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J. Laughton Johnston
Shetland – the most northerly islands in the
Between 1860 and 1880, at least 8,000 Shetlanders, more than a quarter of the population, emigrated to destinations all over the world.
Very many of those Shetland emigrants went on to do and achieve remarkable things. This large format book contains over 100 unique stories of 1,000 Shetland emigrants, it is illustrated with many photos, poems and letters.
George P.S. Peterson
Auld Papa I’m Dine! is a diverse collection which brings together a wide range of George’s work – much of it written in Shetland dialect and previously unpublished. History, short stories, poetry, trowie tales and bedtime stories for children, all feature, and are complemented by the author’s own illustrations.
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Edited by Mary Blance and Laureen Johnson
Magnie Shearer. Illustrated by Katherine Laidlay
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John Stewart
Kevin Jones
This collection of over 150 images from 2009 captures a wide range of the very many sports taking place within a Shetland calendar year. The Island Games in Äland, rowing, football, hockey, netball, volleyball, badminton and equestrian sport to name a handful are covered as Kevin captures the action and the winners.
Stella Shepherd
Stella Shepherd writes of the struggle against the harsh climate on Papa Stour, and her friendship and affection towards the islanders, drawing the reader into the island way of life during the 1960's.
Douglas Smith
Here Douglas Smith outlines his family story with its ties to Lerwick and writes of growing up and his schooldays in the very different town landscape of the thirties and as a youngster in wartime Shetland when he witnessed the aftermath of a fatal mine blast and German Heinkels attacking a seaplane in the north harbour.
Douglas Smith’s work gave him an unparalleled insight into the changing fortunes of the islands as conditions gradually improved over the years. It also involved him in many of the environmental issues raised by the arrival of the oil industry in the islands in the 1970s.
Christine De Luca
Lawrence Tulloch
When Lawrence Tulloch became a lightkeeper aged twenty-eight it gave him and his family job security and a home. In On the Rocks a lightkeeper's tale he looks back at the work and routines involved in keeping lights from Muckle Flugga to Chicken Rock and recounts the ups and downs of living in close proximity with other keepers. Many became friends for life, but great patience had to be exercised with those few who made things a bit difficult. The characters he met and the stories they had to tell bring a vanished era back to life.












