Black and white photograph of Vaul in the 1920s.
Vaul in the 1920s. L-R: Margaret Doig; her aunt Maggie MacKinnon; (seated) Maggie`s brother-in law joiner, boatbuilder and carpenter John MacKinnon (Iain Mac Eoghainn Ruaidh); Margaret Johnston nee Pettigrew, Margaret Doig`s mother; Maggie`s brother-in-law Lachlan MacKinnon (Lachann Mac Eoghainn Ruaidh). The father of Iain and Lachie, Eoghann Ruadh, was Alasdair Sinclair`s grandfather`s father. Outside the MacKinnon home, Gunna View, Vaul.
Black and white photograph taken at Vaul in 1933.
Vaul in 1933. L-R: Duncan MacKinnon, Lodge Farm; Donald MacLean (Domhnall Sheumais); Margaret Doig; unknown; unknown.
The Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s
Photograph of the Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Mrs Nan MacClounnan
This photograph, taken at Vaul in the mid-1940s, shows Catriona MacKinnon of Vaul with Margaret Doig, deputy Co-op manager Archie Robertson from Tobermory, a visitor, and van driver Neil MacNeill of Scarinish standing in front of one of the Co-op vans. A second van driven by Rob MacMaster served the west end of the island.
The vans carried a selection of basic groceries which at Christmastime included extras such as cakes and shortbread and small presents like socks and handkerchiefs. They made their rounds of the island every day of the week except Sunday and Monday.
Sometime in the 1960s the Co-op reduced their service to a single van driven by Rob MacMaster who would call at each township once a week. This ceased altogether in the early 1970s.
Black and white photograph of the Co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s.
The co-op van at Vaul in the 1940s. L-R: Catriona MacKinnon; Margaret Doig; Lorna and Morag Lee; Neil MacNeill (Cathy MacNeill`s husband).
Feeding hens at Vaul in the 1930s
Photograph of Catriona MacKinnon and Margaret Doig feeding hens at Vaul in the 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Nan MacClounnan
Catriona MacKinnon of Rhum View and her niece Margaret Doig are pictured feeding hens in Vaul in the 1930s. Most crofters on Tiree kept poultry, mainly hens but also some ducks. Between the wars, these numbered in total over eight thousand birds.
Up to the 1950s Tiree exported large numbers of eggs to the mainland. Eggs were bought by the local shopkeepers from their customers at a rate of 6d a dozen in payment for groceries and shipped by cargo steamer in wooden boxes of thirty dozen direct to Glasgow.
Eggs were also sent privately by post in boxes of two dozen. The eggs were protected by inserts of corrugated cardboard but even so the corner eggs often arrived broken.
Black and white photograph of Margaret Doig and her Aunt Neen in the 1930s.
Margaret Doig and her Aunt Neen (Catriona MacKinnon, Rhum View) feeding hens in Vaul the 1930s.
Black and white photograph of Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s.
Taigh Sarah in Vaul in the 1920s. L-R: Margaret Doig`s father; Sarah MacFarlane (Sarah Neill); a friend of Mr Doig. Sarah was a widow; all her family except for one son died of TB. Her house was built by the township `in a day`. A porch was added in the 1930s. The roof was tarred with heated road tar which, if put on too hot, ran down the walls.
Report on the excavation of Dun Mor Vaul by Dr Euan Mackie.
Report of the excavation of Dun Mor, an Iron Age broch in Vaul, during 1962-4 by Dr Euan MacKie.
Family tree illustrating relationships between some MacIntyre, MacMillan, MacLean, MacKinnon and MacInnes families in the east end of Tiree.
Family tree illustrating relationships between some MacIntyre, MacMillan, MacLean, MacKinnon and MacInnes families in the east end of Tiree.
Photocopied newspaper obituary for Gordon Donald.
Obituary for Gordon Donald 1929-1988.
Photocopied newspaper obituary for Gordon Donald.
Obituary for Gordon Donald of Vaul, 1929-1988.
Photocopied page of newspaper cuttings dated 1965.
Newspaper article dated 7/4/1965 about Vaul Golf Course.
