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The lady to the right of Jim Scott is Irene Pottinger, supervisor of the telephone exchange. The two ladies to the right of John Shearer are Mary Russell and Isobel Schollay (Johnston). The lady named Nana Schollie is in fact Grace Budge from Holm. The gentleman next to Bella Rees is Jimmy Innes who was the night telephone supervisor.

Back Row - fourth from right is Davie Irvine

Back row between John Linklater and Jim Taylor is Tommy Wishart and staying in the back row next to John Cormack is Maurice Allan.

While since I've seen that picture Brian, I can fill one or two blanks and create some more! Top to bottom - Back row it's Bob Wishart between Jock Craigie and Jim Taylor. After Tony Linklater; ?Scollie or Seatter?; Davie Irvine; it's not Norman Reid between John Cormack and Tommy Heddle as Norman only joined the PO in 1974, days after me.
2nd row from top you've missed a name after Gerry Groundwater, but I don't know who that is.
3rd row from top lady to left of Moira Tinch became Mrs Isobel Schollay but I don't know her maiden name. They lived at 11 Quoybanks Cres.
You've missed a name between Joey and Stanley Groundwater but I don't know who it is. Nor do I know any of the front row names that you have left blank.
Names from that era were Jim Baikie, John Craigie (another one from peedie Jock) and Bob Sinclair who were all postmen. Can't recall if Charlie Clouston started as a postman in Kirkwall before moving to Stromness.
A lot of the staff in the picture were employed at the Telephone Exchange which came under the Head Postmaster's control.

Front row, second from the left, is Jimmy Innes who worked on the telephone exchange.

1st lady in the second row is Mary Gibson

Back row, between John Craigie and Jim Taylor is Bobby Wishart. 5th.in from the right could be Wilf Mackay. Third row, from left after John Shearer is Mrs.Mary Russell, Mrs E.Scollay. 2nd.from the right next to Tony Rees is Ernie Bertram. Front row,from the left,4th.in is Peedie Sinclair, From the right 3rd. in is Mrs,Pottinger.

All the comments are most interesting! The good looking young man in the back row - 3rd from the right - is Norman Laughton.

I can't count! - Davie Irvine is fifth from right back row.

The man between Tony Linklater and Davie Irvine is Eddie Robertson. The man between Jock Cormack and Tommy Heddle is Arnold Laughton. The man between Irene Pottinger and Kitty Watt is Angus McKay

Nearly right Lex,its Arnold Laughton-3rd.from the right,we had a nickname for him too. Added by Phil Brough.

Its not Maurice Allan next to John Cormack.

My father's (Angus Mackay) original photo is named as follows:

Back row: S. Barnett, J.G. Marwick, F.M. Corsie, H.S Linklater, J.W. Craigie, R. Wishart, J.S. Taylor, A.A. Linklater, E. Robertson, D. Irvine, J.C. Cormack, J.A. Laughton, T.R. Heddle, W. Stanger.

2nd back row: J.D. Brodie, D. Thomson, T.F. Rosie, A. Budge, J.R. Dick, W.A. Hadden, M.G. Gray, W. Groundwater, J.B. Groundwater, I.W. Smith, J.P. Findlay.

2nd front row: M.S. Gray, W.E.B. Brumpton, J.W. Shearer, M.A.C. Russell, I.M.Schollay, M. Tinch, G.E. Budge, E.C. Sinclair, M.S. Morrison, J. Groundwater, S.I. Groundwater, E.M. Bertram, A.F.T. Rees.

Front row: I.C.M. Rees, J. Innes, W. Leask, J.J. Sinclair, A. Groundwater, D.D. Marwick, J. Scott, I.M. Pottinger, A. Mackay, I.K.B. Watt.

front road: J. Innes is mine uncle Jim Innes. He was single, lift whith his parents address: Crowsnest (now a Diving School) Hoxa, St. Margaret, Hope. He had 3 sisters Annie Jane (my mother) , Margie (lived in New Scone Bonnard Gardens with husband David who was a Gardner) Barbara Currie (lived in the Hope Back Road, married to George Currie Lighthouse man Skerries)and there was Jock (no history)! Siblings all deceased)Grandpa Bob Innes came from Helmsdale (approx 1890 1966) Jim lived from 1917/8 till 1977 (inaccurate)

Front row 2 lft is Jimmy Innes, son of Barbara Taylor Bruce, my father John Innes' brother. John was a first mate WW2 merchant navy married Eliz Quinn had 6 children. He was a river policeman at Sunderland