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    1. Orkneyjar Update
    2. Sigurd Towrie

    3. A selection of new images now online - The Moon and the Standing Stones o' Stenness (http://www.orkneyjar.com/portfolio/scenes/moonstones/index.htm) Sunset at the Standing Stones o' Stenness (http://www.orkneyjar.com/portfolio/scenes/stennesssunset/index.html) The Ring o' Bookan (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/worldheritagesite/bookanimage.htm) -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

    04/15/2004 03:46:49
    1. Re: [<orcadia>] Orkneyjar Update
    2. Stella

    3. The pictures are beautiful Sigurd. On another subject. How did Hell's Half Acre come by it's name? Stella.

    04/15/2004 02:39:07
    1. RE: [<orcadia>] Hell's Half Acre
    2. Sigurd Towrie

    3. On 16 April 2004 04:39, Stella wrote: > On another subject. How did Hell's Half Acre come by it's name? There are two theories. One is that the name stemmed from World War 2, when a number of service men and women were stationed at Hatston. The other is that it was the traditional "home" of the tinklers (tinkers). After the war, Hatston's damp, wooden, rat-infested huts survived until the early 70s and were used as public housing. And anyone who spent any time in them would say the name suited perfectly. And I can vouch for that. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

    04/16/2004 04:59:22
    1. Orkneyjar Update - Dr John Rae
    2. Sigurd Towrie

    3. It's taken me long enough to put something online to recognise this great man, but better late than never. A new section added to the Historical Figures section on Dr John Rae - the discoverer of the Canadian North West passage and finder of the doomed Franklin Expedition. See: http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/johnrae -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

    04/16/2004 04:59:22
    1. Re: [<orcadia>] Orkneyjar Update
    2. Martin McCarthy

    3. > A selection of new images now online - Super! The Stenness pictures are beautiful - but I particularly love the great job you did with Bookan. It may be so much less spectacular...but it's also that much harder to do well. Those are the best pictures of Bookan that I've seen. Martin -- Martin McCarthy /</ http://www.non-prophet.org marty@ancient-scotland.co.uk \>\ http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk /</ http://www.ehabitat.demon.co.uk

    04/15/2004 04:07:10