“In 1876, the first ploughing match was held in Stronsay, this being only contested by competitors of the farms of Holland and Housebay”
Records of a Bygone Age: We Plough The Fields and Scatter Part 2
May Stronsay Bird Sightings
“The most noticeable recent sightings as regards migrants have been a male Hawfinch and a male Siskin in the Castle garden and a few Chiffchaffs – all in gardens”
Records of a Bygone Age: ‘We Plough The Fields And Scatter’ Part 1
“Ploughing with a horse and ox with an old Orkney plough.”
Records of a Bygone Age The Loss of the Dundee Whaler SS Active
At 117 feet long and with a beam of 28 feet, this three-masted ship was built to be capable of sailing through broken ice, to act as an ice breaker and also to withstand the pressures of being trapped and frozen in the ice fields as happened many whalers of that time
Stronsay: Records of a Bygone Age – Destructive Fire
This article is kindly published with the permission of The Stronsay Limpet
STRONSAY IN 2006
A taste of island life from Stronsay’s Bruce Fletcher
Records of a Bygone Age: Stronsay
Here William tells of how machinery has changed over the years then goes on to recall a variety of noteworthy events
Stronsay Bird Sightings – A Brief Summary of the Year
“the staggering and unexpected Collared Flycatcher in the Osen garden in May”
Houses and Lairds in Stronsay – the Farm of Holland
William Spence tells of his early memories of the area around the farm of Holland and of his own farming career
Records of a Bygone Age
On 4th December 1915, at the age of 18, William Spence enlisted with the Machine Gun Corps of the Seaforth Highlanders.
