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This is an opportunity for members of the Orkney community to have their say on an issue close to their heart. THE implications for Orkney of North Ronaldsay and Papa Westray failing to be fully included in the North Isles...
A MEMORIAL to the first pilot in history to land a plane on an aircraft carrier lies on the shores of Scapa Flow where it has been sadly neglected over the years. Now, the state of the poignant memorial has been highlighted to...
What's On advertisers in Orkney Today are also listed on this page which is updated every Friday. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 • Club 24-17 are holding a Boxing Circuit in the Quayside Suite at 7pm-8pm, Free to club members, £2 to non...
A Stromness Studies Course, covering aspects of the town from architecture to wartime heritage to flora and fauna, is to be run by Orkney College from February 2010. Course director and Orkney tour guide Fran Flett Hollinrake...
Or mail checks to: FreeRepublic, LLC, PO Box 9771, Fresno, CA 93794 Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum First session: September 1, 2009. William L....
THE Friends of the Hoy Kirk have invited well-known Orkney folk group The Wrigley Sisters to provide a weekend of music at the Hoy Kirk, Hoy, on Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24. The event, part of the Scapa Flow...
With the waves lapping gently underneath them, and their heads solemnly bowed, three survivors who had been on board HMS Royal Oak when it was sunk by the Germans off Orkney 70 years ago, yesterday visited the scene to pay...
The Princess Royal joined survivors for the ceremony at the scene The Princess Royal has joined survivors of one of the darkest days in the history of Royal Navy to lay wreaths where a battleship was sunk HMS Royal Oak was...
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2009. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1939, during World War II, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in...
The Princess Royal is due to lay a wreath during a ceremony at the scene The Princess Royal is to lay a wreath on the water at the scene of one of the darkest days in the history of British warfare. The battleship Royal Oak was...
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