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Mystery ruckle Who knows where and what this rucklel o stones are, not a lot of folk will have been to this place.
New Picture This was a photo our late mother had on the wall and shows the new lifeboats arrival in 1970 she was...
HMS Bulwark In connection with picture #26114, here's a shot I took of HMS Bulwark - affectionately (?) known as...
RFA Lyness RFA Lyness and it says Sept 1971 on the back of the photo. I said Oct on the ones that I posted a wh...
RFA Lyness RFA Lyness Sept 1971
Stromness from Hoy A Stromnessian gazes at his home town, Aug 1980. The only time I was on top of the Ward Hill, Hoy, ...
Mystery diver How many folk can mind this fella, photo looks as if it could have been taken in Scapa FLOW 1938
New Picture A pair of smartly dressed gents, I dont remember the older man as he passed away in 1947 but I'm sur...
Tanker Latirus Shell tanker LATIRUS olso called at Lyness, I mind as a peedie fulla Fither joining her at Lyness 23...
HMS Ashanti Warship headan to Lyness most likely for bunkers, The experts tell me this is possibly HMS ASHANTI. ...
Rackwick contrast Thought it might be worthwhile to put picture #25779 together with part of picture #25522, taken fro...
The lost Harry Berry This hangs in the wardroom of TS Thorfinn. I'm told it is of a pilot going out to a ship in the Firt...

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