My favourite place
This week’s favourite place has been chosen by Davie Gardner, who is well known in Shetland’s musical community and beyond. He was formerly music development…
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Fastest Big Bannock slinger in the north
By MAREE HAY THE SIGN said “Extreme Spree Zone” – and it was. North Roe was inundated with cowboys, cowgirls, indians, squaws, wigwams and wagons…
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Readers may remember that Linda and Peter Davis recently spent two years working as VSO education volunteers in the north-east of Ghana. In a few…
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HEALTH promotion officer RACHEL STEWART describes her many favourite places this week – Shetland’s beaches. Rachel, who has had great success in her smoking cessation…
READ FULL STORYRecord entries put year’s biggest show
A BRIGHT, breezy and – most importantly – dry day heralded a more buoyant Cunningsburgh Show than had been seen for the past couple of…
READ FULL STORYGreat and good celebrate Papa’s new stofa
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER The County Mayor of Hordaland in Norway, Torrill Selsvold Nyborg, arrived in Papa Stour on Wednesday to perform the official opening ceremony…
READ FULL STORYGuitar-strumming santas give a winter feel to show
By RYAN TAYLOR GREY skies and rain showers were forecast from the beginning, but no-one was expecting last Saturday’s Walls Show to become the setting…
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Shetland Islands Council convener Sandy Cluness writes this week about his favourite place, Snarravoe in Unst, which has poignant associations for him. Snarravoe is a…
READ FULL STORYBeautiful weather, bonnie exhibits, jolly good show
THE dull morning gave way to a glorious afternoon on Saturday to confirm Voe’s reputation as the lucky show. The blue and white sky, the…
READ FULL STORYMy favourite place – Tavish Scott
MSP Tavish Scott tells readers about his favourite place this week. Although he spends much of his time in Edinburgh, he always enjoys returning to…
READ FULL STORYIt cost £4,940 15/6d to build, now monument to civic splendour is 125
A NEW revised guidebook for Lerwick Town Hall is to be launched next week to coincide with the building’s 125th anniversary. The guidebook was last…
READ FULL STORYBressay Bronze Age burnt mound on the move at last to Leiraness
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER THE “BRONZE Age Bressay! Adopt a Monument” project is now nearing completion at the new site at Leiraness close to the ferry…
READ FULL STORYRuby’s secret for a long life? Hard work and no smoking or drinking
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS YESTERDAY was a very special day in the life of Ruby Lindsay from Lunnaness. Thursday 10th July was the day she reached…
READ FULL STORYGala day much enjoyed at ‘Costa del Scallowa’
By MARK BURGESS THIS year’s Scalloway Gala was hailed a great success on what was surely the hottest day of the year, attracting hundreds of…
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