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Garden's staff picnic Paul writes: I attach an ideal photo for your new "open a larger version" facility. It shows a Gar...
Sunlight on Barebrecks Taken from the road to Walkmill on a cool and windy August 6th. This was taken slightly earlier ...
MV Varagen MV Varagen at Houton, taken Sept 1989
Landslides in Orphir A picture of landslides taken from the Germiston Road in Orphir after the rain, 26/10/06
Landslide in Orphir A picture of a landslide taken from the Germiston Road in Orphir after the rain, 26/10/06
Landslide aftermath A knee deep flow of peat at one of the many following the landslide in Orphir. The picture was taken...
Landslide - at the top of the hill This is an example of the peat blanket that slipped but travelled at 90 degrees to that which went d...
Landslide - the slippery slope! This view shows the peat completely stripped away from the underlying clay. Just to give a scale, th...
Stromness and the holms The year is a guess taken from the back road
Flooding at South End, Stromness 2004 3 This picture shows the water running into the sea, but unfortunatley,a good lot of it took a shortcu...
Kirkwall Auction Mart Outside the Auction Mart. 8th from left is James Inkster who farmed Cursetter at Finstown and when h...
Swanbister Shop Old post card of shop at Swanbister. Is the building next to the new orphir school?

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