Ian Hourston
Hamnavoe before sunrise Hamnavoe 04.30hrs 22 July 2000
Red Arrows Redux Willie Waters' picture #24830, so brilliantly timed, made me imagine an aviation artist, seated at h...
DH Dragon Rapide 8 May 1993. When I first flew from Orkney, DC3 Dakotas had just taken over the route from DH Dragon ...
Over Scapa Flow in the DH Dragon Rapide 8 May 1993. Over Scapa Flow in the DH Dragon Rapide. (Apologies for misprint in my previous post.)
Vessels at Kirkwall, 2000 Vessels at Kirkwall, 2000, including Royal Princess (subsequently Artemis).
New Advance, the Foula ferryboat New Advance (Foula ferryboat) just after launch, Stromness 1996.
Naval coronet With reference to picture #24990, here is the coronet in question, picked out on a Merchant Navy cap...
Picture 24925 cleaned up An attempt to clean up picture #24925 a little. In particular I tried to get that black hat off the ...
Dr Black's retirement, Sept 1976 The inscription reads:
We the patients of Dr. W. T. Black do hereby express our grateful appreciati...
Royal visitors, Stromness 1960 Royal visitors, Stromness 1960. This pic ties in with picture #23570 and others. I think it's by Wil...
Mystery group at Covenanters' Memorial Mystery group at Covenanters' Memorial ca 1926. Any offers?
It's odd that the text on the plaque c...
Orcadian soldiers Studio photo by unknown photographer pre-1914.
My uncle Charlie Hourston of Beaquoy seated (as befi...