Tag Archives: water supply

2004.49.4

Folder titled `Argyll County Council` containing correspondence with Tiree and Coll District Council 1928 – 1969.

Folder titled `Argyll County Council` containing correspondence with Tiree and Coll District Council 1928 – 1969 about piers, graveyards, schools, housing water supply and sewerage, war memorials, the airstrip on Coll, roads, ferry and air services.

2004.49.7

Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing District Council papers dated from 1952 to 1964.

Folder titled `Tiree Ward Minutes` containing minutes of Tiree Ward meetings and Coll Ward meetings from 1952 to 1964 and some correspondence with Argyll County Council.

2001.20.1

Audio cassette recording of Archie MacKinnon of Cornaigmore talking to Maggie Campbell in January 2001.

Archie MacKinnon of Cornaigmore talks to Maggie Campbell in January 2001 about his working life, his 40 years as janitor at Cornaigmore School, the opening of the new school in 1936, the building of the Police Station in 1937, dancing competitions at the Tiree Association Sports, the windmill at Loch Bhasapol which powered the water supply to the school, the school furnace, the changes and new buildings at the school between 1972 and 2001; Archie also tells two amusing stories. Èairdsidh Ghilleasbuig Eachainn a Chòrnaig Mhòr a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Fhaoilteach 2001 mu obair, an da fhichead bliadhna a bha e na dhorsair ann an Sgoil Chòrnaig Mhòr, fosgladh an sgoil ùr ann an 1936, togail oifis a’ phoileas ann an 1937, co-fharpais dannsa aig Spòrs an Chomunn Thirisdich, am muileann-gaoithe aig Loch Bhasapol a bha tarraing uisge gun sgoil, àmhainn na sgoile, na atharrachaidhean agus na togalaichean ùra aig an sgoil eadar 1972 agus 2001; tha e cuideachd ag ìnnseadh da naidheachd èibhinn.

2001.97.35

Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Twenty-fifth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 50-51.

Report (incomplete) by Dr Dan MacKinnon regarding the lack of shelter, poor soil drainage and the sanitation and water supply.

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1999.196.3

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 3, 1980.

Local news including the proposed surcharge for diesel-generated power, visit by the Welfare Rights team, Housing Action Areas, the cost of funerals, the delay in the installation of new telephones lines, the quality of the mains water, the bus shelter at Balemartine, conveyance to school for Primary pupils, the Community Council election, a list of books about Tiree, a Gaelic song by Neil Brownlie, church, and school news, Golf Club and Tiree Football team news, the proposed new public hall and the WRI summer ceilidh.

1997.265.6

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 6, 1981.

Local news including Strathclyde Regional Structural Plan, a Gaelic song by George Campbell of Cornaigbeg, the mains water supply, the coastguard, the Community Enterprise Porgramme, thatched houses, the churches, birdwatching and a marine survey of Tiree and Coll.

1997.265.9

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 9, 1982.

Local news including complaints about the muddy state of the mains water, news from the Boys Brigade , Vaul Golf Club, Cornaig School and the churches, spoke Gaelic on Tiree and house insulation.

1997.265.10

Newsletter `Fios agus Fathunn`, No. 10, 1982 (3 copies).

Local news including the proposed closure of the knitwear factory, a letter from the Director of Water about the muddy mains water, the continuing off-loading of mail and newspapers from Loganair flights, news from the church, the school, Vaul Golf Club, the Regatta Club and the Boys Brigade, a letter from the vet about vaccination of of calves, the weather and bird-watching.

1997.265.15

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 1, Winter 1983.

Local news including the views of the newly-elected Community Council, the condition of the mains supply, the off-loading of mail and newspaper from Loganair flights, recipes, a letter from the vet about mineral deficiencies in cattle, improvements to the public hall, and news from the churches, schools, the sailing club, Boys Brigade, Womens Guild, WRI and Vaul Golf Club.

1997.265.17

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 3, Summer 1984 (2 copies).

Local news including the condition of the mains water, the repair of the Baugh memorial, the Local Plan for Mull, Coll and Tiree which proposes replacing the ferry link with Oban with one to Tobermory, the opening of the Skerryvore Museum at the Signalling Tower in Hynish, crofting statistics, news from the Boys Brigade, Vaul Golf Club, WRI, the scouts, the school and the churches.