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Kirkwall Auction Mart Craig sends in this picture of the old mart, which stood between Junction Road and Great Western Roa...
Kirkwall Basin last night A picture taken last night at 8pm, brought to you by your ever topical community website, courtesy o...
Close Encounter of the First Kind Looking up Gunn's Close in Kirkwall from the Back Road (Junction Road) end, beside Billy Raeburn's C...
Close Encounter of the Second Kind This time looking down Fraser's Close in Kirkwall from the Victoria Street, with Croy's drapers on t...
Close Encounter of the Third Kind Looking down Mounthoolie Lane as it is these days, from Albert Street. This lane and Laing Street fo...
Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind This looks west from Bridge Street along an unnamed (?) close between Colin Paterson's shop (former...
Kirkwall City Pipe Band in Junction Road A Tom Kent picture, date unknown, showing the KCPB marching in the Back Road. Where in Junction ...
The Strynd One of Kirkwall's oldest closes, linking School Place with the south end of Albert Street. This is t...
The Willows Who said there are no trees in Orkney? Here we have a densely forested urban area, with the Willow B...
Kirkwall and Stromness Pipe Bands The bands are seen marching in Broad Street at the weekend, as part of the celebrations of 30 years ...
Constitution Day Tog Taken yesterday at the Tog or march to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day. The Tog is emerging fro...
Aerial view of Kirkwall looking to Scapa, 1931 A Tom Kent picture. Hasn't Kirkwall grown! In 1931 it stopped at the Clay Loan and Great Western Roa...

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