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Looking up Albert Street from Bridge St Wynd again A Tom Kent picture, date unknown. A much more familiar scene with George Rendall's now in place....
Stromness Harbour 1/4 A Tom Kent picture, date unknown, showing the Stromness Hotel and Town House. Note that the Harbour ...
Stromnesss harbour 2/4 A Tom Kent picture, date unknown, showing the Stromness Hotel, Town House and the offices of The Nor...
Stromness harbour 3/4 A Tom Kent picture, date unknown. Moving alomg the harbour front we see a Billiard hall in front of ...
Stromness harbour 4/4 A Tom Kent picture, date unknown. Here we note that the billiard hall does not have a sign, and can ...
Hangman's ladder Among the artefacts stored in the upper reaches of the cathedral you will find the Hangman's Ladder,...
West window of the Cathedral Sun streaming through the 'new' stained glass window of the cathedral.
Cathedral stained glass windows Pictured are two windows which are not in place for some reason. Were they spare, or have they been ...
Behind the clock face The clock face of the cathedral, viewed from within the spire.
Cathedral bell One of the bells in the spire. The clapper seems to be disabled in favour of the striking devices on...
Cathedral bell 2 I like how in this picture you can see the word 'Kirkwall' chalked on the clapper. Probably quite ad...
Bellringer's chair From this chair a dextrous bellringer can ring three (or four?) bells at once. I understand this is ...

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