tlady Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Warning ... 2 hours of browsing and I'm still looking .. http://www.blackgoldtide.com/browse.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I've found myself doing the same a few times recently too. It's an amazing archive. What's your favorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 The "flashbacks" they gave me of my early days in the construction of Sullom Voe .. Some of da street And I really had to laugh at the picture of the underage drinkers .. All of them really .. I don't think there's a bad one among them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I'm sure I own that book. Haven't seen it in donkeys years. Some great photo's there. Couldn't pick a favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Far too many kent faces....at least none of them are me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kittybee Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 what a brilliant site! I found a pic o me an my late grandad on it.. at da waas show i tink? it wis lovely ta see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyumpi Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Even though I've looked through all these before on the net and have a well thumbed copy of the book, every time I look at them some other childhood memory comes pinging back to me. Don't think that I can copy the pictures themselves here but a few that leapt out of the the first couple of pages are: No.3 and 9 - Cases o beer outside o Liptons. I mind dis weel. I wonder if you could do this nowadays? No.16 - Peerie boy sittin in da bow o da boat, mony a happy hour spent dere (an mony a cold, pleepsit wan as weel!) No.27 - Construction Canteen, just for everything that the faces of the three main characters portray. No.33 - The Cinema. Is that the North Star? I remember trying to get myself in to see an over-18's film once then trying to argue that they were charging me too much when I handed over the normal bairns entrance fee DOH! No.39 - a wellknown Waastsider wi his twa fat peerie boys in da Co-op. Does anybody remember the "box mountain" that was in the corner behind the tills? After the seemingly endless drudgery of being dragged through the aisles, being sent to get boxes from here was a real high point. I think I always thought they might come tumbling down, trapping me underneath. It's amazing where you could take your pleasures from! Could go on about this all day. It's funny how much things have changed in a relatively short space of time. I suppose the noughties will look equally innocent by the time I'm a pensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyumpi Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 ...an da Pubs! Beer or lager, whisky, rum and vodka - whit mair could you want? Dey ir all formica, beer towels and arm-wrestling Burra men. Can't wait till da wheel o fashion turns an we hae retro pubs lik dis ageen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted March 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Quote ...an da Pubs! da wheel Freudian slip there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Quote ...an da Pubs! Beer or lager, whisky, rum and vodka - whit mair could you want? Dey ir all formica, beer towels and arm-wrestling Burra men. Can't wait till da wheel o fashion turns an we hae retro pubs lik dis ageen. There seems to be a disproportionate number of pictures from drinking establishments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 http://www.tomkiddphotography.co.uk I only found out yesterday that you can see Tom Kidd's brilliant collection of black and white photos from the late 70's. Absolutely engrossing - recognising people and seeing how places have changed. thebfg and Davie P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks for the link mogling. Those photos are fascinating. Tom Kidd's book 'Black Gold Tide' is excellent too. I think he published another book in the 80s. Here's an interview with Tom and some more photos - http://www.documentscotland.com/portfolio/tom-kidd-photographer-shetland-oil-scotland/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Thanks for that link Davie - another Cunningsburgh Show photo with their van they sold ice cream from! I left a comment on his photo site and he e-mailed me a thank you, nice chap. Davie P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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