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With reference to picture #12157, the Hoy Manse, this Tom Kent photo will, I believe, be of the same building taken from up the brae. The small building was the Hoy Post Office operated about that time by my Gt. Grandfather, Robert Mackenzie. For interest I add a receipt of his annual subscription to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society.
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If this T.K. picture is enlarged enough, one can see the sign POST OFFICE high up almost on the "chimney breest" on the gable end of the small building.
Added by Peter Burges on 04 January 2012
I am researching the Hoy Post Office as part of a school project, as Mr Isaac Moar is my great grandfather. I have a photo of your gt. grandfather with his ox and cart outside the Hoy Manse. Maybe I could E-mail you the photo and you could tell me about your gt. grandfather
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Added by Magnus Mackay on 14 January 2012
Hoy and Walls
