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Stromness Harbour at 5am on a summer morning, showing the M.V. St. Clement and the Seine Net Fishing boat 'Enterprise', c. 1954.

Vessel 'ADC 1204' approaching Stromness Harbour, c.1950s.

M.V. St. Ola decorated with flags on the first day of Stromness Shopping Week, 1956. In the left background the funnel of the minesweeper HMS Kilmorey can be seen. See Orcadian 26/7/1956, page 5.

Stromness Shopping Week Queen, 1955, Elizabeth Tait with her attendants, Elizabeth Groundwater and Marjory Mowatt.

A Stromness Shopping Week parade float, 1958.

Harvesting with a Tractor and Binder at Tormiston, Stenness, c.1950s. Tormiston Mill is in the background, on the left.

The Reserve Lifeboat towing Wick fishing boat 'Enterprise' into Stromness after she broke down off Hoy, c.1959.

The 'Stenness Devil Worshippers', winning tableau in the Stromness Shopping Week, 1955. See Orcadian 28/7/1955, page 2.

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

Cytrix motorcycle display team at Stromness Shopping Week, 1955.