Local news: Tiree’s voluntary firefighters; Tiree 10K success; blind art exhibition to raise funds for Baugh Church re-development; Windsurfing club swim clinic; vacancy for Tiree Ranger/Access Officer; new prescription forms from Baugh surgery; acknowledgment of Prof. Donald Meek; dinghy sailing course; visit by/to Spirit of Adventure cruise ship; reporter’s notes about the exasperation of locals to visitors’ careless driving; notice of public consultation for draft Crofting Reform Bill; composting tips; letter responding to a criticism of the ‘Cows for Africa’ sponsorship drive; request for helpers for An Talla.
Small, brass weighing scales and weights (5mg to 10g) , probably used for measuring out small quantities of medicines in the 1960s. Includes black storage case (18 x 9.5 x 2 cm), which also acts as a stand for the scales.
Photograph of Tiree Medical Practice staff, ca 1995
Colour photograph of staff of the Tiree Medical Practice at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. Clockwise from left: Clare Jones, Jane MacDonald, Cairin MacLeod, Dr John Holliday, Mary MacKinnon, Rena MacKinnon, Ina MacArthur, Dr Bob le Masurier. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Tiree Medical Practice staff ca 1995
Colour photograph of staff of the Tiree Medical Practice at a dinner at the Lodge Hotel around 1995. Clockwise from left: Clare Jones, Jane MacDonald, Cairin MacLeod, Dr John Holliday, Mary MacKinnon, Rena MacKinnon, Ina MacArthur, Dr Bob le Masurier, Margie Brown. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of Princess Anne at the Continuing Care Unit, 1991
Colour photograph of Princess Anne and others opening the `Continuing Care` Unit at Taigh a` Rudha, Heanish in 1991. (original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1)
Photograph of two women lying in hospital beds outside in the sun ca 1950
Black & white photograph of two women lying in hospital beds that have been wheeled outside into the sun. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Urine testing kit used in the Eventide Home in the 1960s. Includes a wooden stand, four stoppered bottles, a glass tube, three labelled sample containers, a burner and a urinometer for measuring urine specific gravity.
Full printed text (without photographs) on loose sheets from the summer 2001 exhibition at An Iodhlann about Tiree`s doctors, healers, health and remedies. Written by Dr John Holliday.
