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Ian Hourston

Model of St Magnus III in Stromness Museum Model of St Magnus III in Stromness Museum, about 2001. Brian Thomson's comment on picture #119 jo...
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...
SS Hoy Head visits Cava in colour Further to picture #25656 & picture #26065, and at Willie Watters' suggestion, here's my rather fanc...
To-day, as we celebrate victory Today I came across my copy of this royal message (tucked inside my grandparents' family Bible) havi...
Broad Street, Christmas 1998 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Christmas 1998. Nothing special about Christmas 1998 that I recall - must h...
Reeds in rhythm George Gilmour on boxwood clarinet and (I think) Ian Boyter on his beloved Selmer tenor saxophone in...
HMS Royal Oak Memorial The HMS Royal Oak group doesn't seem to include a pic of the memorial in St Magnus cathedral. Here's...
Crests on Orkney books Paul Sutherland's helpful comments on picture #26091 induced me to pull 'The Magnetic North' off my ...
Big bible, tiny Testament The 'family bible', with tooled leather and ormolu corners, would have been a wedding-present to my ...
Mystery things Mini-brochs? What and where are these?
Rackwick contrast Thought it might be worthwhile to put picture #25779 together with part of picture #25522, taken fro...

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