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St Magnus Relics The relics of St Magnus (or are they?) photographed in 1913 by Tom Kent.
Orcadia at Leith This was taken at the same time as my earlier Orcadia picture, and the boat is helpfully pointed out...
Gow's Folly, 1929 From the Tom Kent Collection, this picture shows the folly reputedly built from the ballast stones f...
First Kirkwall power station Anyone touching 40 or older may well remember the unlovely structure of Orkney's first power station...
The Movies rehearsing Here we have The Movies rehearsing in the Ayre Mills in 1981, at a time when there was talk of openi...
New boat for Eday-Westray run Still on an Eday theme, here is the new boat for the proposed Eday-Westray crossing, which can also ...
Former Yesnaby arch now in bruck Oh dear, the arch from yesterday has not survived the night. This dramatic picture is again from...
A North Boat- which? Here we find one of the the steamers of the North of Scotland Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation C...
Albert Street in 1960 Tom Scott writes: "Window Shoppers. A view of Albert Street also taken in sumer of 1960. The ...
Kirkwall Power Station Tom Scott writes: "Kirkwall Power Station. A contributor asked for a shot of the new power stati...
A KGS rugby team, 1981 Here goes for my attempt (writes your diligent administrator): Rupert Spence, ? , Graeme Davidson...
St Rognvald on Thievesholm Second of Neal's pictures. He writes: A couple of pictures of the North of Scotland Orkney & Shet...

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