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Passengers boarding the 'St. Ola' at Stromness pier, date unknown.

Passengers on the 'St. Ola' at Stromness pier, date unknown.

Anglers from Dounreay arriving in Orkney to take part in a fishing competition against Orkney, The contest took place on Swannay Loch, on 13/6/1959, and Dounreay narrowly won.

Mr & Mrs Ernest Baele from California, 1964. Ernest Baele worked for a year as Head Teacher of Stenness School as part of an exchange scheme. Article: Orcadian 16/7/1964, page 6.

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

An old woman knitting at the door of her cottage, Stromness, c.1950s.

The annual young people of Graemsay's picnic, at Woodwick, Evie, 22/6/1953: Back L-R: Bill Mowat (Ramray), bus driver, George Wilson (Windbreck), Robert Mowat (Ramray), Jimmy Manson (servant at Sandsi

In William Hourston's garden, Stromness, date unknown.

A Norwegian cyclist prepares to board the M.V. St. Ola at Stromness Pier, c.1950s.

A group of old people beside the MV St. Ola on Stromness Pier, c.1950s.