25 Years Ago Off the Spike: Our phones have been busy since the dockers strike started with journalists from the south asking “How are things up there? How are you coping for food?!” The impression seems to be that we’re all at starvation level, fighting in the streets for crumbs of food.

25 Years Ago Planes are leaving Aberdeen for Shetland when the fog at Sumburgh is as thick as pea soup – but pilots sometimes will not leave Aberdeen when the sky is clear over Sumburgh.

25 Years Ago A new company has been formed to take over from the shipping service operated by Shetland Line and the original company is wound up by the receivers.

25 Years Ago Major expansion of Shetland fish catching and processing industries is proposed in the Goodlad Report which sets out a 10 year plan for fishing.

25 Years Ago In principle there was no reason why Shetland should not “twin” with a town in Russia or Eastern Europe, Shetland Islands Council decided by 11 votes to eight at its recent meeting.

25 Years Ago

“The Old Rock”, Friday 8th June 1984. European Election: By the time this newspaper is on sale next week the voters of the Highlands and Islands will have made their choice – although it will be another three days before the result is announced. If there is any outstanding feature of…

25 Years Ago

A museum could be set up in Unst – eventually in an old house in Hamar, Baltasound. At a meeting on the island last week it was agreed to lease Mouat’s shop in Haroldswick as a temporary exhibition space until a permanent museum could be set up. The meeting was attended…

25 YEARS AGO

There may be no ambulances available for the new Montfield day hospital in Lerwick when it opens in April and it is possible that there will be no ambulances even by mid-1985.

The day hospital, part of the overall £2½ million Montfield complex, will be able to accommodate 20 patients every…

25 YEARS AGO

Over £10,000 is to be spent on celebrating the Lerwick Town Hall centenary next month by Shetland Islands Council. Last Thursday the resources committee approved spending £10,293 on the occasion. The money will come from that committee’s contingency fund.

Mr Chris Dowle said he was not against celebrating…