Black and white group photograph of Minnie and Margaret MacLaine.
Minnie and Margaret MacLaine of Scarinish down at the shore.
1998.94.16
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1997.265.33
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Winter 1988.
Local news including nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, contribution from Rev George Donaldson, proposed bilingual unit at the school, KNOT, the restoration of the harbour and Lower Square, Hynish by the Hebridean Trust, the pantomime, news from the gardening and regatta clubs and the school.
1997.265.112
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 74, 2/2/1994.
Local news including the allocation of the flats at Lower Square, Hynish, delays in receiving LEADER funds, yearly warning about toxoplasmosis, the end of Coisir Thiriodh, the airport tax and a proposed study of the role of arts and entertainment in Argyll and the Islands.
1997.246.1
Binder `The Island of Tiree 1941 – 1943` containing an account of George Holleyman’s time on Tiree, plus 123 related photographs.
Account by RAF policeman and amateur archaeologist George Holleyman FSA of his time on Tiree between September 1941 and June 1943. Includes seventy-five photographs taken on Tiree by George Holleyman between September 1941 and June 1943, and forty-eight black and white photographs/postcards taken by unknown photographer(s). George Holleyman carried out significant amounts of pioneering archaeological work in Sussex during the first half of the 20th century along with Drs. Eliot and Cecil Curwen. He was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1949.
2003.130.21
Programme for Tiree High School Concert held on 18/6/2003.
Programme for Tiree High School Concert held on 18/6/2003.
2003.117.1
Audio cassette recording of Annie Ellen MacQuarrie interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 10/7/2003.
Maggie Campbell talking to Annie Ellen MacQuarrie of Coll in July 2003 about her childhood and schooling in Coll in 1920s and 1930s, working in Tobermory and Glasgow, her return to Coll in the early 1950s to marry and raise a family and the changes she has seen in relation to farming, Gaelic and the schools. Maggie also talks to Bunty Kennedy about her childhood on Coll, recreation, the Coll Creamery, the Laird of Coll, farming, livestock sales and the transportation of animals by the cargo vessels `The Princess` and `The Loch Broom`. Tha Magaidh Chaimbeul a’ bruidhinn ri Anna Eilidh NicGuaire agus Bunty Cheannadach a Colla anns an Iuchar 2003 mu an leanabachd agus làithean-sgoile ann an Colla anns na 1920an ’s na 1930an, obair ann an Tobar Mhoire agus Glaschu, tilleadh gu Colla anns na 1950an airson pòsaidh agus togail chloinne, an croitearachd, an spòrs, an Taigh-bainne Cholla, Tighearna Cholla, tuathanachd, na margaidhean-sprèidh agus giùlan beathaichean anns na bàtaichean The Princess agus The Loch Broom.
1998.258.1
Printout of webpage about emergency wireless telegraphy services to the Hebrides in the 1920s.
Account by David D Murdoch of working in Tiree with the Wireless Telegraphy Section of the British Post Office in the 1920s.
1998.181.1
Laminated photograph of a Women`s Guild outing to the Reading Room around 1930.
Women`s Guild outing to the Reading Room around 1930. (For numbered plan and names see 1998.181.2 and 1998.1813)
1999.111.9
Black and white photograph of Tiree Association Sports Day in 1929.
Tiree Association Sports Day in 1929. 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.
1999.113.19
Black and white photograph of a bonfire in 1937.
Bonfire to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937.
