The South of Scotland Electricity Board had applied to sink 11 test bore holes: 2 at Yesnaby, 4 near Blackhall and 5 at the Mill of Cairston.
Orkney’s Uranium Protests
The McNeills of Holm
“ we lived in an eerie borderland between the seen and the unseen worlds” F.M. McNeill
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”
Civil Disobedience in Stenness
‘These immense blocks of stone stood around the pirate in the grey light of the dawning, like the phantom forms of antediluvian giants.’ Sir Walter Scott
Orkney’s Straw House
Nick wanted to construct a greener alternative to traditional house building methods and built his home out of straw bales.
HMS Tern
Very little remains of what was once a massive airfield in World War 2 set up to protect the Royal Navy’s fleet at Scapa Flow.
Music Maks A’ The Differ Tae Life
“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy” (Beethoven)
The Ba
“Surprisingly there are few major injuries at The Ba and spectators wisely move quickly out the way as the thunder of men in pursuit nears them.”
New Exhibition on Hoy Looks at the Lives of the Men of HMS Pheasant
The lives of the men from HMS Pheasant are highlighted in an exhibition at the Hoy Kirk Heritage Centre for the month of March.
An Orkney Faerie Story
“For ages an army of spirits, once so near, has been receding farther and farther from us, banished by the magic wand of science.” Sir James Frazer, The Scape Goat.
