Photograph of Lower Vaul ca 1939
Copy of colour transparency of Billy and Jean Taylor (Meena Knapman’s parents) walking by a black-roofed house by the old road in Lower Vaul around 1939
The location is outside Lazy Charlie’s House just beyond Seaside
in Lower Vaul – it is now a ruin as it was in 1960 but not in the
1930s. Meena Knapman remembered Lazy Charlie when she first
came to Tiree as a child in the 1920s & 1930s
Photograph of Vaul beach ca 1960
Copy of a colour transparency of the bay and beach at Vaul, photographed from the west around 1960.
Photograph of Dunmore, Vaul, 1920-1950
Black & white photograph of the house and outbuildings at Dunmore, Vaul, around 1965 – 1966. Taken by Reg Knapman
Group of people outside Dunmore, Vaul, 1960s
Black and white photograph of 14 adults and children standing for a group shot outside the house at Dunmore, Vaul, during a visit in the 1960s. The photo includes visitors staying at Dunmore as well as the Knapman family. There are also some Dunmore residents including Charlie MacDonald
Photograph of people in a tractor trailer, 1960s
Black & white photograph of members of the Knapman family being driven to the shops by tractor and trailer at Vaul in the 1960s.
Four members of the Knapman family plus Iain
MacDonald, Dunmore and one other unidentified visitor
Collection of 18 postcards of photographs of Tiree, 1920-1960
Collection of 18 original postcards showing photographed scenes from Tiree, some of which are used and stamped. Most are duplicates of existing archive items. Six scanned and accessioned separately (V121-V126).
Photograph of Vaul Bay, ca 1930
Postcard photograph of a view of Vaul Bay around 1930, with much wind-blown sand over the machair.
Large blunt chisel-shaped iron tool for forcing tar-soaked hemp (oakum) into the bottom strake of a boat to make it water-tight. Used by Vaul boat-builders in the 1930s.
Tar-soaked hemp rope used in boat-building, ca 1930s
Length of hemp rope soaked in Stockhom tar used as caulking for sealing the bottom strake in traditional fishing boats. Used by Vaul boat-builders in the 1930s.
Certificate of Competency – Master (steamship), 1928
Black and gold bound wallet containing the Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign-going steamship awarded to Neil MacKinnon (b. Glasgow, October 1903) on 10th December 1928. Neil had Vaul connections.
