Tag Archives: water supply and hygiene

1997.265.86

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 49, 28/10/1992.

Local news including the extra turn-around time required by the ferry unload hay lorries, fluoridation of the water supply, the opening of the Sandaig museum and an article about gardening in Moss.

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.

1997.265.95

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 58, 17/3/1993.

Local news including the numbers of houses in Council Tax bands D-F, protests at the shipment of nuclear fuel through the Minches, the weather, news from the school librarian, waste recycling and an article about the Tiree entry in Kelly`s 1926 Directory of Scotland by Les Crawte and Reg Knapman.

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.

1997.265.101

Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 64, 28/6/1993.

Local news including charges for residents of the Continuing Care Unit, the local bus service, botanical survey of Tiree, waste recycling, Gaelic survey, new optician for Tiree and news from the golf club, Tiree Art Exhibition, the regatta club, the Womens Guild, SWRI, NFU and the windsurfing club.

2003.121.1

Audio cassette recording of Bunty Kennedy interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Coll on 8/7/2003.

Maggie Campbell talks to Bunty Kennedy of Coll in July 2003 about her early childhood and schooldays on Tiree in the 1940s, her life on Coll from the 1950s to the present day, the water and electricity supply, the postal services, fishing, past and present New Years on Coll. She sings a verse of a song by Iain MacDonald and her son, Cailean, plays a few tunes on the accordion. Bunty Ceannaideach o Colla a’ bruidhinn ri Mairead Caimbeul anns an t-Iuchair 2003 mu dheidhinn làithean sgoile ann a Tiriodh anns na ceathradan, fuireachd ann a Colla anns na coigeadan, nuair a thàinig dealan agus uisge gu Colla, am post, iasgach agus mar a bha am Bliadhna Ur air a thoirt a steach fo chionn fhada taca ris mar a tha e air a’ dhèanamh air an latha an diugh. Tha Bunty a seinn rann fo òrain Iain MacDhòmhnaill agus tha Cailean, a mac aice, a cluich am bogsa ciùil.

2003.72.2

Argyll & Bute District Council report `Mull, Coll & Tiree Local Plan`, 1987.

Monitoring plan for Mull, Tiree and Coll setting out the local authority`s policies, proposals and recommendations covering population, rural matters, industry and employment, housing, tourism, transport, public utilities and services.

1998.182.34

Photocopied page of four newspaper cuttings from the Oban Times, 1968.

(1) Article about Major Iain MacLennan, chairman of the Council of Social Services and of the local District Council, who reports that the councils want to attract light industry to Tiree, reduce freight costs and improve and extend the public water supply, (2) formation of a Tiree Youth Club, (3) new medical unit for Dr Calvert, (4) letters about Anne Sinclair’s piping success and Danina Langley’s  MOD success.

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2000.64.4

British Geological Survey Technical Report `Trial infiltration gallery on Tiree – an island water supply from a shallow sand aquifer` by N. S. Robins and D. F. Ball.

Report on a trial infiltration gallery built in a raised beach near to the outflow from Loch a` Phuill to assess the possibility of providing an alternative water supply to loch water currently used.

2000.64.5

British Geological Survey Technical Report `Observations on the production infiltration gallery on the island of Tiree` by N. S. Robins and D. F. Ball.

Results of the pumping water from an infiltration gallery built in a raised beach near to the outflow from Loch a` Phuill.