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Agriculture and Fishing

Riding a plough on Lookout Burray Josie and John Tibbles riding a plough on Lookout Burray. Glims Holm in the background 1949
A Birsay Caithe This porbeagle shark is probably just a routine catch for a couple of old Birsay seadogs like Stewar...
Earl's Palace in Birsay Another post card from collection. Date estimated.
Sheep clipping on Auskerry 1964 at a guess. Luks like hard wark ?
Six horse pulling a grubber 6 Horse pulling a grubber at Strathore Farm, Shapinsay. There were 16 working Horse on the Farm. Add...
Mystery Place Anyone know where this is? Added by Phil Brough.
Old Grinding Mill, North Ronaldshay From same postcards. [Date estimated]
Herring Curing Station on Papa Stronsay Lots o' gutters huts ahint the barrels.
Herring days in Papa Stronsay The toilet was flushed twice a day!

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