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Scapa in the fifties Tom Scott sends in a photo "Scapa Beach", taken in the late fifties from the same viewpoint as Pictu...
Homemade boat at Scapa 1936 Tom has sent in this very evocative picture, and writes: 'The story in this week's "Orcadian" about...
Homemade boat at Scapa 1936, part II Tom's picture of him perilously afloat at Scapa in 1936 (picture 150) has caught the imagination of ...
Enterprise in Stromness Tom writes: I'm attaching one now that I took in Stromness a few years ago, not sure just when, of ...
Kirkwall Harbour Basin Peter Burges writes: 'Having a small collection of Tom Kent post cards, passed on to me by my mater...
Trawler 'Flowing Tide' Craig writes: 'Please find attached photograph of the Westray Trawler Flowing Tide K200 which is ti...
The Walls Boys 1/7 Peter writes: '[This picture] shows well known longline fishermen of their day- L to R: Alex.(Sandy...
The Walls Boys 2/7 Peter writes: 'This is hardly a normal catch , more likely a fairly exceptional one....all eyes wer...
The Walls Boys 3/7 Peter writes: 'In photo 3 we see the family boat Gwen Alice K65, in this instance with John Snr and...
The Walls Boys 4/7 Peter writes: 'Photo taken at Gairsay Pier, along with members of the family Coventry who owned the...
The Walls Boys 5/7 Peter writes: 'Photo taken at Gairsay Pier, along with members of the family Coventry who owned the...
The Walls Boys 6/7 Peter writes: 'Shows John (Jnr)(better known to all as Johnny) acting as lookout for creel ropes in...

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