Stromness
St Ola III Taken April 1990. Looks a bit small by comparison with the current boats!
Mystery rummage result Polish Army badge, WW2.
Another rummage in old boxes brought this to light. Google tells me it's th...
Shopping Week lapel badge Continuing the thread of arms and heraldry, here's a lapel-badge from an early Stromness Shopping We...
Stromness from Hoy A Stromnessian gazes at his home town, Aug 1980.
The only time I was on top of the Ward Hill, Hoy, ...
Brinkie's Brae American visitor Kendall Ross a few feet above the apex of Brinkie's Brae, Stromness. Sep 2009.
The...
Reeds in rhythm George Gilmour on boxwood clarinet and (I think) Ian Boyter on his beloved Selmer tenor saxophone in...
Big bible, tiny Testament The 'family bible', with tooled leather and ormolu corners, would have been a wedding-present to my ...
St Ola III Taken April 1990. Looks a bit small by comparison with the current boats!
Elizabeth Towers, Stromness 1958 Picture repaired and sharpened.
An inexpensive way to mark a silver jubilee A rummage in old boxes turned up this Australian florin of 1926, rather crudely stamped '25' and dri...
Mystery rummage result Polish Army badge, WW2.
Another rummage in old boxes brought this to light. Google tells me it's th...
Shopping Week lapel badge Continuing the thread of arms and heraldry, here's a lapel-badge from an early Stromness Shopping We...
Model of St Magnus III in Stromness Museum Model of St Magnus III in Stromness Museum, about 2001.
Brian Thomson's comment on picture #119 jo...
Outstanding propagation Lighthouse being grown from seed in a Stromness garden,5/2/12.
Stromness from Hoy A Stromnessian gazes at his home town, Aug 1980.
The only time I was on top of the Ward Hill, Hoy, ...
Brinkie's Brae American visitor Kendall Ross a few feet above the apex of Brinkie's Brae, Stromness. Sep 2009.
The...
To-day, as we celebrate victory Today I came across my copy of this royal message (tucked inside my grandparents' family Bible) havi...
Reeds in rhythm George Gilmour on boxwood clarinet and (I think) Ian Boyter on his beloved Selmer tenor saxophone in...
Big bible, tiny Testament The 'family bible', with tooled leather and ormolu corners, would have been a wedding-present to my ...
