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Deerness - almost a prairie... . . . where the buffalo roam . . . today, 3 Sep 2013. Schoolhouse Farm, Deerness.
Cardboard cars closer to home 1970 Closer to home, that is, than the one in picture #25402. Brabants galore in East Berlin, in front...
Orcades Model Club Show Model mania Some of the models on display at the Orcades Model Club Show in the Dounby Centre tod...
Mystery place. Sep 2013 Probably the easiest 'mystery' yet!
Memorial cross, R N Cemetery Lyness Memorial cross, R N Cemetery Lyness. Photo Sep 2013. On previous visits to the cemetery I hadn't ...
Ian MacInnes's caricature of 'Long Tom' In connection with my comment on picture #27237, here's a reproduction of Ian MacInnes's caricature ...
Stromness a history - out now Have you got your copy? Picture taken 26 Nov 2013. This is a weighty volume (exactly 1 kg on m...
Forkytail? 'Forkytail' today 12 Dec 2013 Viewers will be familiar with this insect which is common around Orkn...
Second childhood Browsing Youtube recently for something quite unrelated, I stumbled upon The World's Best Rubber-ban...
Inverted version of picture 27419. Inverted version of picture #27419.
Bu farm, Wyre Bu farm, Wyre. Sep 2009. Birthplace of Edwin Muir, poet, author, Warden of Newbattle Abbey, etc
Cartridge case found at Yesnaby Cartridge case found at Yesnaby April 2014. Lying on the ground presumably for the past 70-odd year...

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Old coastguard slipway, StronsayTrumland House after the fire in 1985Small turret in the Earl’s Palace gardensA strangely low rainbow over StennessGolta Z Battery, Flotta.Limeade from R.Garden's lemonade factoryJarvie Family 1920The Haven, BrimsFrom the Longhope Lifeboat Museum'The Cats', Balaclava Road, Flotta