We’ve been looking at Tiree history. The ‘Morning Leader’ newspaper in August 1910 told of some happy times on Tiree as island life went quietly unnoticed by some authorities.
A special commissioner to the isle of Tiree in the West Highlands states that on the island there are 200 families who have never paid taxes nor rent of any kind. The population is 2,000, and yet is governed by one policeman, who also watches over the isle of Coll. He has not made an apprehension for over six years.
There have not been any licensed premises for half a century; yet the island is dotted with distilleries.
Our recreated image imagines that time.
