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William Burges at work Peter Burges writes: ' As well as being an engineer in the power station, William Burges was a "jo...
Scapa Distillery staff Tom Scott writes: I am appending a scan of an old photo of the staff of Scapa Distillery taken shor...
Homemade boat at Scapa 1936 Tom has sent in this very evocative picture, and writes: 'The story in this week's "Orcadian" about...
Homemade boat at Scapa 1936, part II Tom's picture of him perilously afloat at Scapa in 1936 (picture 150) has caught the imagination of ...
K.A.O.S. Enclosed is an item of interest to followers of the Kirkwall Operatic Society. Does anyone know w...
Bikes at Kirkwall China Stores These pictures were taken at the Kirkwall Glass and China Stores, which was on Junction Road. I don'...
Kirkwall Glass and China Stores, Junction Road The date is an estimate again, and it would be good to find out more about this picture.
Reopening of Scapa Distillery after WW2 Tom writes: 'I've come across this old photo in my collection. I'm not sure of the date but I alway...
Football team, 1931 Kevin writes: 'An old football pic. My grandfather, Davie Wooldrage is in the back row, left hand s...
Foootball trophies, 1931 Kevin writes: 'This one is of Orkney county football trophies from 1931 as far as I know.'
Mitzi at Newark, Deerness, May 3rd 2004 Mitzi died today, aged 10 years and a day, the beloved pet of Donna, Steven and Njal Heddle. She was...
Drumming in the Market, 1949 Today sees the Drumming in of the Market for this year, and fittingly we have two pictures from the ...

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