#macbraynes

[scotianostra]

Tighnabruach by Neil King Via Flickr: At the pier is MacBrayne's paddle steamer Columba which ran the Ardrishaig Mail run from Glasgow to Ardrishaig calling at Gourock, Dunoon, Rothesay, Colintraive, Tighnabruach and Tarbert every summer from 1879 to 1935. The service ran six days a week and a smaller ship operated it in winter.

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster showing the abbey on the isle of Iona, Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides.  Printed for MacBrayne’s Steamers ca. 1930s-40s.  Artwork by Tom Gilfillan (active 1930s-1950s).

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster for the Caledonian Canal, Scotland.  Printed for MacBrayne’s Steamers and the London, Midland and Scottish railway (LMS) ca. 1930s-40s.  Artwork by Tom Gilfillan (active 1930s-1950s).

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster for the Cuillins of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.  Printed for MacBrayne’s Steamers ca. 1930s-40s.  Artwork by Tom Gilfillan (active 1930s-1950s).

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster for the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland showing the town of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides.  Printed for MacBrayne’s Steamers ca. 1950s.  Artwork by Alasdair Macfarlane (1902-1960).

[matagonia]

Vintage travel poster for Fingal’s Cave on Isle of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.  Printed for MacBrayne’s Steamers ca. 1930s.  Artwork by Tom Gilfillan (active 1930s-1950s).

[ukdamo]

Not Psalm 24

a tradtional ditty / witticism

Unto the Lord belongs the Earth And all that it contains Except for the Kyles and Western Isles For they belong to MacBraynes