Black and white photograph of John MacEachern from Cornaigbeg.
John MacEachern of Cornaigbeg, Mairi Brady`s grandfather, photographed in Renfrew where he worked as a blacksmith around the 1930s.
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Black and white photograph of Mary Margaret MacLean and Mary MacEachern of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
Mary Margaret MacLean (Alec Mor`s aunt) and Mary MacEachern, the blacksmith`s daughter, both of Cornaigbeg, taken at the shore around 1920.
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Black and white photograph of Archie and Fileag MacEachern in Harris in the 1920s.
Leverburgh Sunday School, Harris in the 1920s. Archie MacEachern, the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg and also a lay preacher, is in the centre and his sister Fileag is second left.
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Black and white photograph of Fileag and Peggy MacEachern of Cornaigbeg in the 1920s.
Fileag and Peggy MacEachern, sisters of the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg in the 1920s.
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John and Flora Campbell
Photograph of John and Flora Campbell with a hay rake and pitchfork in the 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Brady
In this photograph taken in the 1930s, John Campbell from Garaphail in Cornaigmore and his wife Flora MacEachern from Creag Mhòr in Cornaigbeg are helping out with hay-making.
The pitchfork and wooden hay rake would have been made locally, the pitchfork head in one of the island’s smiddies, possibly in Cornaigbeg. Flora was the aunt of Hugh MacEachern, the last blacksmith there.
John and Flora had two sons: Hugh who was a chemist in Port Glasgow and Archie who played with Norwich City Football Club. In their retirement the couple returned to Tiree and lived near the school at Cornaigmore.
Black and white photograph of John and Flora Campbell.
John Campbell from Garaphail and his wife Flora MacEachern from Cornaigbeg with pitchfork and wooden hay rake, probably taken in the 1930s. They had two sons: Hugh who was a chemist in Port Glasgow and Archie who played football with Norwich City F.C.
1999.99.18
Black and white photograph of Mary Margaret MacLean and Mary MacEachern of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
Mary Margaret MacLean (Alec Mor`s aunt) and Mary MacEachern, the blacksmith`s daughter, both of Cornaigbeg around 1920.
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Colour photograph of Hugh MacEachern at the door of Creag Mhor in Cornaigbeg.
Hugh MacEachern, son of the blacksmith Archie MacEachern and his wife Catherine MacLean, standing in the doorway of Creag Mhor, the old smiddie, in Cornaigbeg in the 1970s.
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Black and white photograph of Peggy MacEachern, Sadie Campbell and Bella MacLean around 1920.
Cornaigbeg around 1920. L-R: Peggy MacEachern, sister of Archie the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg; Sadie Campbell who was married to Archie Campbell, the nephew of Peggy and Bella; Bella MacLean, sister of Peggy and grandmother of Alec Mor.
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Black and white photograph of Mary MacEachern and May MacPhail.
Cycling in the 1930s. L-R: Mary MacEachern of Cornaigbeg, daughter of the blacksmith Archie MacEachern and his wife Catherine MacLean; May MacPhail from the Harbour, Cornaigmore, girlfriend of Mary`s brother Archie (Leaban) and Hector MacPhail`s aunt.
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Black and white photograph of Hugh MacEachern, John MacLean and Archie MacEachern around 1920.
Playmates in 1920. L-R: Hugh MacEachern, son of the blacksmith at Cornaigbeg; John MacLean of the Brae, Cornaigbeg (Alec Mor`s father); Hugh`s brother, Archie MacEachern, also known as `Leaban`.
