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Kirkwall Basin A calm bright day in Kirkwall Basin the other day, looking towards the West Pier and the cross berth...
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 ...
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...
Aerial view of Kirkwall looking west, 1931 A Tom Kent picture. This time we look from Bridge Street to the Peedie Sea, and can note the incr...
Kirkwall harbour from the air, 1931 A Tom Kent picture. Not as interesting as the other two aerial pictures of Kirkwall, only pier pr...
Papdale Cottage, Papdale Loan I saw picture #772 first and wondered where this cottage was, but this picture seems to place it at ...
Papdale Cottage, Papdale Loan A Tom Kent picture, date unknown. All this is long gone now. See picture #771 to get an idea where t...
Dancing in the Kirkwall Legion, 1979 A picture taken by Alan at a Legion dance on one of the 110 format cameras that were popular at the ...
Albert Street, Kirkwall The Street with not a car in sight, taken yesterday.
Beware of the Town Hall 2 Despite their best efforts the workmen consistently missed the bin. Taken yesterday, Sunday 5th J...
Nomads- we got em! You the readership demanded the Nomads, and err, you the readership have responded. Alan sends in th...

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