Colour photograph of Lorna Brady in 2000.
Lorna Brady of Cornaigbeg at the School Sports Day, photographed by Ron Hutchison in 2000.
2000.238.21
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2000.238.6
Colour photograph of the School Sports Day in 2000.
School Sports Day in 2000 photographed by Ron Hutchison. L-R: Ben Williams, Balemartine; Mandy Kelso, Hynish; Sandy Straker, Balemartine; Sandra and John Maclean, Scarinish; Gaelic teacher, Catriona Campbell; Morag MacLean with baby sister, Kirsteen, Ruaig; their mother, Mairi MacInnes, Ruaig.
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Colour photograph of headmaster Colin Hunter in 2000.
Headmaster Colin Hunter at the School Sports Day in 2000, photographed by Ron Hutchison.
2000.217.1
Audio cassette recording of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Jean MacCallum of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people she knew as a child, including Nurse MacDonald, her friends and family and what she got up to, her schooling, her love of working outside with animals, meeting her mother and half-brothers and -sisters and of eventually meeting her sister, the people in Balevullin, the shops and the butcher’s, wartime rations and being sent back to Glasgow but returning to Tiree.
2000.213.1
Photocopied newspaper article about the nursery mini road system.
Article about the mini road road system designed to teach nursey children about the dangers of two-way ytraffic.
2000.215.7
Black and white photograph of the bagpipe class at Tiree High School in 2000.
The bagpipe class at Tiree High School in 2000. L-R: David Hunter, Cornaigmore; John Campbell, Cornaigbeg; Robert Beck, Ruaig (tutor); Martin Gillespie, Balinoe; Kenneth MacKinnon, Balephetrish; Ben Williams, Balemartine; Daniel Gillespie, Balinoe.
2003.196.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 309, 20/12/2003
Local news and events including the Crossapol Environmental Improvement Scheme, District Councillor`s view, the Crofting Foundation, security at the airport, broadband and news from the WRI and the school.
2000.187.2
Newspaper cutting about boarding at Tiree High School.
Article about a proposal to offer boarding places at Tiree High School for children of ex-patriots with a photograph of pupils exercising on Cornaig beach.
2003.195.16
Black and white photograph of Scarinish School in 1951.
The site of the Co-op which burned down in 1948 with Scarinish School in the background, taken in 1951.
2003.189.1
Audio cassette recording of Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine recorded by himself.
Alasdair MacArthur (Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair) talks about the island of Tiree starting with the beauty of Happy Valley then going through the townships naming shops, hills, churches, harbours, shebeens, lochs and schools and describing the different views; Alasdair also recites two poems composed by himself, one called A’ fàgail Thiriodh and the other in memory of the people named on the War Memorial in Scarinish. Tha Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair a’ bruidhinn mu Eilean Thiriodh tòiseachadh le maise a’ Chlèit an sin a’ dol troimhe na bailtean ag ainmeachadh bùthan, beanntan, eaglaisean, puirt, ‘shebeens’, lochan agus sgoiltean agus toirt cunntas air na diofar sheallaidhean; tha Alasdair a’ gabhail dà rann a’ sgrìobh e fhèin, aon dhiubh A’ fàgail Thiriodh agus am fear eile mar chuimhneachan air na daoine a tha ainmichte air fas-charn a’ chogadh ann an Sgairinis.