Photocard of the thatched house that was to become the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig.
Colour photo postcard showing Taigh Mòr Bhig, The Terrace, Sandaig, when it was a dwelling house in 1976, and before it became a ruin and was bought by the Hebridean Trust in 1989 to be re-built and opened as The Thatched Cottage Museum in the 1990s. It later closed and was sold in 2010.
Photograph of the wrecked whaler of HMS Sturdy
Black and white photograph of the wrecked whaler (small wooden boat) on the beach at Sandaig in which five crewmen lost their lives when attempting to leave the foundering destroyer HMS Sturdy in October 1940.
Photograph of HMS Sturdy broken in two on rocks at Sandaig
Black and white photograph of the destroyer HMS Sturdy broken in two on rocks at Sandaig, where it was wrecked in a storm in October 1940 with the loss of five lives.
Reproduction of a cigarette card showing HMS Sturdy
Reproduction of a phototcopied card from WWII Senior Service Cigarettes showing and describing the destroyer HMS Sturdy. From “The Navy series of 48, No. 32”, 1937. The Sturdy was wrecked off Sandaig during a storm in October 1940 with the loss of 5 lives.
News article (ca 1950) about Tiree and the Great China Tea Race
Two photocopies of a news article about recollections of Donald MacKinnon, Tiree, who captained the winning tea clipper “Taeping” during the Great China Tea Race of 1866. The original photocopy was on display in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010.
Mounted news article about Edward Charles Cortis-Stanford – pioneer of the Scottish seaweed industry
Laminated and mounted newspaper article regarding Edward Cortis-Stanford`s seaweed industry in the Scottish islands, including Tiree, in the 1800s. Was on display in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010. In two panels with copper hanging wire.
Copy the first Evening Times newspaper to be delivered to Tiree by aeroplane, 1929
Original copy of The Evening Times newspaper, July 18 1929. It was the first newspaper to be delivered to Tiree by aeroplane. Front page states “Delivered in Tiree by Aeroplane” with an article about the delivery and passengers. The newspaper was initially kept on display in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010. The plastic sleeve is the original from the museum with a label that reads “Read all about it”.
“Illustrated Dressmaker” magazine, 1928
Original copy of “Weldon`s Illustrated Dressmaker” magazine, No. 575, January 1928. Articles about dressmaking and adverts for dressmaking and domestic goods. Displayed in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010.
Christmas card of painting of Mary MacArthur`s house at Sandaig, by Frank Curran 2006-2007
Christmas card (2006/2007) from Frank and Rita Curran (to John Holliday?) showing watercolour painting by Frank Curran of Mary MacArthur`s spotty house, thatched cottage and shed at Sandaig.
Email from Charles Pressley to An Tirisdeach (2009) with attached article about the HMS Sturdy
Email from Charles Pressley to An Tirisdeach (11 July 2009) stating his interest in the published articles about the wreck of the HMS Sturdy at Sandaig in 1940, his association with Tiree and friends and relatives of those who were on the Sturdy, and his attached article about the Sturdy that he wrote for the West Sussex Gazette following a visit to Tiree in 1999.
