MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 http://www.photography.phatsheep.co.uk/index.lightbox.php there ya go, added to the lightbox and linked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 ^^ Umm....nope, that doesn't work either. You get a message asking you to become a registered user. If you put "Park Hall" in to that site's search engine it'll bring back 9 thumbnails. My earlier link was to those, but the searches must have a time expiry. It was still working a coupleof hours after I posted the link, but not now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Strange, works when I click it.....(probs the same as yours?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 A few pics taken inside sometime in the last few years.http://www.photography.phatsheep.co.uk/index.search.php?sid=4545With respect to the PhatSheep site, I hadn't previously noticed the address. Could lead to some "interesting" taxi runs in a few years time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Strange, works when I click it.....(probs the same as yours?) Doesn't come with anything useful here. Must be a cookie thing, MF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 ^yeah, that's what I was thinkingsame with the search results thing too probs...(what I meant in brackets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I was wondering if anyone's done the geneaology of the Park Hall Bowie family. I'm looking for the parents names of James Cameron Bowie, b. c. 1807. One site says he was a fish curer, born before 1807 in Scotland, married to Isabella Fraser. http:// http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I55106&tree=bayanne_1 Another site says James Cameron BOWIE was born about 1806 in Musselborough (Musselburgh), Scotland, United Kingdom and married Isabella FRASER. http:// http://members.iinet.net.au/~longhill/doylegene/aqwg311.htm#8732 Unfortunately I can't find his parent's names to confirm whether or not this is the same fellow who may be a distant relative of mine.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Maybe JellybeanQueen could elaborate for us all....one quick statement then nothing...wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trowie246 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Khit, you could try speaking to Mona Walterson, West Burrafirth. This is her husbands family and she is interested in geneology or "reddin up kin" as we like to call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Likewise Janet Davidge at that lovely shop, Westside Pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerwickbhoy Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I think jellybean is right. As she is my sister. I lived in park hall very briefly before the family sold the building and land. I am now twenty eight and remember small things like the high ceiling in the kitchen with a large crack in it. My grandad Bowie was highly regarded in the agricultural world, particularly breeding pure bred Shetland sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I found this photo of Parkhall from around 1950 while I was hocking through some old photos. You can see the Taj Mahal on the right. http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd58/MuckleJoannie/Parkhall_zpsceee4258.jpg concerned shetlander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerwick antiques Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Park hall was a lovely building but I think some of your info is wrong. As far as I am aware it was bought, not build, by the late Dr James Bowie in the 1940s. As far as I know it is still owned by Dr Bowies son, Dr Bowie died about 3 years ago and he was in his 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I presume Dr James Bowie was a son of Dr Bowie who built Parkhall. Dr Bowie senior's entry in the Bayanne website is here. You can see that his bairns were all born there. http://bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I60495&tree=ID1 I couldn't tell you who owned the property after his death but as far as I know it was the doctor's residence until Langbiggin was built about 1950. My late father was the Bixter GP and he lived in Parkhall from 1948 until he moved to Langbiggin. There was publicity about the Shetland Amenity Trust buying Parkhall a few year's ago but a quick look online doesn't produce any confirmation of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yhohnie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 The Shetland Amenity Trust bought it, for a pound. The Idea was to turn it into a heritage centre for the Shetland cattle,sheep and ponies but the plan did not materialize. Its a real shame to see such an iconic building falling down. I'm sure the Amenity Trust would be happy to work with anyone that had a viable plan to restore Park Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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