Colour photograph of Cornaig School in the mid-1970s
Cornaig School in the mid-1970s. L-R: (front row) May Margaret MacDonald, June Clark, Jacky MacFadyen, Jane Weatherstone, Eilidh Campbell, (middle row) Margaret Ann Campbell, Christine MacClounnan, Mairi MacInnes, Christina Brown, teacher John Wilson (a former RAF Wing Commander, known as `Wing Co`, and very popular with the pupils), Drew Beck, Donald MacLennan, Donald MacKinnon, Murray Omand, Torquil Donald. (Original in Filing Cabinet 3 drawer 1)
Local news including possible lack of funding for the Continuing Care Unit at Taigh a` Rudha, the lambs and sheep sale, the new Care & Repair scheme for the elderly and disabled, the open day at the Rural Centre, the Tiree Wave Classic and news from the school and golf club.
Black and white photograph of the gravestone of Hector Cameron and his wife Anna MacLean.
The gravestone of Hector Cameron (d. 23/9/1923) and his wife Anna MacLean (d. 28/1/1925) and their children Mairi Anna, Flora, Margaret Christina, the Rev. Hector (co-author of the Tiree & Coll Handbook) and Mairi.
Black and white photograph of Cornaig School in the late 1910s.
Cornaig School in the late 1910s. Duncan MacLean, the first vet in Tiree (1st left, front row); Marion (Morag) MacLean of Balevullin (2nd left, back row). (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 2)
Local news including the meeting with CalMac to agree next summer`s timetable, article by John Bowler of RSPB, the new Rural Centre, and news from the school and youth club.
Local news including the opening of the Hynish Centre and the Continuing Care Unit by Princess Anne, a proposed study of the impact of oil exploration off the coast of Tiree, a walrus bone carving (2000.222.1) found in Vaul by Donald Brown, new pagers for the fire service, school musical evening, the spillage of 3,000 gallons of bitumen into Gott Bay and a Gaelic peom by Alec MacLean of Cornaigbeg.
Local news including the decision of the hall committee to keep under-14s out of licenced dances, the new CalMac summer timetable, AIE`s investment of £193,000 in Tiree, lamb and cattle sales, book fair, Kilkenneth 5 by Sandy MacKinnon, article about baker Gavin Carter, the weather and news from the school`s chess club.
Local news including the crisis in local organisations due to lack of public support for the hall committee and the School Board, also the collapse of the livestock section of the agricultural show, corncrakes by Andy Knight, RSPB and Kilmoluaig – part 2 by Sandy MacKinnon.
