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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 ...
New Picture Pole Star alongside NLB pier, Stromness ca 1960. This pic, taken from the St Ola II, may or may not ...
Dangerous Orkney skies? Edwin Muir's poem 'The Horses' relates to a rural community (not necessarily Orkney) in the immediat...
The old Ness beacon The old Ness beacon, 1979.
WW1 army 'dog-tags' My father's identity tags from the Great War. The red disc was the only tag at first. The grey octag...
David and Helen Cooper with son David My Great Grandparents David and Helen Cooper with son David Born 1911.
Phantasmagorical panorama #1 A phantasmagorical panorama from Brinkie's Brae. Eight photos taken by my son David in 1987, merged,...
Fingal alongside 'Lighthouse pier' NLB tender Fingal alongside 'Lighthouse pier' Stromness 1998.

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