Colour photograph of Cornaigbeg in the snow in December 2000.
Cornaigbeg in the snow in December 2000, photographed by Rosaleen Campbell..
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Colour photograph of An Iodhlann in the snow in 2000.
An Iodhlann in the snow in December 2000.
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Colour photograph of P.C. Danny Lapsley in the snow in 2000.
P.C. Danny Lapsley in the snow at the top of the Pier Road, Scarinish in December 2000.
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Colour photograph of Scarinish Schoolhouse in the snow in 2000.
Scarinish Schoolhouse in the snow in December 2000.
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Scarinish in the snow
Photograph of snow in Scarinish in December 2000.
Courtesy of Danny Lapsley
This photograph was taken by Tiree’s policeman Danny Lapsley from the front of the Police Station in Scarinish during the last week of December 2000. Not since 1953 had Tiree experienced such a heavy fall of snow.
Many roads were blocked for several days; the ice and the lack of salt made for treacherous driving conditions on the few roads that were open. Snow drifts closed the runways at the airport which, together with the planned holiday cancellations, resulted in one of the longest known periods without a service aircraft.
The island’s children took full advantage of the weather to build snowmen and indulge in snowball fights. Normally falls of snow are light and melt away within a few hours.
Colour photograph of Scarinish in the snow in 2000.
Scarinish in the snow in December 2000 viewed from the police station.
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Colour postcard of Ben Hynish by Sue Anderson.
View of snowfall on Ben Hynish by Sue Anderson. (Original postcard in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
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Audio cassette recording of Bunty Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 8/7/2003.
Maggie Campbell talks to Bunty Kennedy of Coll in July 2003 about her early childhood and schooldays on Tiree in the 1940s, her life on Coll from the 1950s to the present day, the water and electricity supply, the postal services, fishing, past and present New Years on Coll. She sings a verse of a song by Iain MacDonald and her son, Cailean, plays a few tunes on the accordion. Bunty Ceannaideach o Colla a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu dheidhinn làithean sgoile ann a Tiriodh anns na ceathradan, fuireachd ann a Colla anns na coigeadan, nuair a thàinig dealan agus uisge gu Colla, am post, iasgach agus mar a bha am Bliadhna Ur air a thoirt a steach fo chionn fhada taca ris mar a tha e air a’ dhèanamh air an latha an diugh. Tha Bunty a seinn rann fo òrain Iain MacDhòmhnaill agus tha Cailean, a mac aice, a cluich am bogsa ciùil.
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Colour photograph of Eilidh Campbell feeding sheep in the snow in December 2000.
Eilidh Campbell feeding sheep in the snow at Kilmoluaig in December 2000.
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Colour photograph of Tiree in the snow in December 2000.
View of Tiree in the snow in December 2000.
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Colour photograph of the Utraid Chaol, Balphuil covered in snow in December 2000.
The Utraid Chaol, Balphuil covered in snow in December 2000.
