Tag Archives: seaweed

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2000.74.1

Audio cassette recording of Janet MacIntosh talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2000.

Janet MacIntosh of Caoles and Balinoe talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2000 about her schooldays in Balemartine, her pastimes, the delivery of a telegram from Balinoe Post Office, wartime and the pictures, the funeral of 16 RAF crew members who died in a plane crash, monthly ceilidhs, dances and Gaelic plays, travelling shops, funerals, transport, gathering and cooking seafood and seaweed, and the health benefits of sea water.

2000.240.1

Audio cassette recording of Margaret MacDonald of Cornaigmore talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.

Margaret MacDonald talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about buying ‘An Airigh’ in Cornaigmore in 1962 and using it as a holiday house until they took up permanent residence in 1981, the changes she’s seen in the shops, self-sufficiency, and crofting practices; Margaret also talks about how children today have less love of nature, how Mrs Campbell of Garaphail kept the Sabbath, the neighbouring croft that once belonged to novelist Alistair Maclean’s family and how milk was retailed in lemonade bottles.

2000.185.5

Paperback book `Seaweed: A user`s Guide` by Sonia Surey-Gent and Gordon Morris.

Descriptions of various types of seaweed, how and when to collect, dry and store it and its uses as a fertiliser, animal fodder and recipes.

2001.128.2

Photocopied copy of a letter dated 15/10/1912 from Tom Barr to the factor Hugh MacDiarmid.

Letter dated 15/10/1912 from Tom Barr of Balephetrish to the factor Hugh MacDiarmid complaining that the tenants of Gott are not fulfilling the terms of their agreement.

2000.198.1

Audio cassette recording of Donald Kennedy, Balevullin talking to Maggie Campebll in 2000.

Donald Kennedy (Dòmhnall Eachainn) of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the people who used to live in Balevullin, the mill and sawmill, shipwrecks, carrageen, the shops, the roads in the area, where they went and who lived there, sea captains, his own time at sea and the changes he’s seen.

2001.49.1

Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.

Local news: visit by school inspector, the return of Mrs Brown of Mannal from New York, cottars collecting tangle, the erection of a villa in Balevullin for Councillor Alex MacDonald, new premises in Balematine fro the Agricultural Co-operative Society, George MacFadyen`s master certicate, the monthly medal competition at Vaul and Kirkapol golf course.

2001.49.10

Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.

Local news about the Mary Stewart, fishing for ling, collecting tangle, visits by school inspectors and Lady Frances Balfour, preaching by Rev Alex Brown of Taynuilt at Balemartine and Scarinish hall, and Dr Fleming of Glasgow who is assisting Dr John Buchanan.

2000.133.1

Audio cassette recording of Archie MacKinnon and John MacKinnon talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2000.

Archie MacKinnon (Èairdsidh Ghilleasbuig Eachainn) of Cornaigmore and John MacKinnon (Iain Aonghais) of Kilmoluaig talk to Maggie Campbell in June 2000 about the people who used to live in Cornaigmore, their relations and employment, the ferry service, the shops and Post Office in Cornaig, ministers, sea captains and crofters, seaweed as fuel, the mill at Cornaig, Lady Victoria Campbell and her good works; Archie plays a selection of Gaelic tunes on the accordion and sings a Gaelic song. Tha Èairdsidh Ghilleasbuig Eachainn a Còrnaig Mhòr agus Iain Aonghais a Cill Moluaig a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Òg Mhìos 2000 mu na daoine a b’ àbhaist a bhi fuireach ann an Còrnaig Mhòr, an càirdean agus an dreuchd, seirbheis nam bàtaichean aiseag, na bùthan agus oifis a’ phuist ann an Còrnaig, ministearan, sgiobairean agus croitearan, feamainn air ùis na connaidh, muileann Chòrnaig, bean-uasal Bhioctoria Chaimbeul agus an obair math a rinn i; tha Èairdsidh a’ cluich taghaidh de sheidean Gàidhlig air a’ bhocsa-chiùil agus tha e seinn òran Gàidhlig.

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