Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family of Scarinish in 1915-16.
The MacKinnon family of Scarinish in 1915-6. L-R: Dugald, Sheena, father Dugald (Dùghall Mac Nèill Mac Iain Dùghall an Òir) holding Annie, Dugald’s wife Margaret MacLean holding Hugh, Neil (see photo M82) and Mary.
Colour photograph of the August 1975 regatta.
Tiree Regatta in August 1975, won by Donald MacFarlane and Donald MacIntyre in `Tinnie`.
Black and white postcard of D & H MacArthur`s general store in Scarinish.
D & H MacArthur`s general store in Scarinish around 1908, published by the store owners.
Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay
Sound clip in English of former airline pilot Bill Innes talking about Captain David Barclay.
Courtesy of Mr Bill Innes
Former airline pilot Bill Innes tells a humorous anecdote about Captain David Barclay, MBE, during an illustrated talk about the pioneers of Scottish aviation held in An Talla, Tiree on 5th July 2004.
The name David Barclay is synonymous with the development of aviation in the Western Isles and with the Scottish Air Ambulance Service. He flew his first ambulance flight with Northern & Scottish Airways in 1935 and at the end of his career had flown more than two thousand ambulance missions.
He was awarded the MBE in 1942 and invested with the order of St John of Jerusalem in 1950. Much loved and well respected by those who knew him, Captain Barclay retired in April 1965 with an overwhelming send-off from islanders in Barra and Tiree.
Nine postcards of Tiree by Su Anderson.
Nine postcards of Tiree by Su Anderson with views of: Balepuil Bay from Ben Hynish; four traditional Tiree houses; Mannal from Balemartine; Hynish pier; breaking waves; the bank and school houses in Scarinish from the shore; Scarinish harbour at sunset; the Rural Centre; Caoles.
Black and white photograph of Captain John MacFadyen in Scarinish.
Former pier-master Captain John MacFayden (on the right) with a horse and cart on Scarinish machair. (Original in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer3)
Black and white postcard of Scarinish from the golf course.
Postcard of Scarinish viewed from the golf course.
Black and white postcard of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour.
Postcard of the schooner Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour with the hotel in the background.
Black and white photograph of an unknown woman beside the Reading Room in the 1930s.
Nancy MacLean of Cornaigbeg woman outside the Reading Room during an Agricultural Show in the 1930s.
Bill Weatherston, former President of the British Orthodontic Society
Photograph of Bill Weatherston, former President of the British Orthodontic Society.
Courtesy of Mrs Isobel Weatherston
Born in Glasgow in 1906, Bill Weatherston had originally wanted to train as a chef. He qualified in dentistry instead, training at Glasgow and Edinburgh dental schools, and won the gold medal in his year for prothesis work.
He worked in Yorkshire, Inverness and Glasgow and, during WW2, in the Army Dental Corps. One of his patients in Glasgow was working on Tiree, and on his recommendation, the family started to take their holidays in Vaul.
He bought the Reading Room in Scarinish where he set up a dental practice in 1968 and, a year later, took over the Barra practice as well, spending one week a month there. He worked until he became ill in 1983 and used to say as he looked at the view from his surgery window, “All this and a little dentistry too!”
Black and white photograph of Bill Weatherston, Scarinish.
Bill Weatherston of Scarinish, President of the British Orthodontic Society.
