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Islands/Places & Life There are 95 products.
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Farstraers: Voyages and Homecomings
Ranging across three centuries and much of the world, Farstraers takes us on a journey into the lives of the Orcadians who found themselves at a distance from, or out of step with, the archipelago they called home. By Jocelyn Rendall. Paperback.
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The Merkister Hotel: A Moment in Time
In 1969, The Merkister Hotel at Harray, Orkney, was dilapidated, financially bust and unwanted. This book tells the story of how it was brought back to life after being bought by Heather Kerr. By Heather Meldrum Tuck. Paperrback.
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Orkney: A Special Way of Life
After moving permanently to the island he's always dreamed of, Richard Clubley here sets out to capture the experience of life on Orkney... Paperback.
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An Orkney Tapestry
By George Mackay Brown. First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. A new edition published to celebrate 50 years since its first publication and also the George Mackay Brown centenary in 2021.
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Shapinsay Square Dance
The Shapinsay Dancing Affair. The vivid tale of a pivotal moment in Orkney's age of improvement: when David Balfour, the new laird of Shapinsay in 1846, contested the elders of the island's Secession Churches decision to discipline their flock for participating in the 'sinful' dance he gave. By Paul J. Sutherland. Paperback.
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Loose Talk Collected
Five years' worth of the popular Orkney Today 'trials of middle age' column by Les Cowan.
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Tankerness School 1876-1969
Following a rural school, it's teachers and its pupils. By Kathleen Keldie. Paperback.
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Memories of Fair Isle -CD
Audio documentaries on life as it was on Fair Isle, on CD and mp3 Flash Drive.
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North Ronaldsay Voices
An Oral History. Ann Marwick spent many hours in the 1980/90s chatting to folk in North Ronaldsay and learning about the dialect, customs and lifestyles of the island in a bygone age... she has now harvested the best bits into North Ronaldsay Voices. Paperback.
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Memories of the S.S Earl Thorfinn
Billy Cardno served as a cabin boy on the S.S Earl Thorfinn from 1958 until 1961. Here we share his memories of that time, from his first steps on the deck to the ship's final days. A revised and extended reprint of Sailing With Steam. A5 booklet.
£ 8.50
