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Ian Hourston

Bottled barque Pic taken today; object dates from 1997. Three-masted barque 'Peru' in the moonlight, the meticulou...
Curtain call Curtain call, 2000. Jack, a much-missed moggy.
Fauna Pals. Interspecific friendship, Stromness 2009. (Pic by American visitor Kendall Ross using my came...
Hamnavoe Carers outing to Hoy Hamnavoe Carers outing to Hoy, June 1995.
Lyness Interpretation Centre Machine-gun carrier, Lyness Interpretation Centre, 1995.
Blockship SS Collingdoc Blockship SS Collingdoc, Sep 1988
Stromness Youth Club members 1948/49 Stromness Youth Club members 1948/49, from a rather fuzzy print possibly by Willie Hourston. I can't...
First World War Local Pass First World War Local Pass issued to my Aunt Anna in 1917.
First World War Permit Book My Aunt Anna's First World War Permit Book, front cover & specimen page. An essential requirement fo...
First Day Cover - North Isles Ro-ro Postal cover commemorating inauguration of Ro-ro service, Rapness. Scan made today; cover dates fro...
Bonxie pair, North Hoy Bonxie pair, North Hoy, scanned & cropped from a slide taken more than 30 years ago. Not a stunning ...
Now in glorious HourstiColor In a comment on picture #25063 I said I wouldn't post this one, unless someone asked. Well, someone ...

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