Isles Views 15.05.09
Out of the Box conference Last weekend’s “Taking Shetland Out of the Box” at Shetland Museum took a close look at many aspects of island…
READ FULL STORYOut of the Box conference Last weekend’s “Taking Shetland Out of the Box” at Shetland Museum took a close look at many aspects of island…
READ FULL STORYSymbister hall meeting The Symbister Hall in Whalsay had its annual general meeting recently. The committee now has 14 members and all their office bearers…
READ FULL STORYWhalsay Learning Centre The Whalsay Learning Centre recently held a very successful “Gyee it a Go” day in the Symbister hall. The learning centre laptops…
READ FULL STORYGreen Island outing Last Thursday proved to be a most enjoyable day as David Leask, from the company Green Island, invited me to go on…
READ FULL STORYCommunity councils The Association of Shetland Community Council (ASCC) held its six-monthly meeting in the auditorium of the Shetland Museum on Saturday. One of the…
READ FULL STORYFishing at Rockall Cullivoe in North Yell has always been a fishing port where fishermen have strived to make a living from the sea, although…
READ FULL STORYFund-raising in Unst A most successful weekend of fund-raising was held in Unst recently. On Friday 13th March the Methodist Kirk had their annual sale…
READ FULL STORYThe Brig of Stonganess The Brig of Stonganess is to be found at the head of the voe and spans what can be quite a…
READ FULL STORYHarbour nears completion Work on the Uyeasound harbour development started one year ago. Tulloch Developments was awarded the contract and the job has progressed smoothly…
READ FULL STORYNorway Day in Whalsay Teacher Christian Baert said the Norway Day organised at the Whalsay School on 18th February was a great success. Pupils and…
READ FULL STORYOld friends meet again A big day of yarning took place last Wednesday when Sonny Williamson and Davie Clark made their way to Andersville in…
READ FULL STORYWhalsay Hall Iris Anderson says that the new committee of the Symbister Hall is going from strength to strength. She says that the previous committee…
READ FULL STORYSt Valentine’s night St Valentine’s night promised to be very special this year and so it proved. The place to be was the Burravoe Hall…
READ FULL STORYSkerries School fund-raiser On 30th January the Skerries School held a fund-raising day from 10.30am until 3.30pm. The money raised is being divided equally between…
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