Orkney Image Library

Tea-room and guest-house, Earl's Palace, Birsay Tea-room and guest-house, Earl's Palace, Birsay. Ca 1913? In my youth this delightful place, in one...

Hoy Head & Orcadia ca 1912? From a small (3" wide) uncaptioned, undated snap in my possession - probably inherited. The vessels ...

Mystery person 1912 - 1914 The woman in the portrait isn't the mystery; she appears in picture #4234, taken about half a centur...

Crossing the Burn of Boardhouse ca 1913 These may be the same four people as appear in picture #27165. Imagine letting folk of all ages cros...

William Johnston of Grindally William Johnston of Grindally, and latterly Gutterquoy (lovely name), ca 1914.

Backside foremost Ns Picture #1351, which I was looking at just minutes after posting the above shot on another site, has...

Then and now in Stromness Upper pic taken late 1950s, lower today, 1 July 2013, from as near the same viewpoint as possible. S...

Mystery place An easy one. Where are all these 'north isles' street names to be found?

Mystery place Pic dates from 1974. It's a carved lintel, unfortunately unreadable in this shot . . . but where?

Scapa and Kirkwall from scheduled flight Scapa & Kirkwall from scheduled flight, August 2012.

New Picture This Magpie Moth alighted on the ground near my feet yesterday, 22 July. It was only the second one ...

QE & BC x 2 Queen Elizabeth and Balfour Castle 4 August 2013