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'Just About Anything' fire, when they were in the Anchor Buildings.
[Large oil tanks at the rear of the building in the direction the flames are blowing not pictured... - Steven]
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Date Friday 04/01/85 Time Fire Brigade called out 19.51
Added by Dave Norquay on 02 March 2008
My parents owned the sweet shop on the first floor, entered just off the Bridge Street entrance to JAA. I remember this night very well, I was 10 and we traveled to Kirkwall from Evie. We were lucky,the fire stopped just short of our shop.
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Added by Simon Williams on 16 July 2023
Buildings
That would have been about the time our old house was demolished and my sister & her man would have been starting to build its replacement, if I mind right.