North Mainland Notes
Skol – Torf Einar The Up-Helly-A’ season draws to a close today as Delting chief-viking Torf Einar and his hoard of Norse warriors look forward
READ FULL STORYSkol – Torf Einar The Up-Helly-A’ season draws to a close today as Delting chief-viking Torf Einar and his hoard of Norse warriors look forward
READ FULL STORYRecently folk may have been aware of men in rubber boots near the site of a number of local burns. Representatives of sustainable energy advisors,
READ FULL STORYThis weekend Shetland Film Club is showing a double matinee at the Muckle Roe Hall. Doors open at 2.30pm on Sunday and the first
READ FULL STORYGood luck Berzerkers! The fruits of a long winter’s labour finally come together today as Brydon Anderson of Eshaness takes his place as head guizer
READ FULL STORYHillswick PO returns to shop From early next month, the post office service at Hillswick, currently operating at the local hall, will move to the
READ FULL STORYContemporary textile students in their final year at Shetland College are looking forward to a great opportunity to profile their degree show, as they prepare
READ FULL STORYBabushka helps Haiti After being postponed more than once due to the wintry weather of late, the North Roe School Concert took place on Friday
READ FULL STORYRecently I had a chance to catch up with Shetland-born singer/songwriter Terry Balfour. Terry now lives in Glasgow, but still enjoys visits back to Shetland
READ FULL STORYNext Sunday there’s a chance for folk to partake of some traditional Shetland fare when the Sullom hall invites everyone to a winter lunch.
READ FULL STORYMuckle Roe Hall had a wonderful start to the New Year when sensational Shetland band, Fiddlers’ Bid, came first fittin’ on New Year’s day.
READ FULL STORYOn the Sunday before Christmas, despite the snowy weather, a good-sized congregation gathered in the North Roe Methodist Kirk to join in the carol service
READ FULL STORYOllaberry School bairns in Primaries 1-7 performed their panto, Hansel and Gretel, last Tuesday to an appreciative audience at the Ollaberry Hall.
READ FULL STORYEarlier this year, pupils at Brae High School enjoyed great success with the student-led school magazine, Borealis. The magazine was short-listed for awards in five
READ FULL STORY“Excited, exhausted and emotional.” This described how I was feeling last Thursday when the Hillswick Shop re-opened after the community buy-out in July this year.
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