“In the late summer of 1835, 19-year old Joseph Clouston, who had been born in Stromness but was then living at Nisthouse in Harray, arrived at the coastal town of Anamaboe.”
The Harray men who went for gold
Scotland’s National Health Service #OnThisDay
On 5th of July 1948 the National Health Service in Scotland was created.
Orkney and the West African connection
“West Africa was the source of the enslaved people who were trafficked across the Atlantic to provide the labour on the plantations of the Americas and the West Indies.”
The Saxophone #OnThisDay
On the 28th of June 1846 perhaps the most sexy sounding of musical instruments, the saxophone, was patented by Adolphe Sax.
Scotland’s First Public Library
“Faill not to keep your sone diligent reading and wreating yt he loss not what he hes attained”
Maps: The Shapes of Scotland
The use and meaning of maps was the subject of a fascinating online talk from Chris Fleet of the National Library of Scotland.
Civil Disobedience in Stromness
“the inhabitants of Stromness did resolve to assert their natural liberties and therefore did refuse any longer to submit to this imposition”
Visit the Heritage of Hoy Online
‘Sharing content online and thinking of the website as an exhibition space in itself is one way of keeping our ‘doors open.’
Orkney and Slavery–‘I have at present 36 negroes, besides stock…’
“There were a number of ‘enterprising Orcadian planters, and, of course, slave-holders in the West Indies.’”
‘Paragraph Eleven Confirm’ #OnThisDay
On 21st of June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney
