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VJ Day in Shetland

August 14th 2020

VJ Day (Victory Over Japan) has never been as important a celebration as VE Day, but for some people in Shetland it was a very ...

ArchivesHistory

Peter and Olla

July 15th 2020

Archivist Brian Smith retells the story of cousins Peter and Olla, two very different characters, who met one notable New Year's eve. ...

ArchivesEquality, Inclusion & Diversity

James A Teit: Tackling racism in the late 1800's

June 17th 2020

In December 1883, Lerwick Man James Teit emigrated to Canada where he lived and worked with indigenous communities, listening and ...

ArchivesEquality, Inclusion & Diversity

Captain Lawrence Irvine

June 12th 2020

Captain Lawrence Irvine of Bridge of Walls was one of the few Shetlanders to enter the West Indies Trade in the late 1700’s, a trade ...

Archives

The adventures of Ninian Neven

June 3rd 2020

Archivist Brian Smith delves into the incredible story of his ten-times great grandfather the accomplished and unruly Ninian Neven. ...

Archives

The hundredth birthday of John Alexander Cruickshank

May 20th 2020

Today, a rather special one, John Alexander Cruickshank, has his hundredth birthday. He is now the last living Victoria Cross holder ...

Archives

Victory in Europe

May 8th 2020

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, ...

Archives

Reading in the Archives

April 29th 2020

The Shetland Archives has an extensive collection of manuscripts, books, oral history recordings, maps and many other types of ...

Archives

Social Networking in the 1940s

April 23rd 2020

Anyone reading this blog is used to sharing information and connecting with people online. We take it for granted that, if we want to ...

ArchivesArchaeology

Da Croon o Da Ura

April 22nd 2020

One of Shetland’s more remarkable archaeological sites is Da Croon o Da Ura, in Unst, just about the most northerly part of the ...

Archives

One Piece at a Time

April 6th 2020

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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