The Orcadian Online - Archived Letter from North Ronaldsay

Archived Letters....

Fine nights in North Ronaldsay, inside and out	May, 2008
Travelling down memory lane	March 2008
Singing, speakers and dancing mark special night	Feb, 2008
The "Talking Rings"	Jan, 2008
Harvest Home — a time for celebration and remembrance of bygone days	Nov, 2007
Busy times are tinged with sadness	Sept, 2007
Summer days filled with work and arts	July, 2007
Cast not a cloot 'til May be oot	June, 2007
An unforgettable island Easter celebration	April, 2007
Thoughts turn to days gone by during a visit to Holland House	March, 2007
What would Burns have made of modern life?	February, 2007
Looking back as the old year passes	January, 2007
Do we really need to restore Old Beacon, or is conservation the best way to proceed?	December, 2006
Hot stones, codling and a well-attended fundraising event	December, 2006
Harvest Home was tinged with sadness	November, 2006
Shine on, harvest moon	September 7, 2006
Thinking of the folk who are an inspiration to all	August 3 , 2006
Open day provokes thoughts of times past	Jun 29, 2006
Recalling island events as daffodils dance in the wing	April 27, 2006
Candle and lamp evoke Burns' nights of old	February 9, 2006
Bidding traditional farewell to New Year	January 19, 2006
Festivities conclude with dancing at the monument	January 5, 2006
The time of the whistling sticks	December 1, 2005
You couldn't have guessed this was the end of an era	November 10, 2005
Times they are a-changing as school head Patricia bids farewell to North Ronaldsay	October 13, 2005
Musing and memories of the old hairst moon	September 29, 2005
A memorable day in more ways than one	August 4, 2005
All the ingredients for a heuld horn letter	June 23, 2005
Harvest at Antabreck will never be the same	June 2, 2005
Rhythms of art and island life	March 10, 2005
New twists to Burns tradition	February 10, 2005
Lifeboat fundraiser provokes memories of a trip to the 'North Ronaldsay of Shetland'	January 13, 2005
School's come a long way from the days of slate pencils and a yearly visit to Kirkwall	November 18, 2004
A wedding planned from afar made for a glittering occasion	September 16, 2004
Time to tackle the seven cares of the mountain on my shoulders	April 22, 2004
A Burns' Night to remember	February 5, 2004
Hogmanay lit up by the moon	January 8 , 2004
Islanders remember the fallen	December 11, 2003
Harvest Home brings back memories and familiar faces	November 2, 2003
A peedie hairst diary inspired by the light of a Harvest moon	October 2, 2003
Island portraits from the past	September 4, 2003
Island weddings and an incredible journey	July 10, 2003
A traditional island wedding	June 5, 2003
Home thoughts of wartime days	April 3, 2003
Tapes from the past stir old memories	February 13, 2003
Islanders' role in the Mim rescue	January 2, 2003
Celebration and thanksgiving	December 5, 2002
Off colour in the summer	October 24, 2002
A 'hairst' moon on North Ronaldsay	October 3, 2002
Favourite birds and favourite colours	August 1 , 2002
The sounds of summer	June 20, 2002
Islands apart: change and community	March 28, 2002
Burns' Suppers past and present	February 14, 2002
Yule in North Ronaldsay	January 17, 2002
At an Orkney Harvest Home	December 6, 2001
Hay, planes, and carbide lamps	August 23, 2001
Twinkling with the stars of memory	July 19, 2001
Red diary stirs schoolday memories	April 26, 2001
Where the old folk bide	February 15, 2001
Just to please the old Norsemen	January 25, 2001

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