Sian Thomas wrote: > Following on some recent discussions - some photos of shipping kye from > Graemsay availble at: > > http://www.graemsay.org.uk/ > > Click on the Orkney flag which is at the bottom of the left hand menu. > Slide show should run itself, if not just click in middle of screen. > > Sian > Graemsay > When I was a young boy growing up in Stromness, Wednesday was Auction Mart day. Cattle from Graemsay destined for the mart were shipped in an open boat which was towed behind a motor boat. How the cattle were put on board in Graemsay I have no idea but they were off-loaded in Stromness at the slipway on the opposite side of the South Pier to where the Graemsay now berths. Every now and then there would be a 'runaway' which would cause much merriment amongst us young hooligans! -- Mike Clouston

I actually have a picture of the kye in a rowing boat, there are a couple of women standing on board in headscarves. It's one of my favourite pictures of Graemsay! Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clouston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Shipping Kye from Graemsay > Sian Thomas wrote: >> Following on some recent discussions - some photos of shipping kye from >> Graemsay availble at: >> >> http://www.graemsay.org.uk/ >> >> Click on the Orkney flag which is at the bottom of the left hand menu. >> Slide show should run itself, if not just click in middle of screen. >> >> Sian >> Graemsay >> > When I was a young boy growing up in Stromness, Wednesday was Auction > Mart day. > Cattle from Graemsay destined for the mart were shipped in an open boat > which was towed behind a motor boat. > How the cattle were put on board in Graemsay I have no idea but they > were off-loaded in Stromness at the slipway on the opposite side of the > South Pier to where the Graemsay now berths. > Every now and then there would be a 'runaway' which would cause much > merriment amongst us young hooligans! > -- > Mike Clouston > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >