1 Though some might eschew the idea that 'the present is a product of the past', there are more than as many others who would seek out that past in the pages of the wonderful little magazines produced by our local history groups. A. I. B. Stewart In the very first, April 1977-published, "Kintyre Magazine", A. I. B. Stewart, President of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society, wrote that "In an age when scholarship is at a discount and change is regarded by many as synonymous with improvement, it seems to me that it becomes all the more important to look over our shoulders at the lives and achievements of our ancestors, for only by understanding the past can we prepare for the future". An article in the magazine's first issue, by Hector L. MacKenzie, tells us how, "On 14th June, 1921, the then Macdonald of Largie and Sheriff J. MacMaster Campbell issued a circular letter convening a meeting in The Argyll Arms Hotel, Campbeltown, on 21st June, relative to the proposed formation of a society for the study of the Archaeology, History and Antiquities of Kintyre and the preservation of the older records of the district. The aim of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society's twice-yearly magazine was therefore "to give some permanence to the work done by 'The Kintyre Antiquarians' in recording Kintyre's past history and in recording the natural features of Kintyre's beautiful environment". Though the present editor of The Society's magazine, Angus Martin, is ever- concerned about protecting the copyright in his own and other authors works published in the magazine, many of the early magazine articles, including many by the present magazine editor Angus Martin himself, were put online on 'The Kintyre Mag' website at http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/, between 1997 and 2006, by Campbeltonian Ian Forshaw, the story recorded in his article "Antiquity and Technology" (Kintyre Magazine No 46, Autumn 1999, pages 28/29) and though, 'for personal reasons', Ian Forshaw has added no more material to his website added since the end of February 2006, he has continued to keep 'The Kintyre Mag' website online at http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/ and the valuable archive of articles easily trawled given the contents indexes here. When, in 2006, Argyll and Bute Council decided to house Campbeltown's Public Library in a new leisure complex, turning the former library building into council offices, 'The Society' had to transfer its library and archives to temporary accommodation in Campbeltown's Town Hall and at that point The Society's magazine and other collections then became inaccessible to researchers other than The Society's Office-Bearers - Angus Martin, in his editorial notes to the Spring 2008 No 63 issue of 'The Kintyre Magazine', reports there that "Despite repeated representations by letter and telephone, Argyll and Bute Council has failed to offer us alternative accommodation since our eviction in 2006 from 'The Burnet Building' after almost 79 years there. Our collection, less the books which were deemed surplus to requirements and sold, continues to be piled against a wall of a room in The Town Hall, inaccessible to researchers and vulnerable to deterioration" - All correspondence regarding matters pertaining to 'The Society' should be addressed to Angus Martin, 13 Saddell Street, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6DN and all enquiries about subscriptions and magazine distribution addressed to Mrs Frances Hood, Craiglussa, Peninver, By Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6QP who, though many magazine editions are now no longer available, may be able to supply 'back-numbers', some of which may also be available, along with other books of Kintyre interest, from K. Martin , Booksellers, 14 Main Street, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6 AG, Scotland Telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 1586 - 552595 E-mail Kmartinbooks (at) aol.com The Old Bookshelf , 8 Cross Sreet, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6 HU, Scotland Telephone + 44 ( 0 ) 1586 - 551114 E-mail info (at) theoldbookshelf.com
An indispensible guide to the contents of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society's local history magazine and, though many are now 'out-of-print', some 'back copies' may still be available from local bookshops or the society itself.
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Though some might eschew the idea that 'the present is a product of the past', thereare more than as many others who would seek out that past in the pages of thewonderful little magazines produced by our local history groups.
A. I. B. Stewart
In the very first, April 1977-published, "Kintyre Magazine", A. I. B. Stewart,President of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society, wrote that"In an age when scholarship is at a discount and change is regarded by many assynonymous with improvement, it seems to me that it becomes all the moreimportant to look over our shoulders at the lives and achievements of our ancestors,for only by understanding the past can we prepare for the future".
An article in the magazine's first issue, by Hector L. MacKenzie, tells us how, "On14th June, 1921, the then Macdonald of Largie and Sheriff J. MacMaster Campbellissued a circular letter convening a meeting in The Argyll Arms Hotel,Campbeltown, on 21st June, relative to the proposed formation of a society for thestudy of the Archaeology, History and Antiquities of Kintyre and the preservationof the older records of the district.
The aim of The Kintyre Antiquarian and Natural History Society's twice-yearlymagazine was therefore "to give some permanence to the work done by 'The
Kintyre Antiquarians' in recording Kintyre's past history and in recording the naturalfeatures of Kintyre's beautiful environment".
Though the present editor of The Society's magazine, Angus Martin, is ever-concerned about protecting the copyright in his own and other authors workspublished in the magazine, many of the early magazine articles, includingmany by the present magazine editor Angus Martin himself, were put onlineon 'The Kintyre Mag' website at http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/, between1997 and 2006, by Campbeltonian Ian Forshaw, the story recorded in his article"Antiquity and Technology" (Kintyre Magazine No 46, Autumn 1999, pages28/29) and though, 'for personal reasons', Ian Forshaw has added no morematerial to his website added since the end of February 2006, he has continued tokeep 'The Kintyre Mag' website online at http://www.kintyremag.co.uk/and the valuable archive of articles easily trawled given the contents indexes here.
When, in 2006, Argyll and Bute Council decided to house Campbeltown's PublicLibrary in a new leisure complex, turning the former library building into counciloffices, 'The Society' had to transfer its library and archives to temporaryaccommodation in Campbeltown's Town Hall and at that point The Society'smagazine and other collections then became inaccessible to researchers otherthan The Society's Office-Bearers - Angus Martin, in his editorial notes to theSpring 2008 No 63 issue of 'The Kintyre Magazine', reports there that "Despiterepeated representations by letter and telephone, Argyll and Bute Council has failedto offer us alternative accommodation since our eviction in 2006 from 'The BurnetBuilding' after almost 79 years there. Our collection, less the books which weredeemed surplus to requirements and sold, continues to be piled against a wall of a roomin The Town Hall, inaccessible to researchers and vulnerable to deterioration" - Allcorrespondence regarding matters pertaining to 'The Society' should be addressed toAngus Martin, 13 Saddell Street, Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6DN and all enquiriesabout subscriptions and magazine distribution addressed to Mrs Frances Hood,Craiglussa, Peninver, By Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6QP who, though manymagazine editions are now no longer available, may be able to supply 'back-numbers',some of which may also be available, along with other books of Kintyre interest, from
Frances Hood's "Field Guide to The Archaeology of Kintyre"
Donald Kelly's "Kintyre At War 1939 - 1945",a 400-plus page Microsoft Word file on a CD-Rom disc
and,published by The Kintyre Civic Society
"The Campbeltown Book"
which should all be available from any of the Campbeltown-listed booksellers
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THEKINTYRE ANTIQUARIAN & NATURAL
HISTORY SOCIETYMAGAZINE
No 1 April 1977THE MAGAZINE
ofThe Kintyre Antiquarian & Natural History Society.
President: A. I. B. Stewart, O.B.E., B.L.
NUMBER ONE SPRING 1977
KINTYRE MAGAZINE CONTENTS - 01 - April 1977
Foreword & Introduction : Duncan Colville and A. I. B. Stewart 2A. I. B. Stewart Page : Introduction - A. I. B. StewartEditorial 3History of The Society Hector L. MacKenzie, M.A. 4Jet Necklace Frances Hood 6Largie J.R. Maxwell-Macdonald, J.P. 7Coal 8Moles 8Southend Schools 8The North Carolina Connection Angus MacVicar, M.A. 9Highland Church Rebuilding 12Sika Deer in Kintyre - 1 T. W. G. Coulson, B.Sc., F.I.F. 13Sika Deer in Kintyre - 2 T. W. G. Coulson, B.Sc., F.I.F. 13Excavations at Balloch Hillfort E. J. Peltenburg Ph.D., F.R.S. Scot. 16Whip Behind - Coachmen's Cry 17Kintyre in Ontario Efric Wotherspoon 18Kintyre Graveyard - Some Names 20Drumlemble Blacksmith McNeil 21Mary - A Hundred and Fifty Years Ago - 1Mary - A Hundred and Fifty Years Ago - 2
Margaret MacDougall, M.A. 22William McTaggart 1835 - 1910 Isabella Dunnett 24St Couslan 28
Three Kintyre Books - Review - Rev. John R. H. Cormack.B.D. 3- Glencreggan by Cuthbert Bede- History of Kintyre by Peter McIntosh- Archaeological Sketches In Scotland by Captain T. P. White
Milk and Bread Prices in Edwardian Times 6
Pickan Families 6
Descendants of Lachlan McNeill BuidheA.I.B.Stewart C.B.E., B.L., F.S.A.(Scot) 7
Miniature Volcano ? Hugh Ferguson B.Sc., FRSE 11
Early Settler In Canada - Donald Cameron 15
Private Journal of Robert Picken, Smerby, 1810 - 1840 18
Irish Heritage Angus MacVicar, O.B.E., M.A 24
Obituary - Jimmie Irvine 26
Additions to the Society's Library 27
Island Devaar - Kay's Argyllshire Monthly Magazine - February 4, 1833 .28
James Watt at Campbeltown - 2 Rev. Richard L. Hills 3
Kintyre Lifeboats Thomas Ralston 9
Society Notes 14
Genealogical QueriesMacVicar and McGeachyMcMillan and McCallumMartin or Martine and TaylorBlackstockMcCualsky, McLarty, Raeside and GalbraithMcCualsky, Raeside, Hall, McNaughton, Irvine, Oliver and FlesherMcCualsky, McNaughton and McLaren 15
By Hill and Shore - 1 Angus Martin 16
By Hill and Shore - 2 Angus Martin 16
Military Echoes - Second World War Aircraft CrashesAngus Martin 28
Place-Names of the Burgh of Campbeltown - 2 Duncan Colville 2
From the Diary of Hugh S Hunter, 1904 Hugh S Hunter 6
Back to Adam : A Kintyre Heritage Jo Currie 11
From The Archivist's Desk - The Discovery of Whisky, 1868 13
From The Archivist's Desk - Life-Saving At The Mull of Kintyre, 1904 13
By Hill and Shore - 1 Angus Martin 14
By Hill and Shore - 2 Angus Martin 14
Horn Spoon and Amber Beads Angus Martin 26
Antiquity and Technology - How The Kintyre Mag Online BeganIan Forshaw 28
Books Received, In Brief- Warriors and Priests, Nicholas Maclean-Bristol- The Beatons, John Bannerman- The Archaeology of Argyll, editor Graham Ritchie- A Field Guide to The Archaeology of Kintyre, Francis Hood- Collected Poems and Songs of George Campbell Hay- Kintyre In The 17th Century, Andrew MacKerral- Kintyre : The Hidden Past, Angus Martin 30
Jack G Scott (1913 - 1999) : An Appreciation Frances Hood 32
From The Archivist's Desk - Machrihanish Ladies' Golf Club 32
The Society's Winter Programme 1999 - 2000 Inside Back Cover
Flint Axeheads and Other Flint Artefacts from AuchenhoanAlan Saville 2
Southend Abstinence Society 4
Italian Community in Campbeltown - A Memoir - 1Dora Grumoli Kennedy 5
Italian Community in Campbeltown - A Memoir - 2Dora Grumoli Kennedy 5
Rare Deer in Kintyre - 2 Dr J A Gibson 13
By Hill and Shore - 1 Angus Martin 14By Hill and Shore - 2 Angus Martin 14By Hill and Shore - 3 Angus Martin 14
Short History of Football in Campbeltown - 1Alex McKinven 25
Miscellany - Miss Marion Campbell of Kilberry- The Irish Rebellion of 1798 30
Genealogical Queries - McMillan 31
Library - Recent Additions- An Index to The Records of Confirmations of Argyll of wills dated from 1771 to 1885- An Addendum to the above, being names from the wills withextensive lists of people doing business in Campbeltown and Inveraray- Killean Parish materials collected by Mary MacNeil up to 1999- Argyll Wills, fourteen wills dated 1821 to 1852- Gilchrist Family Tree, from Dean Gilchrist of Florida 31
Books Received - Life On God's Island by Freddy Gillies- Birds In Kintyre by Eddie Maguire
Letters from Australia : Part III Robert Douglas 6
A Crofting Boyhood : Part II Dugald C McNab 12
By Hill and Shore Angus Martin 17
John Allan Watson - The Tragedy in Archangel, 31st January, 1919A Postscript Gloria Siggins 24
War Memorials - United Kingdom War Memorial Inventory 25
Botanical Group Report Agnes Stewart 26
The Return of The Little Tern to Rhunahaorine Ann Baird 29
Book Reviews - Argyll : 1730 - 1850 by A. A. McGeachy 30
- Shared Lives by Maureen Borland 32
- Understandings by Glin Bennet 32
- Valiant Hearts by Gloria Siggins 32
Genealogical Query - Re - Bruce family in Campbeltown 1675 - 1800 Inside Back Cover
Erratum - Edition No 59, page 17 - Re - Cup-Marked Stone Location Inside Back Cover
Letter to The Editor - - Re - HM Submarine L26 deaths in 1933 Inside Back Cover
Widespread Guillemot Deaths - RSPB Concern Inside Back Cover
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KINTYRE MAGAZINE CONTENTS - 61 - Spring 2007
Genealogical Queries- Colonel Hugh Campbell (1755 - 1798)- Neil Gilchrist and Mary McCallum- Edward Keith (1873 - 1923), photographer Inside Front Cover
Kintyre Magazine Indexes for Editions 51 - 60- Ms. Louise Curry, Snow, USA Inside Front Cover
Future of The Society's Library Inside Front Cover
Naomi Writing Carradale Moira Burgess 2
On Craigaig's Bright Shore, A Memoir of Martin Dunsmuir by His DaughterElizabeth McTaggart 5
The Life and Times of Andrew Ronald Elizabeth Marrison 9
A Crofting Boyhood : Part III Dugald C McNab 15
Campbeltown Jury Court, February 1852 18
Campbeltown Burgh Police Court, August 1869 18
Prolific Pig, 21 piglets in litter 18
Kildalloig Quarry - Red Sandstone, January 1852 18
By Hill and Shore Angus Martin 19
Book Review - An Historical and Genealogical Tour of Kilkerran Graveyardby Angus Martin - Reviewed by Alastair Campbell of Airds 28
The Southern Kintyre Project Vicki Cummings and Gary Robinson 29
Campbeltown Cricket Club Report, May 1867 32
Rogue Money Bringing Criminals to Justice Murdo MacDonald 33Southend Artefacts Back Cover
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KINTYRE MAGAZINE CONTENTS - 62 - Autumn 2007
Hamish Henderson in Kintyre Adam McNaughtan 2
A Botanical Excursion to The Mull of Kintyre in 1844 - Part Iwith an Introduction by Ian Teesdale 7
Professor J. H. Balfour's Report beginning 10
By Hill and Shore Angus Martin 13
Charles Campbell, Soldier and Explorer (1775 - 1836)Donald Hogarth 20
Edward Keith, Postcard Publisher Maureen Bell 22
Place-Names in Kintyre, An Update from Edition No 44Angus Martin 23
Bruces in Kintyre Jo Currie 24
Obituaries - Betty Maxwell (1931 - 2007) 28
- Jill McGown (1947 - 2007) 28
Ither Famous Freens Angus Martin 29
Archaeological Notes - Iron Age Forts at The Mull of KintyreFrances Hood 31
Butterflies and Moths Ian Teesdale 32
Fatal Accident in Harvest Field at Knocknaha, October 1883 32Genealogical Query - Christina Carmichael Bell Inside Back CoverConcern for Society's Library and Archives Inside Back CoverOld Kintyre by Carol McNeill Inside Back CoverRoyal Commission on Sea Fisheries Visits Campbeltown, August 1864
Inside Back CoverWilliam McTaggart Exhibition in London Back CoverGeorge Campbell Hay (1915 - 1984) Radio Documentary Back CoverArchie McAllister - Local fiddler's first solo album released Back Cover
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KINTYRE MAGAZINE CONTENTS - 63 - Spring 2008
Editorial Notes Inside Front CoverScottish Wildcat Survey Inside Front Cover
A Botanical Excursion to the Mull of Kintyre in 1844 - Part II - J. H. Balfour 2and an alphabetical list of plant names by Ian Teesdale following at 6
Some Happy Botanical Accidents Agnes Stewart 7
The Southern Kintyre Project Vicki Cummings and Gary Robinson 9
Recent Archaelogical Discoveries in CampbeltownClare Ellis 13
The New Year - Feuds Between Dalintober and Town Boys, January 1854 14
By Hill and Shore Angus Martin 15
Baigwell of Carskiey, The Southend Brownie 22
Falcons at the Mull Charles J N Fleming 24
Cave Spiders Judy Martin 26
Alick Macneill's Journal - Scotland to Australia By Clipper in 1869Carol McNeill 26
Famous Freens - Morag Aitkenhead (1912 - 2007) 28- Duncan Williamson (1928 - 2007) 28- Liz Smith, actress; Pat Gerber (1934 - 2006), novellist;- Lawrence Tynes, American Footballer; Lorne Cousin, bagpiper; John Martyn (Ian David McGeachy), songwriter;- John Neil Munro, biographer; Mabel Blue Laughlin, daughter of Rev. (Alexander) Wylie Blue (1869 - 1959);- George Campbell Hay and Jim McEwing (1952 - 2008) 29 - 30
Book Reviews - Highland Church History, Elizabeth Marrison and Old Kintyre by Carol McNeill 31
Information Sought about Kilkivan Quarry, Balloch, Torchoillean and McCallum AND Note on Crossbills on Ben Gullion 32