Printed pages from the website of Friends of Popski`s Private Army, citing the medals of John Davies Campbell earned during service in Europe in WWII. John Campbell was the owner of the yacht `Oceana` that grounded and broke up on Crossapol Beach at Baugh during a storm in 1949.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1916 regarding the cancellation of the Heanish Cooperative Society
Printed transcription of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1916 regarding the cancellation of the Heanish Cooperative Society Ltd at Baugh, on the grounds that it has ceased to exist.
Long metal (iron?) rod with star-shaped end used for drilling rock in combination with a compressor. From Baugh quarry during WWII. Given to Dr Holliday by Donald MacKinnon, Hough, in response to article in An Tirisdeach.
Tall, round-bottomed glass bottle found in the dump behind Baugh Surgey in 2012. Pale clear glass with large raised lettering all around bottle reading “J.Schweppe & Co., 51 Berners Street, Oxford Street, genuine superior, aerated waters”. Probably used for administering medicines.
Display copy of Alec Walker`s `Tiree Memories 2012` calendar with old images of Skerryvore Lighthouse, the ferry and pier in the 1950s, airport control tower in mid 1950s, view from Balephetrish Hill over Balephetrish to Kenovay and Crossapol in the 1960s, a crofters house Balephuil, Balemartine around the 1960s, Baugh Bay, ferry at pier in mid 1930s, Gott Bay, Kirkapol church, view from Ben Hough of Loch Bhasapol, Scarinish from the air in the 1960s, coal boat unloading at Ruaig during the 1930s,
Cover of an Annual Report from the Tiree Medical Practice, ca. 2008
Front cover of an Annual Report of the Tiree [Medical] Practice, `Iomraidh na Bliadhna, Bho`n Dotair a` Tiriodh`, from around 2008, with a colour photograph of rowing boat on Traigh Gott with the pier in the distance.