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1955

Flat Tyre A puncture repaired at Rossland Garage. The "nail" is a tool for lifting sire covers that was left ...
Lower end of Albert Street A Valentine's postcard written by a holidaymaker on board the Wednesday afternoon boat to Lerwick (S...
Stronsay Lifeboat Naming Ceremony This picture was taken at Stronsay by the late J.W.Sinclair,Photographer,Kirkwall. One of two ident...
Hoy Sound from Stromness Golf Links Picture taken from old calendar. No idea of the date but looks about the fifties. Can't make out t...
Holm Road 1950's Black cattle on Holm Road sometime in the 1950's. [Quoybanks Crescent and Kirklands Road are ther...
Carrbridge 2 Kirkwall B.B. camp 1955 Kirkwall B.B. Camp at Carrbridge 1955 L to R and Back to Front:- Michael Parkins, Cecil Sinclair,J...
Carrbridge 3 Kirkwall B.B. Camp 1955 Three gentlemen here are "Spud Bashing"...they are:- L to R Michael Parkins, Cecil Sinclair, Gordon...
Carrbridge 4 Kirkwall B.B. camp 1955 Again From back row to front row and left to right are Isobel Rosie,Arthur Flett. Andrew Linklater...
Carrbridge 5 Kirkwall B.B. Camp 1955 In this photo we have- L to R and back to front:- Pat Leslie,James Marwick. James Spence,Ian Findl...
Carrbridge 6 Kirkwall B.B. camp 1955 The names are L to R and back row to front row:- Ian Tulloch,Ronald Muir,William Hercus. Colin Wo...
Carrbridge 8 Kirkwall B.B.Camp 1955 Inspection day again from a slightly different angle. The names are the same as in Carrbridge 7 ...
Carrbridge 9 Kirkwall B.B. Camp 1955 No. three of inspection day with Lieutenant Arthur Flett bringing the parade to attention. ...

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