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Eastern Harem, entrants in the Stromness Shopping Week parade, 1955.

Right: Jim Swanson, who was drowned in the Longhope Lifeboat disaster. Man in uniform: Donald Thomson. Date unknown.

Colonel S.P. Robertson making a speech at the crowning of Ann Brass, Stromness Shopping Week Queen, 1964.

Children in the old Finstown Road, Kirkwall, c.1958.

The St. Magnus Pageant in Brandyquoy Park, Kirkwall, 29th July 1937. Staged to commemorate the octo-centenary of St. Magnus Cathedral.

The St. Magnus Pageant in Brandyquoy Park, Kirkwall, 29th July 1937. Staged to commemorate the octo-centenary of St. Magnus Cathedral.

The St. Magnus Pageant in Brandyquoy Park, Kirkwall, 29th July 1937. Staged to commemorate the octo-centenary of St. Magnus Cathedral.

Swans in Stenness Loch, c.1950s.

A wintry scene, Stromness, c.1950s.

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