Up Helly Aa in pictures (1906 - 61)
A series of Archival photographs documenting Up Helly Aa at five-year intervals from 1906 to 1961, recording galleys, Guizer Jarls and squads through changing generations, with notable absences during the World Wars.
Photos above: Main image Guizer Jarl, A P Hawick and his squad (1921). From left: Squad 'Nightbirds' (1936); Guizer Jarl, J W P Angus standing far left (1936); Torches being thrown into galley on Victoria Pier, Guizer Jarl J W P Angus (1936)
From left: Up Helly Aa Galley IDUN, Guizer Jarl JW Irvine, 1931 (R02918) ; Lerwick New Water Supply Squad, 1926 (UH00302); Knitting Bags Squad, 1921 (UH00199)
Squads from over the years: Jarl JW Robertson and his squad, 1906 (UH00331); 'Magpies' 1906 (UH0011); 'Frogs',1911 (UH00134); 'Punch' 1911 (UH00128); 'Tennent's Lager', 1961 Back row L-R - Billy Pottinger, Peter Moir, Andrew Leask (twin), Joe Smith (Bressay), John William Leask, Robert Scollay, James Moncrieff, Bertie Leask (twin), ?? and George Leith. Middle row L-R - Jack Robertson, Lollie Smith, Drewie Hawick, George Batty, Geordie Tulloch (Bressay), Lindsay Anderson, Alistair Pearson and Alwyn Tait. Front row L-R - Harry Pottinger, David Nicolson, Johnnie Clark (Bressay) and Geordie Leask (UH00509)
Galleys: Dock Boys' Galley HMS Victory, 1906 (UH00282); Galley Hvitabjorn, Guizer Jarl Charles A Manson, 1926 (UH00379); Guizers marching around the galley Mariasud with torches, Guizer Jarl J W Hunter, 1951 (P05090)
