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I've seen the names of crew members somewhere, possible the kirk records.

4 hours ago, Frances144 said:

https://myshetland.co.uk/tiddles-update/

Tiddles update

(does anybody read this?)

I do read your blog though I must confess my main activity on Shetlink these days is perusing the Classified Ads.

I am also interested in the Batchelor of Leith as my mother told me that her family, the Frasers, originated from her. However I have never found any proof of that. there does not seem to be a definitive version of what actually happened easily available. Christine de Luca recently published a novel based on what happened. She used the Walls parish records for her story. These records are avaialable online at Scotlands People but they are hard to follow as there is only photocopies of the originals, not transcriptions.

I am not sure about the story of the surnames. I can find a John Moffat born on Papa Stour about 1705 on Bayanne and there are Abernethys and Frasers recorded in the mid 18th century.

And the answer is in Facebook - a Halloween disco.

https://www.facebook.com/people/Legion-Scotland-Lerwick-Branch/100030412464039/

Many events are advertised in the Shetland Times on Fridays. Local events are frequently advertised in local shop windows.

Facebook is probably the main place to look at the moment.

Maybe Starlink might be an option?

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2022/09/starlink-expand-uk-coverage-to-include-part-of-shetland-islands.html

I couldn't tell you for definite but D & G Leslie in Lerwick used to stock all kinds of exotic tobacco and cigarettes.

7 hours ago, Ghostrider said:

It may not be going to go away, but is it going anyplace either. The last twice, the Nats, the main and loudest proponents for Indie have only been able to legitimately claim an overall majority by selling out and getting in bed with the Greens. Hardly a resounding endorsement of their flagship policy.

 

The Scottish electoral system is designed so that it is extremely difficult for any one party to get a majority. And the Greens also have a policy of Scottish independence.

I suspect there will be a lot more squads with acts based on leting in female guizers than there will be actual female guizers.

Putting temporary signs on a lampost for an upcoming elelction is not illegal unless a council specifiacllay bans it. Many Scottish councils have banned them.

I've had the same problem. The site works fine some days then I get the same error message.

Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU.

Remain     Leave
1,661,191     1,018,322

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/eu-referendum/results-and-turnout-eu-referendum/eu-referendum-results-region-scotland

2 hours ago, George. said:

"A referendum was held in Shetland, and the rest of Scotland, on 23 June 2016 which showed a majority of us wanted out of the E.U. The English and the rest of them had a wee blether and did what they wanted." Some things never change.

In Shetland

Remain  Leave

6,907    5,315

I've just had a quick look at Northlink's website and there is no mention of it. However if you look at the Streetview tour at the bottom of this page you will see a gentleman sitting at a desk in front of what looks very much like a scanner to me. This just seems to be for left luggage and luggage put on a trolley rather than carry on bags.

https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/the-journey/aberdeen/

As far as I mind it wiz Anderson's.

We got some good gair fae da Whiteness shop a peerie start ago.

They have an Ollaberry number. It will be a small operator that has other businesses.

It is the B9073. As you head towards Scalloway it is the two lane road that goes off to the left just before the road to Scalloway turns right to the sharp bend at the Scord. As you come south from the Brig o Fitch look left and you will see the shooting range at the other side of the valley and a bit further up the hill on the right of the road you should glimpse some sheds.

They seem to come out of the garage complex on the Black Gaet from time to time. That site is so well landscaped to stop passers by seeing into it you can't tell if there are a lot of vehicles there.

The business's address is Wormadale but they don't keep any vehicles there.

I beg to differ. A petition against the Scalloway Coop with about 360 signatures was delivered to Planning and the Community Council formally made an objection. A number of individuals wrote in with objections. As chair of the Scalloway Community Council I addressed the Planning meeting to draw attention to some of the objections.

The application would have gone through solely on the recommendation of Planning if there had been no formal objections

This could be him. This person died in Inverness and is the right age.

https://bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I26467&tree=ID1

I've just looked at the online planning application and the Roads Department have made no comment on increased traffic in the area after the shop opens. It's almost as if they just expect the same number of customers to use the shops.

The oil industry brought a lot of money into Shetland which was invested in infrastructure and businesses. But it has had its day as a driver of the world economy. Unfortunately the alternatives are not fully developed. Renewable energy is all very well but it just produces power at the moment when conditions are right. A lot more development needs to go into storage solutions such as batteries or hot water storage for district heating schemes. Oil companies should be making the transitition into these areas instead of trying to defend their ground.

A quick look on Google for Shetland jobs revealed a long list, from CEO of a local charity to relief handypersons, with a bias to social/healthcare. I only found one working from home job but I guess anyone advertising that kind of job wouldn't advertis in a specific geographic area.

Conservation of peat is a hot topic here at the moment, as a 103 turbine windfarm is being built on peatland and more are proposed. The windfarm was originally proposed as an investment in the islands to maintain the income steram to the council that would be lost as oil ran down but there is a strong suspicion that any financial gains will not match the environmental damage being incurred.

Shetland's biggest problem at the moment is lack of housing. There are plenty of jobs but few places for incoming workers to stay. The problem has been exacerbated by people selling up south and discovering how far their money can go in Shetland.

Since th 1960s Shetland has sailed through every recession more or less unscathed and there is nothing as yet on the horizon that will end that.

Shetland's population went from about 35,000 in the mid 19th century to about 17,000 100 years later. Some got thrown off their land by their landlords (the Clearances). Many left due to the lack of work and opportunity.

Knitwear and fishing had a boom in the 1960s then North Sea oil gave the economy a massive boost so the population has settled around 22,000.

A lot of older Shetlanders did not recognise their identity as Scottish due to the colonial exploitation of the islands in the 18th and 19th centuries by Scottish landowners and clergy. You won't see kilts here, except at the occasional wedding.

Norwegian links continue to be strong. Norwegian firms own much of the Shetland fish farming and fish processing industries. In WW2 many Norwegians fleeing Nazi occupation of their country ended up in Shetland as it is the closest UK landfall.

Some of these fleeing Norwegians were organised into a clandestine operation which transported men and material back across the North Sea to the Norwegian resistance. This ran so effectively it became known as the Shetland Bus. A number of the Norwegians married local women and the families kept up their links.

The Scalloway Museum is the main organisation that keeps up organised links with Norway.

http://www.scallowaymuseum.org/introduction.html