| Three
forgotten poems from the Bard of Ballarat |
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Beatrice
Thomson from Finstown, who compiled the book The
Bard of Ballarat on the poet/comic, the late George Corrigall,
has unearthed three previously unpublished examples of his work.
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| A
Celebration of P&O's service to the Northern Isles |
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As
P&O Scottish Ferries bow out of the service to the Northern
Isles, we take a look at the ferry links to the Scottish mainland
over the past 146 years
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| Further
mysteries to be explored as lid goes back on Westray excavation |
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A
team of professional archaeologists from Edinburgh are about to
put the covers back on top of a rescue dig on a headland at Berstness,
south of the farm of Langskaill in Westray.
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| How
many adjectives can you use for summer 2002? |
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Earlier
this year, Mary Bichan from Harray wrote in praise of what has
been a glorious summer. Here, she looks at the continuing good
fortune we have had with our weather, right through harvest time.
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| North
Hill and Noup are alive with birds |
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In
this article, the second in a series from around the RSPB Orkney
Reserves, Lee Shields aims
to provide an outline of the work done by the Papay and Westray
warden and encourage you to come and enjoy these special places.
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| Is
college's bere crop first step to local bere whisky? |
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Gillian
Wylie reports on a busy first growing season for Orkney College's
Agronomy Institute.
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|
Grant
gets taste for American trend of summer camp
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Twenty-one-year-old
Grant Thomson from Orphir has just spent eight weeks working at
a summer camp in America.
While
enthusing about the whole experience, he admits it was tough going,
taking on the role of mother and father to some of the 200 youngsters
who spent their summer holidays at Camp Thoreau in the state of
Vermont this year.
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|
Minehowe
dig yields more evidence of metal working
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A
month-long dig at Minehowe in Tankerness has just come to an end
and thrown up compelling evidence that the area was used for metal
working, probably associated with some sort of ritual activity
at the main site.
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| Stromness
woman’s role in top secret Bletchley Park code-breaking |
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Like
a scene out of some modern day spy movie, 18-year-old Brenda Webb
walked into a railway station where she had been told to meet
her contact.
It
was 1943 and the young Wren had no idea of what her new role would
be or why so much secrecy was involved. But one thing was for
sure – she wanted to do her utmost to help her country.
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| Norwegian
Fjord ponies are living reminder of Orkney's Viking past |
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It
seems unlikely that ponies like these have been seen in Orkney
for centuries – perhaps even since Viking times.
But
now, two Norwegian Fjord horses quietly graze a field in Birsay,
unaware that they are among only 60 of their kind in the country.
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| Orkney
girl's Wallacea study |
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Gilly
Irving-Lewis from Greenwall, Holm, is studying a BSc Zoology degree
at the University of Aberdeen. She was given the opportunity to
go with Operation Wallacea to Indonesia to gain research towards
her honours thesis, by studying native monkeys in their natural
habitat.
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Thirteen
ploughers on the Sands for annual South Ronaldsay event
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Thirteen
competitors took part in this year’s South Ronaldsay Boys’
Ploughing Match at the Sands o’ Wright on Saturday, August
17..
Following
on from the judging of the ‘horses’ at the school in
St Margaret’s Hope, around 150 spectators made the short
journey out to the beach to take in the ploughing match.
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| In
praise of glorious summer . . . |
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Mary
Bichan, from Caperhouse in Harray has been spurred to write after
a summer which she says has been more like those she remembers
from childhood.
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| 100
years of golf at Grainbank |
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As
Orkney Golf Club celebrate the centenary of their move to their
home at Grainbank on the west side of Kirkwall, Captain Magnus
Work, honorary vice-president of the club, recalls the development
of the club and the course over the years.
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