Tag Archives: schools

1997.265.27

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Spring 1987.

Local news including the mains supply, pedestrian access to the pier, nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, obituary for and poem by Rev Hector MacPherson (minister on Tiree 1973-8), article in Gaelic by Neil Brownlie, news from WRI, the hall committee, the football club, the churches, Tiree Association, the school and Tiree Agricultural Society.

1997.265.56

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 21, 13/3/1991.

Local news including national testing in the Primary School, major works at Skerryvore, the progress of the linkspans, the Poll Tax, a Gaelic hymn by Alasdair MacCallum news from the regatta club, the feis and gardening club.

1997.265.104

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 67, 22/9/1993.

Local news including the decision of the hall committee to keep under-14s out of licenced dances, the new CalMac summer timetable, AIE`s investment of £193,000 in Tiree, lamb and cattle sales, book fair, Kilkenneth 5 by Sandy MacKinnon, article about baker Gavin Carter, the weather and news from the school`s chess club.

1997.265.9

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 9, 1982.

Local news including complaints about the muddy state of the mains water, news from the Boys Brigade , Vaul Golf Club, Cornaig School and the churches, spoke Gaelic on Tiree and house insulation.

1997.265.28

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Summer 1987.

Local news including nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, township dumps, the Hebridean Trust`s purchase of part of the Skerryvore complex at Hynish, NFU report, Gaelic poem by Sandy MacKinnon, contribution by Rev George Donaldson and news from the Boys Brigade, WRI, golf club and the school.

1997.265.57

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 22, 24/4/1991.

Local news including the proposed transportation of asbestos from Skerryvore across the island, the results of a poll of parents about national testing, prize-winning song by Dr John Holliday, mobile breast-screeing unit, Balevullin – part 4 by Sandy MacKinnon, the Power Station, nursing team for Taigh a` Ruadh and news from the youth club.

1997.265.105

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 68, 6/10/1993.

Local news including a road accident at Baugh, an open letter to the hall committee by Sandy MacKinnon, article about safety at work by the doctor, the arrival of new teacher Pat Campbell, corncrakes by Gwen Evans RSPB, and news from the feis and the Hynish Centre.

1997.265.10

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 10, 1982 (3 copies).

Local news including the proposed closure of the knitwear factory, a letter from the Director of Water about the muddy mains water, the continuing off-loading of mail and newspapers from Loganair flights, news from the church, the school, Vaul Golf Club, the Regatta Club and the Boys Brigade, a letter from the vet about vaccination of of calves, the weather and bird-watching.

1997.265.29

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Autumn 1987.

Local news including the cleaning of septic tanks and disposal of effluent, the retiral of school cook Flora MacArthur, doctor`s advice on the treatment of diarrhoea, the AITB training group for crofters, the financial position of the public hall, a Gaelic poem by Neil Brownlie, minister`s contribution, news from the golf club, the school, WRI and the Tiree Association.

1997.265.59

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 24, 22/5/1991.

Local news including the opening of the Hynish Centre and the Continuing Care Unit by Princess Anne, a proposed study of the impact of oil exploration off the coast of Tiree, a walrus bone carving (2000.222.1) found in Vaul by Donald Brown, new pagers for the fire service, school musical evening, the spillage of 3,000 gallons of bitumen into Gott Bay and a Gaelic peom by Alec MacLean of Cornaigbeg.