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1935

Westray Castle On the back of the print is written 'Taken at the gateway of the castle in Westray'.
Yet more Albert Street(2) A Leonard's Orkney Series postcard showing an Albert Street beginning to be taken over by plate-glas...
Quadrant houses Early pic of the quadrant houses getting built. Date is very much an estimate. Interesting to see th...
Sourin School 1935 Sourin School, Rousay 1935. Teachers are Mr Wallace, and Ruby Brown. I have a note of the names of a...
Kirkwall Basin and ss Amelia - circa 1935 Although this postcard was franked in 1945 it must have been taken before the 2nd World War as the h...
Fancy Dress Date is a guess. Can anybody come up with suggestions about what this may be.
Loading sheaves onto a horse-drawn cart Jim Mowat and Jessie-Anne Logie (nee Rendall) loading sheaves onto a horse-drawn cart at 'Ring' farm...
4 generations of Flett This is a picture of 4 generations of Flett. All called Malcolm Flett. (Maintaining the tradition ...
Boat on the move Deerness This is a picture of the Skua which was built by Willie Ritch at Southernwood Deerness in 1935 app. ...
Great Grandad and gran and unknown lady One for Shapinsay folk, date only estimated. Names please
Harvest Time on Swona 1935 This photo was taken around the time the "Gunnaren" was wrecked on Swona. The machine pulled by the...
Gander Dower plane on Grice ness Stronsay Not quite sure about the year . At the left is David Fotheringhame Hescombe, then Meg Cooper Russlan...

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