Photocopied sheets about Rotorplan, the UK`s 1950s Air Attack Early Warning System.
Photocopy of webpage (www.blackiston.btinternet.co.uk) about Rotorplan, the UK`s Air Attack Early Warning System which cost in the region of £240 million by the late 1950s when it was declared redundant, and photocopied pages describing type of installation for Rotorplan sites including Scarinish (the site on Beinn Gott).
Colour photograph of the Rev. Robert Higham.
Rev. Robert Higham photographed in 1991 when he was a lecturer at Northumbria Bible College in Berwick.
Audio cassette recording of Donald MacIntyre, Gott, interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 18/1/2000.
Donald MacIntyre talks to Maggie Campbell about the people in Gott, their work and their houses, the smiddy, the decline in the number of horses and blacksmiths, shoeing horses and making implements, breeding and showing Clydesdales and training foals.
Glass bottle with rubber stopper.
Small clear glass bottle (stamped glyco-thymoline) with rubber stopper used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
Tin box of dressings.
Blue tin box from the Surgical Manufacturing Company containing gauze and lint used by Elizabeth Robertson`s father, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s.
Two unopened tin boxes containing gauze and cotton wool from the 1930s and 40s.
(1) box containing 2 x 6 yards of gauze and 2 pads of cotton wool, (2) box containing 8 ozs of cotton wool in 2 pieces. Used by the father of Elizabeth Robertson, Gott, a GP in England in the 1930s and 40s. Sealed shut with solder.
Photocopied notice of Argyll County Council meeting in Dunoon on 4/10/1894 re the Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act, 1878.
Meeting to add a number of roads in Tiree to the list of roads, highways and bridges maintained by the council.
Photocopy of letter written to Lord Archibald Campbell by R. St George Moore.
The best site for a pier on Tiree and the author`s experience in building piers.
Letter written in 1899 to Lady Victoria Campbell about Gott Bay pier
Transcription of a letter written in 1899 by an unknown correspondent to Lady Victoria Campbell about Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of His Grace the Duke of Argyll
The new pier at Gott Bay was built between 1909 and 1913 after many years of political pressure by Lady Victoria Campbell, Lord Archibald Campbell, the island’s surgeon Dr Alexander Buchanan and many others.
As stated in the letter, the Duke of Argyll was concerned about the increasing estimated cost of successive surveys. In the end the pier cost over £20,000 to build; £16,000 were spent on construction and plant, over £2,000 on fees and around £2,000 on interest.
It was paid for by contributions of £14,000 from the Congested Districts Board and the Board of Agriculture, £2,250 from the Duke, and the public and the Tiree Association each raised £250. The balance of £3,417 was supplied by an interest-free loan from the Agricultural (Scotland) Fund.
Photocopied report by the Argyll County Council Piers Committee on proposed pier at Gott Bay.
Report by the Sub-Committee of the Piers Committee on the proposed pier at Gott Bay, Tiree, detailing costs, location, specifications, applications, dates and captains recommendations.
