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Launch of the Otter A Tom Kent picture. Launch of "Otter" in Kirkwall Basin, 19th May 1926. Subsequently bought and refi...
RMVV Winchester Castle Tom writes: "To complement my remarks concerning the ship in Marion's picture #854 I am attaching a...
Livestock shipping Date estimated. Looks like a sheep (yow/ram/tup etc.- I don't know) with an aversion to sea travel.
Loch Maddy Date estimated. Allan writes: 'HI, I WONDER IF THIS OLD PICTURE IS THE SAME LOCH MADDY THAT IS SU...
Last day of the St Sunniva 1/4 Fraser writes: '[Here are] a few pics from the "Hrossey open day" at Kirkwall Pier. I remember the...
Last day of the St Sunniva 2/4 Fraser writes: '[Here are] a few pics from the "Hrossey open day" at Kirkwall Pier. I remember the...
Last day of the St Sunniva 3/4 On the day of the St Sunniva's final departure from Kirkwall the Hrossey was open for tours, and the...
Last day of the St Sunniva 4/4 Fraser writes: '[Here are] a few pics from the "Hrossey open day" at Kirkwall Pier. I remember the...
A busy day at Papay pier Vehicle transport to Papay (and Graemsay and North Ronaldsay) is still not so much RORO as ROLO (rol...
Amaranth Willie writes: 'Tommy Rendall's boat, the Amaranth. This is the boat that used to ferry the kids fr...
A9 roadworks S writes: 'Picture taken in August while heading south of the �12 million upgrade of the A9 from He...
A9 roadworks, looking north. S writes: 'Heading back home in September this photo was taken of the roadworks on the A9 and shows...

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