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Agriculture and Fishing

Bere harvest 2011 A reasonable harvest of bere again awaiting drying at Barony Mills Birsay.
Rackwick under cultivation A photograph of Rackwick under cultivation. Don't know what date etc.
Herring boats at Burray Pier Herring boats at Burray Pier, which was under construction at the time the picture was taken. [...
Willie Sinclair rolling the land at Kebro 1945? (possibly 1950s) Willie Sinclair rolling the land at Kebro Date is a guess. Willie Sincl...
Looking down on Feold on the Lyde Road Looking down on Feold on the Lyde Road 1950 . A farm run by James Isbister at the time.
Life on Feold farm Life on the farm, Feold farm on the Lyde road. Andy Wylie on the left with his two daughters Lynn an...
Stooks September 2011, a sight you don't see very often nowadays.
Farming at Kebro, Orphir c1950 Farming at Kebro, Orphir My great aunt, Celia Sclater, is on top of the load. Ina Robert...
Girl Wilma at North Pier Girl Wilma & unreadable (?? Alaska) alongside North Pier, Stromness. From a slide of about 1960, tak...
Fine set of pipes Six Rover V8 engines cobbled together to power one tractor - a competitor in the Tractor Pulling eve...
What it takes to make a bowl of muesli... What it takes to make a bowl of muesli . . . Steam-powered bruising, Dounby Show 2010.
Eastside, South Ronaldsay A harvest scene from the Eastside, South Ronaldsay. The date is probably about 1952 and the fields ...

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