Over The Sea

11th July 1953: Inhabitants of the Isle of Soay in the Outer Hebrides move their furniture to a waiting boat as they prepare to evacuate the island, bound for their new home on the Isle of Mull. All 27 islanders are being moved by the government after their crops failed and the income from fishing had dwindled. The island has been bought by Tex and Jeanne Geddes who hope to revitalise the land. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6584 - Farewell To An Island - pub.1953 (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
11th July 1953: Inhabitants of the Isle of Soay in the Outer Hebrides move their furniture to a waiting boat as they prepare to evacuate the island, bound for their new home on the Isle of Mull. All 27 islanders are being moved by the government after their crops failed and the income from fishing had dwindled. The island has been bought by Tex and Jeanne Geddes who hope to revitalise the land. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6584 - Farewell To An Island - pub.1953 (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Over The Sea
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Credit:
Haywood Magee / Stringer
Editorial #:
3420686
Collection:
Picture Post
Date created:
11 July, 1953
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Source:
Picture Post
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HU5029
Object name:
98q/07/hepp/9156/10
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