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Ian Hourston

Sketch of St Ola Rob Brown's picture #26740 rotated for ease of viewing. Catches the 'feel' of the original St Ola le...
Cathleen Spence's mystery carving is HERE Cathleen Spence's mystery carving is HERE. It's only about 7" high. (Connect with picture #26700)
Stockdales at Rackwick ca 1990 Following on from Ron Birnie's comment on image #21222, here's Group Captain George Stockdale RAF (R...
Speculation Grant Leonard's Mystery thing (picture #26769) and how it might look in use, with pole, retaining sc...
Old Orkney Farmer The original of this image came into my possession a couple of hours ago (19 Oct 2012). Today's far...
Certificates of Discharge Picture taken today, 11 Nov 2012. Certificates date from 19th century. My seafaring grandfather's C...
Mystery place Two shots of the same locality, taken one rainy afternoon in September 1992. Where?
Mystery object Photo taken in Stromness, April 1997
Warm wasp This wasp appeared in my kitchen early this morning (8 Dec 2012). A queen Common Wasp I think, over-...
Stronsay China This company blossomed briefly but seems to have left no trace on this site or on the Internet gener...
Package cruise from Scrabster Page from a North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company Limited brochure of 1955. The ship...
Stronsay China With reference to picture #26940, I've long wondered what the 'logo' on the bottom is supposed to re...

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