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The naming ceremony for the Stromness Lifeboat, NLB Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson, on 25/8/1955. See Orcadian 1/9/1955, page 3.

Preparing to pull the new Stromness Lifeboat, NLB Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson, up the slip at the Lifeboat shed for the first time, with the old boat, J.J.K.S.W. alongside.

The naming ceremony for the Stromness Lifeboat, NLB Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson, on 25/8/1955. See Orcadian 1/9/1955, page 3.

Kirkwall Basin during a Regatta, c.1950s, with the Kirkwall Hotel, Harbour Street, in the background.

Kirkwall Basin during a Regatta, c.1950s.

Kirkwall Basin during a Regatta, c.1950s, with the Kirkwall Hotel, Harbour Street, in the background.

Yachts racing during a Kirkwall Regatta, c.1950s.

Passengers disembarking from the 'St. Ola' at Stromness Pier, date unknown.

St. Margaret's Hope Girl Guides at the South Ronaldsay War Memorial, 1955.

M.V. St. Ola making for Scrabster, seen from Stromness Golf Course, with the Hoy hills in the background, c. 1955.