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View from above Walliwall Farm, St. Ola, looking towards Kirkwall Bay, c.1950s.

On the old Finstown road, Kirkwall, c.1958.

Kirkwall from the South East, showing Aden Cottage on the right, c.1950s.

The Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm. c.1960s.

The Queen Mother during a visit to open the King George V Playing Fields at Pickaquoy, 9th August 1956.

Willowburn Road, Kirkwall, from Willow Road, c. 1955.

Construction of new houses in Buttquoy Crescent, Kirkwall, 1961. See Orcadian 28/9/1961, page 5.

Tankerness House, Broad Street, Kirkwall, seen from the Kirk Green, c.1950s, with the Covenanters Memorial on the left.

The junction of Broad Street, Castle Street and Albert Street, Kirkwall, c.1950s.

Kirkwall Pier, c.1954. Ships at the pier are, L-R: Earl Sigurd, Earl Thorfinn and Amelia. The building at the head of the West pier is the old folk's shelter, opened in 1953.