Muckle Flugga and me
In the first of a two-part feature, Jonathan Wills remembers the time he spent in Unst in the 1970s, as a crofter, crewman and later…
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Tochts fae Tushie Truncherfaece
Trowie time flees an aa Boy, doesn human time flee? Yon’s anidder year ower wi. I canna tink yon’s twa year A’m been sharin my…
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The perils of being a country bumpkin There were times during my early working years in Glasgow when it would have been all too easy…
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From Shetland Life, January 1984, No. 39 by Ian J. D. Anderson At the end of the year we can look back on what the…
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From The Shetland Times, Friday 2nd January, 1959. At a special meeting last Monday night, the Education Committee decided to go ahead with plans for…
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Simply the best? It was gratifying to learn last month that here in Shetland we are officially residing in the best place to live in…
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A short story by Cathy Feeny Nor count me all to blame if I Conjecture of a stiller guest, Perchance, perchance, among the rest, And,…
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With this year’s festive season fast approaching, Jean Keith looks back to the wonderful Christmases she remembers as a child. As we start to prepare…
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Bryan Peterson notes the surprising level of support from the BNP amongst Shetlink contributors The British National Party. I hesitate before I go on as…
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‘Twas Christmas Day in the crofthouse There is no doubt that, in my younger days, Christmas Day was when my native village was at its…
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Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves. I dunna ken whit’s grippit wir editor. My jaa drappit when he offered me an aa expenses paid trip…
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From The Shetland Times, Friday 12th December, 1958 Lerwick Town Council do not agree with the Department of Health that there are thirty-three buildings of…
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From Shetland Life, December 1983, No. 38 by M. Bowden This year I had the privilege of meeting a Quaker lady from London who was…
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Financial rebellion It is the nature of people to imagine their world as solid and certain, even as things begin, undeniably, to fall apart. Too…
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