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2001.168.6

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Audio cassette recording of BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001.

Recording of BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel with (side A) Morven MacInnes singing Ribeanan Riamhach, Donald Archie MacPhail singing An teid thu leam gu tir a’ mhurainn, Joy Dunlop singing A’ fhleasgach òg is ceanalta, John and Sarah Holliday playing the flute and fiddle, Neil Oliver on the fiddle, Keneth MacIver talking to Dolina MacDonald, Flora MacLean, Nancy Kennedy, John MacKinnon, Lachie Brown, Ishbel MacArthur and Catriona MacLean, (side B) Alasair MacInnes talking about Tiree airport, Roddy MacKay talking CalMac services and Iain MacKinnon talking about Social Work. Program BBC Rèidio nan Gaidheal mun cèilidh ann an Taigh Òsda Sgairinis ann an 2001 le (taobh A) Morven Nic Aonghais a’ seinn Ribeanan Riamhach, Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh MacPhàil a’ seinn An teid thu leam gu tìr a’ mhurainn, Joy Dunlop a’ seinn A fhleasgach òg is ceanalta, Iain agus Sarah Holliday a’ cluich duiseal agus fidheall, Coinneach MhicIomhair a’ bruidhinn ri Doileag NicDhòmhnaill, Fionnghal NicIllEathain, Nansaidh Nic Ulraig, Iain MhicFhioghain, Lachlan MhicIlleDhuinn, Iseabail NicArtair agus Catriona NicIllEathain, (Taobh B) Alasdair MhicAonghais a’ bruidhinn mu Phort-Adhair Thiriodh, Ruairidh MhicAoidh a’ bruidhinn mu sheirbheisean CalMac agus Iain MhicFhionghain a’ bruidhinn mu Sheirbheisean Sòisealta.

2001.168.5

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Audio cassette recording of BBC Reidio nan Gaidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001.

Recording of BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal programme about a ceilidh in the Scarinish Hotel in 2001 with (side A) Kenneth MacIver and Morag MacDonald talking to John MacKinnon about Skerryvore lighthouse and renovating the Hynish complex, Catriona Campbell about the Kirkapol chapels, the local churches and the Trudgers’ Walk and Hugh MacLean about the Tiree bards; (side B) Grace MacKinnon sings Leaving Lismore, John Campbell sings Fàgail Braigh Bhalla, Angus MacPhails plays the accordion as do the Cornaigbeg Ceilidh Band, Bernie Smith sings Buain an Rannoch and Kenneth MacIver chats to Flora MacLean, Fiona Brown and Mary Brown. Clàr BBC Rèidio nan Gàidheal program mu chèilidh anns an Taigh-òsda Sgairinis ann an 2001 (taobh A) le Coinneach ’ic Iomhair agus Mòrag Dhòmhnallach a’ bruidhinn ri Iain ’ic Fhionghain mu Thaigh Solais na Sgeir Mhòr agus thogalaichean Haoidhnis, ri Catrìona Chaimbeul mu na caibealan ann an Circeabol, na h-eaglaisean ionadail agus cuairt nan ‘Trudgers’, agus ri Eòghann Mhic’Ill’Eathainn mu na Bàird Thirisdich; (taobh B) tha Giorsal Nic Fhionghain a’ seinn Fàgail Lios Mòr, Iain Caimbeul a’ seinn Fàgail Bràigh Bhalla, Aonghas Mac Phàil a’ cluich am bocsa-ciùil cho mar ri Chòmhlan-ciùil Chòrnaig Bhige, Bernie Mac a’ Ghobhainn a’ seinn Buain an Raithneach agus Coinneach ’ic Iomhair a’ còmhradh ri Fionnghal Nic’Ill’Eathainn, Fionnghal Nic’IlleDhuinn agus Màiri Nic’IlleDhuinn.

2000.67.1

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Audio cassette recording of Vivienne Johnston talking to Dr John Holliday in March 2000.

Vivienne Johnston of Heanish talks to Dr John Holliday in March 2000 about her relations in Balemartine, coming on holiday every year as a child then as an evacuee in 1939, her stay at Taylor’s Cottage, her experiences at Balemartine School where Gaelic was the language of the playground, the kindness of the MacDonalds at Catrim, going to the pictures, the wartime plane crashes, experiences of her later life and how living on Tiree has affected her.

2001.154.1

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Audio cassette recording of Carol and Mrs Stoker of Scainish talking to Maggie Campbell in August 2001.

Carol and Mrs Stoker of Scarinish talk to Maggie Campbell in August 2001 about their holidays in Tiree and the changes they’ve seen since the 1960s in the shops, old people’s home, holiday houses, dances, the fencing of common grazing, ferries, the telephone exchange, golf course, farming and the increase in caravans on the island.

1998.280.1

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Audio cassette recording of Anneen Black talking to John Donald MacLean in June 1998.

Anneen Black (Anneen Mhòr Lachainn Iain) of Ruaig talks to John Donald MacLean (Teòn Dòmhnall a’ Mhuilinn) about her holidays each year on Tiree since childhood, friends and social visits, genealogy, Ruaig Post Office, church and Sunday School, Ruaig School, the achievements of Tiree people, her uncle Donald Lamont MBE, her life as a teacher/headmistress and advisor to Primary Education Services in Glasgow.

1998.290.1

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Audio cassette recording of Janet Wilson of Cornaigbeg talking to Dr John Holliday in September 1998.

Janet Wilson talks to Dr John Holliday in September 1998 about annual holiday to Tiree during the Glasgow Fair, being met by a horse and cart, the entertainment during the Fair fortnight, the people of Cornaigbeg and their genealogy, the smiddy, wartime activities, identity cards and food coupons, dances, the arrival of the first plane in Tiree, ceilidhs and how law-abiding the RAF personnel were.

1999.77.5

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Black and white photograph of Neil MacFadyen of Kenovay, and Isobel and Morag Carmichael.

Friends in drag in the early 1930s. L-R: Isobel (Tibby) Carmichael, Neil MacFadyen of Barrapol and Morag Carmichael. (Tibby and Morag are daughters of Ina, who is the sister of the father of Fiona Maxwell, Kenovay)

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2001.178.1

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Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald of Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell on 9/10/2001.

Iain MacDonald of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell about his childhood memories of Tiree, how people were more self-sufficient, growing potatoes, milking cows and churning butter, helping his uncle Murdoch, a butcher, deliver meat around the island in a pony and trap, the community spirit of shearing day, picture night at the Reef, coastguard drill and some of the people of Balevullin; Iain also discusses his work as a Highland dancer, judge and piper at the Highland Games.

2000.145.1

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Audio cassette recording of Hugh Archie MacLean talking to Maggie Campebell in 2000.

Hugh Archie MacLean of Salum talks to Maggie Campbell about working on the croft in Salum 50 years ago with his father, working breeding and selling horses, the winter feed required for stock, the food needed for personnel at the aerodrome during World War II, picnics during the war, the changes in crofting methods since the 1950s, technology and changing markets, his work with the Crofters Commission, receiving the OBE and his work in Africa advising on agriculture.

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