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This photograph turned up in Sanday a while back, it was taken at what appears to be Midhouse in Holm (the Netherbutton pylons are just visible in the background).
Alfie Moodie, of Hobbister in Sanday is standing at the right. Anyone know who the others are?
Picture added on 13 January 2009
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Mystery places or things or people
Mystery places or things or people
Holm
"The young lad on the left is Jim Anderson (Deceased). He was probably a year older than me (say born 1932) and was a brother of Bertie Anderson who had the garage in Holm for many years. His widow, Mary (nee Harray) still
lives in Kirkwall. The gent with the pipe is Jock Skea (also deceased). He was originally Sanday and stayed for many years in the small cottage in the village on the corner down at the loch.
I was correct about the man on the right - Peter Goar (another Sanday man). I think Jock Skea's wife, Maggie, was maybe a sister of Peter Goar. Peter's son Jimmy still lives at Midhouse and he identified the characters in the photo."