March 5th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Off the Spike: The miner’s strike is over and the post-mortem’s started. There is no doubt the miners have suffered great financial loss as a result of their action. Likewise, as a result of going back to work with no coal board agreement not to close “uneconomic pits” a good number of them will lose their jobs.
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February 26th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Seventy-five Shetland exiles in New Zealand have already booked their passage home for the Hamefarin ‘85, the festival organising committee heard this week.
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February 19th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
My recent article in Off the Spike about women Guizer Jarls seems to have created a bit of interest and I have been told of several informal fire festivals or parties where women have acted as Jarl – including one after the recent Uyeasound Up-Helly-A’ when Annette Priest presided over the burning o an old boat in Norwick and the festivities that followed.
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February 12th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Leif Larsen, the Norwegian seaman whose exploits during the Shetland Bus operation made him one of the heroes of the Second World War, has made a nostalgic visit to the isles this week.
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January 22nd, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Shetland Islands Council will have to cut its expenditure by over £1 million to keep within government spending guidelines, director of finance Mr Malcolm Green has warned.
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January 15th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Shetland has continued to enjoy relatively mild, dry and calm weather this week while the rest of Britain, according to press reports, is slowly grinding to a halt under snow and freezing conditions.
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January 8th, 2010 by
Shetland Times
Letter – G. W. Adam’s contributions to the miners’ strike debate is easily the most hilarious I’ve read so far – especially when he likens “uneconomic” pits to exhuasted peat banks.
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December 24th, 2009 by
Shetland Times
A value of nearly £50 million was put on Shetland Island’s Council’s charitable trust at last Thursday’s meeting of trustees.
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December 4th, 2009 by
Shetland Times
25 Years Ago Faced with the prospect of not being able to build any new houses for five years or cutting back savagely on house repairs, the SIC is to ask the Scottish Office for permission to spend oil monies on housing.
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November 13th, 2009 by
Shetland Times
25 Years Ago Further meetings were being held yesterday and today between Norway and the EEC over the disputed share-out of North Sea herring.
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