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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...
Polystyrene house Alan writes: 'Donald Wylie and Sam Robinson outside Orkney's first polystyrene house in Deerness....
Close Encounter of the Third Kind Looking down Mounthoolie Lane as it is these days, from Albert Street. This lane and Laing Street fo...
Kirkwall City Pipe Band in Junction Road A Tom Kent picture, date unknown, showing the KCPB marching in the Back Road. Where in Junction ...
Kirkwall City Pipe band 23-6-22 A Tom Kent picture. Any idea where it was taken? Front L-R: Jimmy Currie, Bill Hutchison, Fors...
Part of Robbie Milne's Concert Party 14-8-29 A Tom Kent picture. Some of Robbie Milne's Concert Party, 14th August 1929: Front L-R: ? , Net...
Mystery Picture- Volunteers? Date estimated. Paul writes: 'I know nothing about this photo except that it was taken by T M Ma...
Staff of Castle Hotel, Kirkwall Paul writes: 'The staff of the Castle Hotel, Kirkwall, probably around 1910. It is taken at the Ca...
Britannia FC Kirkwall, 1910-11 Paul writes: 'Britannia FC, Kirkwall, 1910-11. I don't know any names, but contemporary newspaper ...
Kirkwall United Paul writes: 'A season on from picture #748 and we find that Britannia FC has evolved into Kirkwall...
The Strynd One of Kirkwall's oldest closes, linking School Place with the south end of Albert Street. This is t...

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