Colour photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band outside Taigh a` Rudha in 2002.
Tiree Pipe Band playing outside Taigh a` Ruadh on the occasion of Eilidh Kennedy`s 100th birthday in 2002. L-R: Gordon Connell, Crossapol; John MacLean, Caoles; Andrew Findlater, Scarinish.
Colour photograph of the Tiree Pipe Band outside Taigh a` Rudha in 2002.
Tiree Pipe Band playing outside Taigh a` Ruadh on the occasion of Eilidh Kennedy`s 100th birthday in 2002. L-R: David Hunter, Cornaig ; Gordon Connell, Crossapol; John MacLean, Caoles; Duncan MacLean Caoles; Sophie Isaacson, Kenovay.
Colour photograph of Eilidh Kennedy watching the Tiree Pipe Band outside Taigh a` Rudha in 2002.
Eilidh Kennedy watching the Tiree Pipe Band playing outside Taigh a` Ruadh on the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2002. L-R: John Fletcher, Balemartine; Catherine Ellen MacCallum; Eilidh Kennedy; Jean MacCallum, Balevullin; Eilidh Cameron, Balevullin; unknown.
Black and white photograph of Denis Snow from ENSA in 1942.
Denis Snow from ENSA in 1942, the first man to bring moving picture shows to Tiree. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Black and white photograph of an RAF Concert Party in 1944.
RAF Concert Party in 1944. L-R: Fred MacKeown, Fred Parratt, Jessie MacQueen, Denis Guest, unknown, Bryn Lewis, Nan Hogarth, Frank Murphy, Dodo Leslie, Jack May, Jean Hind, Jim Worthington, Nettie MacFarlane, Harry Smith, Harry Barr, Paul Blomley. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Black and white photograph of RAF officers during World War II.
Large group of RAF officers relaxing and drinking beer during World War II. (Photograph from Mike Hughes in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1)
Hugh MacKinnon and the first plane on Tiree
Photograph of Hugh MacKinnon and the first plane on Tiree.
Courtesy of Mrs Netta Martin
Hugh MacKinnon (Eòghann Dhòmhnaill), known as the Contractor, is pictured here on the Reef with the first plane to land on Tiree. The two-seater Moth piloted by Captain A. N. Kingwill was brought over from Renfrew by the Tiree Association for their Sports Day in July 1929.
The Contractor owned one of the few cars on Tiree at the time and took the pilot to his house for lunch. The first passengers on a short trip over the island included the Contractor himself and John MacLean (Iain a’ Ghaffer) of Kilkenneth.
Kingwill went on to fly with Sir Alan Copburn’s flying circus and made the first scheduled landing at a municipal airport later that year when he piloted a Moth into Wythenshawe Airport at Manchester.
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Association Sports Day in the late 1920s.
Tiree Association Sports Day, 1927 or 1928. Since its foundation in 1900, the Tiree Association has organised an annual Sports Day on Tiree which continues to this day. In 1927 or ’28, Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the first plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying. Hugh MacKinnon, a local contractor from Crossapol, pictured behind the wheel of his car in E24, presented him with a medal.
Black and white photograph of the Tiree Association Sports Day.
Tiree Association Sports Day, 1927 or 1928. Since its foundation in 1900, the Tiree Association has organised an annual Sports Day on Tiree which continues to this day. In 1927 or ’28, Captain A. N. Kingwill was hired to fly the first plane to the island, bringing with him the day’s newspapers. Short flights on the plane were on offer at 2/6d (12p) a time and Captain Kingwill gave a display of stunt-flying. Hugh MacKinnon, a local contractor from Crossapol (pictured behind the wheel of his car in E24) presented him with a medal.
Black and white photograph of the Youth Club platform party, 1953.
Youth Club platform party, 1953, with the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the centre front.
1943 ENSA concert party
Photograph of an ENSA concert party in 1943.
Courtesy of Mr Angus MacLean
ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association, was set up in 1939 to provide entertainment for the British armed forces during World War II. Operating as a part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), it was affectionately known as ‘Every Night Something Awful’.
This photograph is of a travelling concert party which performed in front of the RAF base personnel in October 1943. Concerts consisted of a couple of hours of singing, comedy and sketches, some good and some not so good.
Their spirit and dedication was admired and appreciated, even on return visits of the same concert party when the show had been seen before.
Black and white photograph of a wartime revue.
Wartime revue at RAF Tiree on 15/10/1943. (Original in Filing Cabinet 2 drawer 1: 1997.178)
