Archive by Title

2012

17/07/12 - Revisiting the saga of the Old Beacon

2011

10/11/11 - Conservation Versus Commercialisation

2008

08/05/08 - Fine nights in North Ronaldsay, inside and out
20/03/08 - Travelling down memory lane
07/02/08 - Singing, speakers and dancing mark special night
10/01/08 - The ‘Talking Rings’

2007

08/11/07 - Harvest Home – a time for celebration and remembrance of bygone days
20/09/07 - Busy times are tinged with sadness
30/07/07 - Summer days filled with work and arts
06/06/07 - Cast not a cloot ’til May be oot
19/04/07 - An unforgettable island Easter celebration
15/03/07 - Thoughts turn to days gone by during a visit to Holland House
15/02/07 - What would Burns have made of modern life?
18/01/07 - Looking back as the old year passes

2006

14/12/06 - Do we really need to restore Old Beacon, or is conservation the best way to proceed?
07/12/06 - Hot stones, codling and a well-attended fundraising event
01/11/06 - Harvest Home was tinged with sadness
07/09/06 - Shine on, harvest moon
03/08/06 - Thinking of the folk who are an inspiration to all
29/06/06 - Open day provokes thoughts of times past
27/04/06 - Recalling island events as daffodils dance in the wind
09/02/06 - Candle and lamp evoke Burns’ nights of old
19/01/06 - Bidding traditional farewell to New Year
05/01/06 - Festivities conclude with dancing at monument

2005

01/12/05 - The time of the whistling sticks
10/11/05 - You couldn’t have guessed this was the end of an era
13/10/05 - Times they are a-changing as school head Patricia bids farewell to North Ronaldsay
29/09/05 - Musing and memories of the old hairst moon
04/08/05 - A memorable day in more ways than one
23/06/05 - All the ingredients for a heuld horn letter
02/06/05 - Harvest at Antabreck will never be the same
10/03/05 - Rhythms of art and island life
10/02/05 - New twists to Burns tradition
13/01/05 - Lifeboat fundraiser provokes memories of a trip to the ‘North Ronaldsay of Shetland’

2004

18/10/04 - School’s come a long way from the days of slate pencils and a yearly visit to Kirkwall
16/09/04 - A wedding planned from afar made for a glittering occasion
22/04/04 - Time to tackle the seven cares of the mountain on my shoulders
05/02/04 - A Burns’ Night to remember
08/01/04 - Hogmanay lit up by the moon

2003

11/12/03 - Islanders remember the fallen
02/11/03 - Harvest Home brings back memories and familiar faces
02/10/03 - A peedie hairst diary inspired by the light of a Harvest moon
04/09/03 - Island portraits from the past
10/07/03 - Island weddings and an incredible journey
05/06/03 - A traditional island wedding
03/04/03 - Home thoughts of wartime days
13/02/03 - Tapes from the past stir old memories as Burns is celebrated
02/01/03 - Islanders’ role in the Mim rescue

2002

05/12/02 - Celebration and thanksgiving
24/10/02 - Off colour in the summer
03/10/02 - A ‘hairst’ moon on North Ronaldsay
01/08/02 - Favourite birds and favourite colours
20/06/02 - The sounds of summer
28/03/02 - Islands apart: change and community
14/02/02 - Burns’ Suppers past and present
17/01/02 - Yule in North Ronaldsay

2001

06/12/01 - At an Orkney Harvest Home
23/08/01 - Hay, planes, and carbide lamps
19/07/01 - Twinkling with the stars of memory
26/04/01 - Red diary stirs schoolday memories
15/02/01 - Where the Old Folks Bide
25/01/01 - Just to please the old Norsemen