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The hundredth birthday of John Alexander Cruickshank
Today, a rather special one, John Alexander Cruickshank, has his hundredth birthday. He is now the last living Victoria Cross holder ...
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Victory in Europe
Shetland took the news of the end of the war in Europe in much the same way as the rest of Britain, a mixture of relief, reflection, ...
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Reading in the Archives
The Shetland Archives has an extensive collection of manuscripts, books, oral history recordings, maps and many other types of ...
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Social Networking in the 1940s
Anyone reading this blog is used to sharing information and connecting with people online. We take it for granted that, if we want to ...
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Da Croon o Da Ura
One of Shetland’s more remarkable archaeological sites is Da Croon o Da Ura, in Unst, just about the most northerly part of the ...
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One Piece at a Time
From teapots to lepidoptera, there is a place for objects, large or small, in Shetland’s Museum and Archives’ collection. Here, ...
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