Images and videos from recent Orkney Remembrance Events
A look back at Remembrance in Orkney
Reflecting on War Through Music #iPlay4Peace
“It was fantastic to see the education pack in use and how well the pupils responded to it”
Poppies of Different Colours for Remembrance
Nowadays you may see people wearing different colours of poppies symbolising the wider effects of war.
St Magnus Cathedral Armistice Film Nominated For An Award
The film projected on to the walls of St Magnus Cathedral to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
1918- 2018 Orkney Images Marking the Ending of World War I
2018 saw a range of commemorations in Orkney to mark the end of the First World War.
Orkney Brings to a Close #Armistice100
11/11/2018 and Orkney marks the end of #Armistice100
The War to End all Wars
The 1914 – 1918 war was a conflict raged by Empires ruled over by closely related members of the same Royal family and ambitious politicians.
European Families and the War
A German living in Scotland, and a Scot living in Germany. Our Grandparents were on opposing sides of the war.
#Armistice100 Around Scotland: Linlithgow
“History might as well be water, chastising this shore;
for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice. ” Carol Ann Duffy ‘Wound in Time
Looking Back With Noel Donaldson
Noel Donaldson’s images from last year’s ceramic poppy display and rehearsals around events taking place.
