Audio cassette recording of Donald Archie MacLean of Kenovay talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2004.
Donald Archie MacLean (Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh a’ Mhuilinn) of Kenovay talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2004 about the ‘Gual Righ’ at the bottom of the Kenovay Road, old stories about Tearlach Iseabail who used to sell coal from the house, and how he feels about the house being knocked down and another built in its place.
Colour photograph of the stackyard at Druimfhraoich in the late 1980s.
The stackyard (iodhlann) at Druimfhraoich, Kenovay in the late 1980s. L-R: Lachie MacLean, Druimfhraoich, building a stack (mulan); his wife Flora; Murdoch MacLean of Kilmoluaig.
Colour photograph of hayricks at Druimfhraoich, Kenovay around 1990.
Hayricks at Druimfhraoich, Kenovay around 1990. Cnoc Gorm is in the centre background.
Colour photograph of Lachie MacLean, Druimfhraoich and Hector J C Campbell, Cornaigbeg in the 1980s.
Lachie Maclean of Druimfhraoich and Hector J. C. Campbell of Cornaigbeg binding oats at Dhruimfhraoich, Kenovay in the mid-1980s. The tractor is a Massey Ferguson.
Colour photograph of Hector J C Campbell and Susan Lamont in the 1980s.
Lachie MacLean and Susan Lamont cutting oats at Druimfhraoich, Kenovay in the late 1980s. Note the adagan in the foreground.
Black and white photograph of Margaret and Lachie MacFadyen in Kenovay.
Margaret MacFadyen and her brother Lachie at the bungalow in Kenovay built by Captain John MacFadyen to be like their house in Giffnock.
Black and white photograph of Neil MacFadyen of Kenovay, and Isobel and Morag Carmichael.
Friends in drag in the early 1930s. L-R: Isobel (Tibby) Carmichael, Neil MacFadyen of Barrapol and Morag Carmichael. (Tibby and Morag are daughters of Ina, who is the sister of the father of Fiona Maxwell, Kenovay)
Audio cassette recording of Archie John MacLean, Heylipol talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.
Archie John MacLean of Heylipol talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about the changes in crofting especially the decline in cultivation, the work done at different times of the year, fertilisers and machinery, problems with geese, cattle breeding, BSE, the need for conservation, sheep breeding, the six farms on Tiree, dipping sheep and the associated problems, transporting animals, subsidies and quotas.
Audio cassette recording of Donald Archie MacLean of Kenovay talking to Maggie Campbell in December 1999.
Donald Archie MacLean (Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh a’ Mhuilinn) talks to Maggie Campbell in December 1999 about his childhood in Kenovay, collecting coal with horses and carts from puffers on the beach and the hard work involved, the people who lived in Kenovay including the carpenter and Rob MacMaster, his father who sold meat in Kenovay and Calum MacKinnon who had the butcher’s shop in Scarinish, the difference in the rules and regulations today, the kindness of people in Scarinish, and his hopes for the new century. Tha Dòmhnall Eàirdsidh a’ Mhuilinn a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an Dùbhlachd 1999 mu laithean-oige ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh, a’ cruinneachadh gual le each is cairt o bhàtaichean guail air an tràigh agus an obair cruaidh a bha ’nn, na daoine a bha a’ fuireach ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh, a’ gabhail a steach an soar, Rob ’Ic a’ Mhaighstir, athair a bha reic feòil ann an Ceann a’ Bhàigh agus Calum ’Ic Fhioghainn aig an robh bùth ann an Sgairinnis, na riaghailtean is na laghan a tha ’nns an latha an diugh, coibhneas muinntir Sgairinnis agus a dhòchas airson an linn ùr.
Partially made harvest knots with instructions.
Partially made harvest knots with instructions from Lachie MacLean, Druimfhraoich on how to make them, recorded by John and Sarah Holliday. (Instructions in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
