report, an update from the Tiree Development Partnership and news from the SWRI, youth club, the Christmas Parties Committtee.
