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Ian Hourston

Yesnaby Castle Ace in the hole? I enjoyed John Tulloch's fine shots of Yesnaby Castle, particularly picture #23551...
Royal visit Royal visit 1960. This pic ties in with picture #3057 posted a long while ago. The rain-soaked m...
Stromness Academy staff Stromness Academy staff, 1950s. I can name more than a dozen in the shot, but several viewers must ...
Dounby postman All I know about this photo is that it has 'Dounby Postman' handwritten on the mount, and what looks...
Whale stranding at Carness This is obviously the same Caain' Whale stranding (Inganess, 1914) as that shown in picture #187, bu...
Royal visit to Stromness "Take your hands out of your pockets when addressing royalty, young man!" Princess Alexandra & Sir ...
ThE PRINCE ShAKING hANDS... In an odd mix of upper and lower case letters, the caption reads 'ThE PRINCE ShAKING hANDS with thE ...
Prince George, Duke of Kent From a blurred 2x3 inch print. Probably the same visit by the Prince of Wales as in the lifeboat pi...
Dwarfie Stone Dwarfie-stane invasion. 1920s? 2nd from left is my Aunt Anna (Annabella Smith), 2nd from right is h...
Party on top of Ward Hill, Hoy Party on top of Ward Hill, Hoy 1920s (?) This was obviously taken on the same trip as my previous p...
Image restoration This is a quick 'clean-up' of picture #23668 - at extremely low resolution, therefore very unsharp -...
Mystery object Mystery object

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