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Flett & Sons Top of the stairs in Flett & Sons - a place of kitchen ware, toilet rolls, distemper, cattle bands, ...
Flett & Sons Gladys Spence and Nina Laughton packing Flett & Sons wine biscuits into 1lb pokes. A tedious job. ...
Old shop Junction Rd Bill Firth Jim Monkman [Date estimated]
Travelling shop I think Westray (Seatter). [Date estimated]
Mills Filling Station The car-wash at Mills Filling Station under construction. The WWII Lynx Trainer building was still ...
Garden Centre gets in new supplies Must be Spring? Garden Centre in Kirkwall unloading new plants and other items.
Baikie's bus, Evie My cousin in America sent me this picture. Not sure who the two boys are but one might be the late ...
Mobile Shop One for comments- whose van, and location of pic?
Bridge Street, Kirkwall in 1961 This old slide, which was taken by the late Billy Thomson, formerly of Westray, shows the shops whic...
Lady Sanday Postcard postmarked 24 Sep 1956 to Mrs Rosa Tait of Myrtle Cottage, St Mary's Holm. Text reads: "D...
Jackson Pollock always used Venus Soap He'd rather be spattering than rubbing. A chair from Orkney's retail history. Recognise it Sandy...
Red Cross Shop Victoria Street, Kirkwall. This appears to be a Red Cross anniversary celebration. Note the banner...

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