Audio cassette recording of John Fletcher of Balemartine talking to Maggie Campbell in January 2001.
John Fletcher of Balemartine talks to Maggie Campbell in January 2001 about growing up in Balemartine, the people of Balemartine, Mannal and Hynish, the teachers at Balemartine School, the weather over the years, fishing when he was a boy, how fish was dried and the work involved in milking cows; John also tells a few stories about people he knew as a boy and one story about a dog fish remedy.
Photocopied magazine extract about the bulb farms on Tiree.
Article about the bulb farms on Tiree. (Plus the title page of an original – E01246)
Newsletter of the Hebridean Trust, No. 7, Christmas 2003.
Newsletter of the Hebridean Trust with articles about the wedding of Angela Sutherland and Tim Arkless on Hynish pier, Alan Stevenson House, Sandaig museum and Hynish harbour.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay.
Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay, with tulips from the Hynish bulb farm, photographed by the Sunday Express in May 1957.
Flora MacLean discarding flower heads from the Hynish bulb farm
Photograph of Flora MacLean discarding flower heads from the Hynish bulb farm, photographed by the Sunday Express in May 1957.
Courtesy of Sunday Express
Flora MacLean of Kenovay was photographed by the Sunday Express in 1957 discarding flower heads from the Hynish bulb farm. In the 1950s daffodil, tulip, narcissus and hyacinth bulbs were grown by a number of Tiree crofters to supply mainland hot-house growers with bulbs for forcing.
The busiest time was in the spring and summer. The flowers were removed to strengthen the bulbs which were dug up in June and graded according to size and condition. Large bulbs were exported to the mainland with the smaller ones replanted in the autumn for another year’s growth.
The initial outlay for ‘mother’ bulbs was high although spent bulbs could be purchased for a fraction of the cost. Unfortunately, the crop was decimated by diseases and pests, profit margins fell and the scheme petered out.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay.
Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay, discarding bulbs from the Hynish bulb farm, photographed by the Sunday Express in May 1957.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay.
Flora MacLean of Druimfhraoich, Kenovay, with tulips from the Hynish bulb farm, photographed by the Sunday Express in May 1957.
Grinding stone.
Circular grinding stone (clach-linnean), 390 mm in diameter and 90 mm wide, with a metal axle, found in the shed opposite Port a` Mhuilinn, Hynish and possibly used by the workmen erecting Skerryvore lighthouse.
List of medical practitioners on Tiree 1861-1891 compiled by Duncan Grant of Ruaig.
Extracts from the census records 1841-1891 giving details of doctors/surgeons and their households.
Newsletter of the Hebridean Trust, No.3, Summer 2001.
Newsletter with articles about the Sandaig Thatched House Museum, Gordon Scott`s website, the redevelopment of Upper Square, Hynish and a visit from the Roses project to Alan Stevenson House.
Two postcards and one card by Sue Anderson.
Two postcards and one card by Sue Anderson with photographs of Hynsih pier, a wind-surfer and Glebe House, the latter inviting Dr John Holliday and his wife Clare Jones to an exhibition preview of `Island Images` by Sue Anderson.
