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Female squad members in Lerwick Up Helly Aa (2022 poll)  

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  1. 1. In principle, should women be allowed to participate in Lerwick Up Helly-Aa as squad members?

    • Yes
      11
    • No
      15
  2. 2. Is logistics (already high numbers of guizers, waiting lists for squads etc) a valid reason not to allow women to participate in Lerwick Up Helly-Aa as squad members?

    • Yes
      15
    • No
      11
  3. 3. The current ‘male only’ squad member demographic of Lerwick Up Helly-Aa is….

    • Sexist
      8
    • Traditional
      18


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So, is there or isn't there? I can't see it, unless the procession has been rerouted along the street and the burning is outside the Bank of Scotland :shock:

 

http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/letters_12_2008/Andy%20promises%20virtual%20New%20Year.htm

 

Mind you - there seems to be some real workers :wink: in the tourist office - maybe there'll be summit after all?

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Hot off the press, thank Heimdal.

 

http://shetlopedia.com/Lerwick_Up_Helly-Aa_2009

 

Brilliant, couldn't get the Webcam this morning, then lost Shetlink, so it's nice to see something. Got the Webcam now when there's little to see. :evil:

 

Thanks Max :) for trying this morning, maybe just too many people having a look, I should have tuned in earlier.

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Some Photo's :

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/ArabiaTerra/Up%20Helly%20Aa%202009/2008_0624UpHellyAa20090017.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/ArabiaTerra/Up%20Helly%20Aa%202009/2008_0624UpHellyAa20090019.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/ArabiaTerra/Up%20Helly%20Aa%202009/2008_0624UpHellyAa20090032.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/ArabiaTerra/Up%20Helly%20Aa%202009/2008_0624UpHellyAa20090034.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r60/ArabiaTerra/Up%20Helly%20Aa%202009/2008_0624UpHellyAa20090038.jpg

... and then the battery on my camera ran out. :roll: :wink:

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:evil: :evil: :evil: Three times I've tried to post, is anyone else having problems with IE tonight, it's driven me mad today...ok, rant over.

 

Good photo's and the first posted here tonight, nice dry night for a change, shame about your battery Arabia, hope you had a good time :D I too have been watching on the Webcam folks milling about, would have been nice to see a bit more though for the folks that couldn't get there, the inside of the Tourist Information Centre was really riviting. :wink:

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Fantastic photos - thanks for them.

 

As a long-time expat I've been digging about for photos all day. I took my daughter up last year (she was 11 at the time) and we've been re-living it all day.

 

I was so pleased that everthing about Up Helly Aa was exactly the same as I remember from when I was little and to share that with my daughter was fantastic.

 

I'm very proud to be a Shetlander and am constantly taking every opportunity to make sure my daughter knows what the heritage means. Up Helly Aa is certainly part of it!

 

A Homesick Shetlander

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:evil: :evil: :evil: Three times I've tried to post, is anyone else having problems with IE tonight, it's driven me mad today...ok, rant over.

 

Shetlink has been awkward and sticky to load for me off and on all day since about lunchtime. Usually closing out of the window you had open and opening it in a new one cleared it....for a time. :roll: Its not given any bother the last couple of hours though, maybe someone was round with a screwdriver and spanner after they'd had their tea.

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