Lawrence`s West Highland Almanac for 1913.
1913 almanac published by Samuel Lawrence of Oban, dispensing and manufacturing chemist and wholesale and retail druggist, originally belonging to Colin MacPhail of Crossapol.
2002.194.5
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1999.144.9
Account by George Holleyman of his time in the RAF on Tiree 1941-1943.
Account by George Holleymen, an amateur archaeologist, of his time in RAF Tiree as a Service Policeman. Two more copies added in 2011 (E01206).
1998.275.1
Audio cassette recording of Grace Campbell, Tullymet, talking to Liz Lapsley.
Grace Campbell talks to Liz Lapsley about her family and childhood memories, her schooldays, her life as a teacher, the loss of her parents and the shop, Scarinish Hotel and licencing, her mother`s working day, the hardships of youth, the start of the W.R.I., tinkers, blacksmiths, joiners, funerals, the first cars on Tiree, the plane landing on Gott Bay shore, local events and traditions.
2002.171.1
Colour photograph of Iain and Fiona MacLeod outside their shop in Crossapol.
Iain and Fiona MacLeod outside their shop in Crossapol in 1992.
2002.172.1
Black and white photograph of the butcher`s cart at Cu Dheis in 1903.
The butcher`s cart at Cu Dheis in 1903 with a coal puffer on Balinoe beach in the background.
2002.160.1
Audio cassette recording of Hugh Archie MacCallum interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 28/9/2002.
Hugh Archie MacCallum talks to Maggie Campbell in September 2002 about the Cornaigbeg crofts, the crofters’ names and patronymics; old and new methods of farming, seaweed and its uses, cattle shows; shebeens, shops, cobblers, the grocer’s horse-drawn van; the old schoolhouse at Cornaig and the United Free Church at Whitehouse; the evil eye; the shipwreck of the Malve during World War I. Eòghann Èairdsidh ’Ic Chaluim a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an t-Sultain 2002 mu croitean Chòrnaig Bhige, ainmean agus sloinneadhan nan croitearan, dòighean sean agus ùr air croitearachd, feamainn, fèill cruidh, shebeens, bùthan, greasaichean, carbad bùtha air a tharraing le each, an t-seann sgoil Chòrnaig agus an Eaglais Shaor aig an Taigh Gheal, an droch shùil, am Malve a chaidh air na sgeirean aig àm a’ Cheud Chogadh.
2002.155.1
Colour photograph of the Co-op van in 1968.
The Co-operative van in 1968. (Original in FC 5.3)
2002.150.1
Black and white photograph Murdoch and Peggy Cameron and Ian Atkins taken in 1948.
The shop in Balevullin in 1948 where Murdoch Cameron did his butchering. L-R: Peggy and Murdoch Cameron, Ian Atkins.
1997.175.1
Outside the general store in Scarinish in 1910
Photograph of Calum MacLean, Hugh MacArthur and Peter Anderson outside the general store in Scarinish in 1910.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
Calum MacLean, Hugh MacArthur and Peter Anderson are pictured in 1910 outside the shop in Scarinish owned and run by Hugh and his brother Dan. As well as a general store, the building contained a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs
Calum MacLean (Calum Bùidsear) from Moss opened a butcher’s shop in Scarinish in 1930s on a site previously housing a baker and cobbler. The business was taken over by Donald and Nan MacLean in 1953.
Peter Anderson came to Tiree in 1886 as the island’s first gamekeeper. A keen ornithologist, he published ‘The Birds of the Island of Tiree’ in ‘The Scottish Naturalist’ in 1913
Black and white photograph of Scarinish shop in 1910.
Scarinish shop, 1910. L-R: Calum MacLean (butcher in Scarinish), Hugh MacArthur (partner in shop), Peter Anderson (gamekeeper). (Original photograph 1997.178.1)
1997.171.2
D. & H. MacArthur’s shop
Photograph of D. & H. MacArthur’s shop in Scarinish at the beginning of the 20th century.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Situated in Scarinish close to the ferry terminal, D. & H. MacArthur’s was the main shop on the island. It comprised a general store, a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs. The MacArthur family lived on the top floor.
The lean-to structure on the left is Taigh an t-Sàil where preserving salt was stored. Salted meat or fish would be packed in large barrels similar to those in the foreground. The wicker baskets to the left of the main doorway were used to import pan loaves from Glasgow.
There was no running water in the building but a well and pump outside. In 1948 disaster struck when a fire which began in the back paraffin store destroyed the shop. A new Co-operative store was built on the same site.
Black and white photograph of D & H MacArthur`s general store in Scarinish taken in the 1930s.
Situated in Scarinish close to the ferry terminal, D & H MacArthur’s was the main shop on the island. It comprised a general store, a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs. The MacArthur family lived on the top floor. The lean-to structure on the left is Taigh an t-Sàil where preserving salt was stored. Salted meat or fish would be packed in large barrels similar to those in the foreground. The wicker baskets to the left of the main doorway were used to import pan loaves from Glasgow. The building burned down during World War II and a new Co-operative store built on the same site.