Tag Archives: the community

1997.265.57

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 22, 24/4/1991.

Local news including the proposed transportation of asbestos from Skerryvore across the island, the results of a poll of parents about national testing, prize-winning song by Dr John Holliday, mobile breast-screeing unit, Balevullin – part 4 by Sandy MacKinnon, the Power Station, nursing team for Taigh a` Ruadh and news from the youth club.

1997.265.92

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 55, 3/2/1993.

Local news including the suspension of BT`s compensation scheme, the air ambulance service, an account of the wreck of the SS Vivo on Balevullin beach in 1890 by Sandy MacKinnon, the weather, and news from the playgroups, the school librarian and the Crofters Union.

1997.265.19

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 5, Winter 1984.

Local news including ferry timetables, the mains water, hospital beds at Taigh a` Ruadh, grazing on the Reef, upgrading the public hall, recipes, crofting, RAF Tiree, and news from the churches and the school.

1997.265.35

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Summer 1989 (2 copies).

Local news including an extract from John Walker`s Report on the Hebrides of 1764 and 1771, an obituary for Neil MacLaine Cameron, one Gaelic and two English poems by Neil Brownlie, article by a child evacuated to Tiree during the war, news from the school, WRI, golf club and the hall committee.

1997.265.58

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 23, 8/5/1991.

Local news including the opening of the nursing beds at Taigh a` Ruadh by Princess Anne, piper Gordon Rowan to play at the White House, HIE and local working groups, hedgehogs, advice from Dr Holliday on salt intake, Balevullin – part 5 by Sandy MacKinnon, and news from playgroups, the feis, the youth club and the Brownies and Guides.

1997.265.20

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, Spring 1985 (2 copies).

Local news including the departure of Kevin and Cilla Boyd (BT) and J. Littlewood from the Power Station, the arrival of the new headmaster Colin Hunter and family, Social Security benefits, crofting history, recipes, news from Vaul Golf Club, the football club, WRI, the Regatta Club, the school and churches.

1997.265.61

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 26, 19/6/1991.

Local news including crackdown by local policeman on bad driving, a meeting of the Community and Regional Councils, a Gaelic poem by Alec MacLean of Cornaigbeg, an account of how the Continuing Care Unit was secured, Balevullin – part 7 by Sandy MacKinnon, and news from the Guides and playgroups.

1997.265.2

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 2, 1980.

Local news including a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, Long Service Medals for Tiree coastguard auxiliaries, Taigh a` Rudha Grand Fete, Vaul Golf Club, a list of books about Tiree, the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, the Social Work Department, fire hydrants, Road Equivalent Tariff (RET), the cost of funerals and the Tiree Pre-school Playgroup.