Orcadians made their own in the past and recipes were printed in the local papers
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Weather Forecast: Mainly dry and bright, a few showers later
Brisk southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Historical Injustice of Witchcraft Executions Examined by TV’s Eorpa
BBC ALBA’s award-winning current affairs programme, Eòrpa, recently aired a programme about historical witchcraft persecution.
Explore The Map of Stories
The series of newly-commissioned recordings are pinned onto the map for users to explore. The stories feature ancient myths, local histories, contemporary yarns and community folk tales.
The Disappearance of Our Earthworms
New research, collating 100 years of data, suggests that significant and previously undetected declines in UK earthworm abundance could have occurred.
Christmas Past: The School Concert
In 1929 the Orphir Public School held its Christmas concert at the Comrade’s Recreation Hall. There had been fierce gales the whole day through and these continued into the evening.
Weather Forecast: Cloudy with Rain at times, becoming much milder.
Strong southeasterly winds easing by afternoon. Maximum temperature 9 °C.
Raynauds: The Importance of Keeping Warm
SRUK is warning that many people with Raynaud’s could be jeopardising their health by cutting back on their heating this year.
Christmas Past: The Ba of 1949
On Christmas Day there was thunder, lightning and heavy rain. As the day progressed the winds got ever stronger to gale force.
‘Dust of Snow’
Image by Rosie Hopkins, Poem by Robert Frost