Setting foot on grandfather’s boat was emotional for me, but a wonderful experience
By PAUL RIDDELL WHEN Donald Walker discovered that the Fifie Pilot Us had been acquired and restored for exhibit by Shetland Museum, he longed to…
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60 years of NHS through eyes of those who witnessed hard times
THE National Health Service was born 60 years ago this week into a dutiful, deferential age. Three years after the end of the Second World…
READ FULL STORYRhona’s big adventure: to New Zealand by van
By HEATHER BAILLACHE SHETLANDER Rhona Wakeling is well on her way to completing a major international challenge. Rhona and her husband Simon set off from…
READ FULL STORYNHS still going strong after 60 years
The National Health Service celebrates its 60th birthday on 5th July. Rosalind Griffiths begins a two-part series by taking a look at the history of…
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ROUND the world yachtsman Andrew Halcrow is based in Burra. Although his sailing exploits have taken him all over the world, he still finds solace…
READ FULL STORYStofa so good for Papa Stour project
By LAURA FRIEDLANDER THE reconstruction of a traditional Norwegian stofa or Viking house is nearing completion in Papa Stour. Last week Norwegian craftsmen spent several…
READ FULL STORY‘I don’t know how we did it – we only set out to get a few teams’
“I HATE asking people for money.” So said Belle Spence, the driving force behind the cancer fundraiser Relay for Life, which has now raised nearly…
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