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A very busy Albert Street Craig writes: 'Two pictures from an old magazine from around 40 years ago, showing a very busy Albe...
Pipe band on Earl Thorfinn Street A Dougie Cooper picture from 1966. The Craigie Crescent houses have been built by this point.
Kirkwall City Pipe Band, 6-2-22 Detail from a Tom Kent picture brought to my attention by Alex Bruce. The band are playing at the no...
Bonny Kirkwall Bay from a kite Taken by Craig on Wednesday 14th June. I think this will be looking approximately north west from ab...
Holm Road junction from a kite Taken by Craig on Wednesday 14th June. The entrance to the Bignold Park is bottom right, with the ro...
Orcadians Unite A Dougie Cooper picture. Even before the student riots of 1968 miltant Orcadians were called to ...
Sitting on Broad Street A Dougie Cooper picture from October 1964, showing Andy Wilson, M Spence and an unidentified gentlem...
Fancy Dress cycle parade for George V coronation A Tom Kent picture, looking along Broad Street on 23rd June 1911.
Silver Jubilee Parade for George V A Tom Kent picture, showing a later parade of cycles on Shore Street on 6th May 1935.
R.Garden and Co. on Bridge Street. Date estimated. This is the picture referred to in Peter's comment today on picture #62. The view...
Garden's after the fire of 1938 thumb #1682 showed Garden's in 1930's, but this picture shows why there is a gap site on Bridge Stre...
Volunteer review, Kirkwall A Tom Kent picture, date estimated. Impressive how insubstantial the Ayre is.

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