Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 7, 1981.
Local news including the funding of the Community Council by Argyll District Council, the arrival of new GP Dr Donald Campbell, the absence of a library at at Cornaig School, the conveyance of foodstuff by CalMac, surveyors on Beinn Hynish, bilingual road signs, Vaul Golf Club news, article by vet Pat Boyd, the churches and the Boys Brigade.
Letter dated 17/8/2003 from Derek Clarke of Balemartine giving information about three photographs.
Letter dated 17/8/2003 from Derek Clarke of Balemartine giving information about three photographs and the changeover of responsibility of the airport equipment from the RAF to the CAA..
Black and white photograph of two RAF men having their last breakfast on Tiree in Ruaig in 1968.
Ruaig in 1968. L-R: unknown RAF technician and RAF Sergeant Clark having their last breakfast at Ruaig before handing over the running of the airport to Derek Clark and Brian Jefferson of the CAA.
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour in 1938.
Postcard of the `Mary Stewart` beached in Scarinish harbour in 1938 with lobster pots in the foreground, the Scarinish Hotel at the extreme left and communication masts in the background to the right. (Duplicate of A7)
Post Office Telephones Exchange Diary 25/9/1948 to 16/2/1974, which hung in the Tiree cable hut at Caoles. The cable hut was where the submarine cable from Mull connected to the Tiree exchange (via Coll).
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One of the first and longest serving telephone engineers was Donald Quintin Campbell, whose signature appears next to most entries in the diary during 1948-1968.
Township history for Gott and Earnal researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about prominent families in Gott and Earnal – MacLeans, MacKinnons, MacIntyres and MacDonalds.
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Township history for Scarinish researched and written by Hector MacPhail.
Information about smacks and schooners owned in Tiree, Scarinish pier, the Scarinish MacLeans, MacDonalds and MacFadyens, and master mariners.
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Plan of the anti-blast bricks for Tiree Repeater Station dated 1965.
Plan of the anti-blast bricks for Tiree Repeater Station produced by the Ministry of Public Works, Glasgow in 1965.
Photograph of Mary MacPhee, her baby, and a friend outside the old telephone exchange at Scarinish in 1949.
Courtesy of Mrs Mary MacPhee
Mary T. MacPhee, a friend and Mary’s son, either Christopher or Neil Urquhart in the pram, pictured outside the old telephone exchange in Scarinish in 1949. Mary had previously worked shifts at the Pitt Street exchange in Glasgow which had around two hundred operators.
In Scarinish, Mary worked twenty-four hours a day. The building had three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a sitting room which contained the switchboard. The operator had to connect all calls by hand. If a call came in at night an alarm bell rang in the operator’s bedroom.
Mary recalls there being only around five private telephones on the island in 1949. Calls cost one penny, sixpence or a shilling and all were monitored. The operator would interrupt to advise when the time was nearly up.
Audio cassette recording of Maggie Campbell talking about her interview with Mary MacPhee, Scarinish on 11/1/2003.
Maggie Campbell talks about her interview with Mary T. MacPhee of Scarinish in January 2003 who worked in the old telephone exchange in Scarinish in 1949 after working at the Pitt Street Exchange in Glasgow. The building is described in detail, as well as the switchboard and how calls were made, connected and paid for. She also talks about emergency calls, the people on Tiree who had a phone in 1949 and the first telephone engineer on the island.
