Orkney at War - in the Orkney Archive
In the Orkney Room with...Tom Muir
Tom Muir from Orkney Museum tells us how Brandyquoy in Kirkwall got its name. Tom will be appearing at Orcrime 2012, Orkney's first crime festival, on Saturday 13th October at 2pm in MacGillivray Room.
Orcrime 2012 is supported by The Orcadian Bookshop and Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Funding.
Case Study: Orkney Library on Reaching Audiences with Social Media
Stewart Bain from Orkney Library presents how he uses social media to engage with library customers and readers. This was filmed at the launch event for the Digital Skills Sharing project which is being run by The Reading Agency and the Publisher's Association, with kind support from Arts Council England.
Orkney & Shetland Tour
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Compilation Feature: Oldest Structures in Europe
Structures included in the list has to be;
-Located in Europe
-Is a recognizable building
-Entrance can be seen
Dates are approximated as they are derived from radiocarbon dating
1 Barnenez France Finistère, Brittany Grave 4850BC
2 Tumulus of Bougon France La-Mothe-Saint-Héray, Bougon Tumulus/Barrow 4700BC
3 Saint-Michel Tumulus France Carnac, Brittany Tumulus/Burrow 4500BC
4 Monte d'Accoddi Italy Porto Torres, Sassari Temple 4000BC - 3650BC
5 Knap of Howar Scotland Papa Westray, Orkney island House 3700BC
6 Ggantija Malta Xaghra, Gozo Temple 3700BC
7 Dolmen of Menga Spain Antequera, Málaga Tomb 3700BC
8 West Kennet Long Burrow England Avebury, Wiltshire Tomb 3650BC
9 Listoghil Ireland County Sligo, Connacht Tomb 3550BC
10 Stoney Littleton Long Burrow England Wellow, Somerset Tomb 3550BC
11 La Hougue Bie Jersey La Route de la Hougue Bie, Grouville Grave 3500BC
12 Midhowe Chambered Cairn Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3500BC
13 Gavrinis France Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany Tomb 3500BC
14 Wayland's Smithy England Ashbury, Oxfordshire Tomb 3460BC
15 Unstan Chambered Cairn Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3450BC
16 Loughcrew Ireland Oldcastle, County Meath Tomb 3400BC
17 Knowe of Yarso Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3350BC
18 Quanterness Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3250BC
19 Tarxien Temples Malta Tarxien, South Eastern Region of Malta Temple 3250BC
20 Newgrange Ireland West of Drogheda, County Meath Burial 3200BC
21 Skara Brae Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 3180BC
22 Tomb of the Eagles Scotland South Ronaldsay, Orkney Island Tomb 3150BC
23 Dolmen de Bagneux France Saumur, Maine et Loire Dolmen/Tomb 3000BC
24 Grey Cairns of Camster Scotland Caithness, Scottish Highlands Tomb 3000BC
25 Hulbjerg Jættestue Denmark Langeland, Bagenkop Grave 3000BC
26 Dolmens of North Caucasus Russia 12,000 square kilometres of Russia and Abkhazia Tomb 3000BC
27 Taversoe Tuick Scotland Rousay, Orkney Island Tomb 3000BC
28 Holm of Papa Scotland Mainland, Orkney islands Tomb 3000BC
29 Barpa Langass Scotland North Uist, Outer Hebrides Tomb 3000BC
30 Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Scotland Kirkwall, Orkney Island Tomb 3000BC
31 Quoyness cairn Scotland Sanday, Orkney island Tomb 2900BC
32 Maeshowe Scotland Mainland, Orkney Island Tomb 2800BC
33 Knowth Ireland Boyne Valley, County Meath Grave 2500BC - 2000BC
34 Capel Garmon Wales Bro Garmon, Conwy valley Tomb 2500BC
35 Dowth Ireland Boyne Valley, County Meath Tomb 2500BC
36 Labbacallee Ireland Glanworth, County Cork, Tomb 2300BC
37 Dolmen de Viera Spain Antequera, Málaga Tomb 2000BC
38 Dolmen of Cava dei Servi Italy (Sicily) Modica, Ragusa Tomb 2000BC
39 Rubha an Dùnain Scotland Skye, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
40 Corrimony chambered cairn Scotland Drumnadrochit, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
41 Knossos Greece Heraklion, Crete Palace 2000BC - 1300BC
42 Bryn Celli Ddu Wales Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey Island Tomb 2000BC
43 Balnuaran of Clava Scotland Nairn, Scottish Highlands Tomb 2000BC
44 Vinquoy cairn, Eday Scotland Eday, Orkney Island Tomb 2000BC
45 Nuraghe Santu Antine Italy (Sardinia) Torralba, Sassari Fort? 1600BC
46 Su Nuraxi di Barumini Italy (Sardinia) Barumini, South Sardinia Fort? 1500BC
47 Nuraghe La Prisciona Italy (Sardinia) Arzachena, Sassari Fort? 1400BC
48 The King's Grave Sweden Kivik, Skåne Tomb 1400BC
49 Treasury of Atreus Greece Argolis, Peloponnese Tomb 1250BC
50 Naveta d'Es Tudons Spain Balearic island, Menorca Ossuary 1200BC - 750BC
51 Dún Aonghasa Ireland Aran Islands, County Galway Fort 1100BC
52 Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Necropoli della Banditaccia Italy Cerveteri & Tarquinia, Lazio Tomb 700BC
53 Temple of Hera Italy Province of Salerno, Campania Temple 550BC
54 Tomb of Seuthes III Bulgaria Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Tomb 450BC - 400BC
55 Parthenon Greece Athens, Attica Temple 432BC - 447BC
56 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak Bulgaria Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Tomb 300BC - 400BC
57 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari Bulgaria Sveshtari, Razgrad Tomb 300BC - 200BC
58 Broch of Mousa Scotland Mousa, Shetland Broch/Home 100BC
59 Dun Carloway Scotland Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Broch/Home 100BC
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In the Orkney Room with... Denise Mina
Stewart Bain speaks to author Denise Mina.
Filmed on the third day of Orcrime 2012, Orkney's first crime writing festival.
Orcrime 2012 is supported by Scottish Book Trust and The Orcadian Bookshop.
1960s Fire Engines at Night, UK, HD from 35mm | Kinolibrary
1960s Fire Engines at Night, UK from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref CHX778. 4K master from 35mm colour negative film available.
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NIGHT 2 Fire-Engines Leave Fire Station Night And Away Down tree lined road L-R , flashing blue lights, emergency services
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Dizzzy - You make me dizzy - Orkney part 6
Dizzzy - You make me dizzy - Orkney
Beneath the North Sea (1977) - Oil Exploration in the North Sea - UK Industrial Film
From BFI database: Records the process of the discovery of oil in the Beryl Field in the North Sea through to its eventual production. Uses animated sequences to explain the geology of the area and how oil was formed there, before illustrating the building and positioning of the Beryl platform -- a two-storey platform supported by three concrete towers. The film comments on the importance of oil production, especially the Beryl 'A' Platform, in regard to Britain's independence and economic status in 1977.
Produced by Michael Forlong Productions for Mobil.
This is a new digital transfer from a vintage 16mm library print.
Inside London City Airport 1994, Check In, Rushes
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WS CONCOURSE TOWARDS CHECK IN DESK
TICKET DESK
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CONCOURSE TOWARDS BOOKSHOP
TICKET CLERK SERVING CUSTOMER
CU KEYBOARD BEING TYPED
ARRIVALS EXIT - DOORS OPEN
QUEUE AT AIR FRANCE CHECK IN
KEYBOARD BEING TYPED / TICKET COMING OUT / TAG BEING PUT ON BAG
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Fantasy Scottish Local Post Stamps/ CINDERELLA STAMPS by Eric Whollem
It is said by philatelists that there are two main typologies of (#) local post stamps: real local posts and fantasy or literary local posts. The stamps you see in this video are of the latter variety, being the creations of myself, Eric Whollem.
I have occasionaly made use of the ancient (#) Gaidlig dialect of the Scots to add a small measure of versimilitude to these stamps. Gaidlig is commonly known as Gaelic.
Scottish Fantasy Stamps Created by Eric Whollem
in the order that they appear in this video:
Wick City Post
Inverkeithing Provisional Post
Dornoch Provisional Post
Burntisland City Despatch
Cullen Post Office
Perth Local Post
Alnwick Local Post
The Kingdom of Cantharidia Royal Post Office
Fallwick Local Post
Kirkwall Postmaster's Provisional Post
Stirling City Post
Stranraer/ Wigtownshire Post
Oban Post/ Highland Mail
Ansruther Vaster Provisional Post
Karale Postmaster's Provisional Post
Leith Municipal Post Office Local Post
Peterhead Local Post
Dumbarton Post
Fallkirk Local Post
Fantasy (#) Postal Carrier Services invented by Eric Whollem
as they appear in this video.
The Firth of Forth Ferry
South Berwick Ltd. Paquebot Service
Earle's Ferri Paquebot (out of the imaginary Isle of Cantharidia)
The Leith Steam Packet Company
Most of the postal cancellations appearing on these stamps and covers were originally official 17th century (#) Scottish City Seals, gleaned from the archives of the British Library. These are long past the restrictions of copyright.... And I took the liberty of adding details such as dates, etc. that do not appear on the orginal seals.
Some of my cancellations are derived from old Knight's Templar coins. The Templars, as many know, had a safe haven in northern Scotland.
Most of the imagery appearing on these stamps is vintage material from the 19th century....though I have also incorporated graphic design elements from 17th, 18th and 19th century British publications for stamp border design elements, cancellations etc.
The Kingdom of (#) Cantharidia is the only completely fantasy Scottish Local Post to appear in this video... Cantharidia is one of my literary fantasies, which I have pursued for fifty years or so. Stamps of Cantharidia saw their first appearances about the year 2001 and continue on today. An overview of Cantharidian Postal History is slated as an upcoming project.
I am only partly Scottish, being a blend of various ethnicities. My family is in part of Norwegian descent. On my mother's side I also am a distant relative of the Earl of Salisbury, who for a time was allied with York in the War of Roses. My ancestors, having been on the losing side in the War of Roses, were exiled to America, where they set down roots before the American Revolution.
The word 'cantharidian' was gleaned from the poetry of Robert Burns.
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Moorland Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Shetland
Shetland (/ˈʃɛtlənd/; Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north-east of mainland Britain.
The islands lie some 80 km (50 mi) to the northeast of Orkney and 280 km (170 mi) southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is 1,468 km2 (567 sq mi) and the population totalled 23,167 in 2011. Comprising the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Shetland is also one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick.
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Masonic manuscripts | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:55 1 Old Charges
00:04:25 1.1 Evolution of the York Legend
00:05:24 1.1.1 Halliwell Manuscript, or Regius Poem
00:09:40 1.1.2 Matthew Cooke Manuscript
00:15:55 1.1.3 Dowland Manuscript
00:18:44 1.1.4 Grand Lodge No 1
00:21:26 1.2 Later manuscripts
00:23:04 1.2.1 Lansdowne
00:23:52 1.2.2 York No 4
00:26:28 1.2.3 Melrose No 2
00:27:40 1.3 Printed constitutions
00:29:48 2 Rituals
00:31:42 2.1 Edinburgh Register House MS
00:33:07 2.2 Airlie MS
00:34:21 2.3 Trinity College, Dublin
00:35:37 2.4 The Haughfoot fragment
00:37:15 2.5 Graham Manuscript
00:39:27 3 Minutes
00:40:27 3.1 Aitchison's Haven
00:40:57 3.2 Mary's Chapel
00:42:17 3.3 York
00:44:05 3.4 London Grand Lodges
00:48:04 4 Other Masonic documents
00:48:15 4.1 Fabric Rolls of York Minster
00:48:59 4.2 Statutes of Ratisbon
00:51:29 4.3 Schaw Statutes
00:55:34 4.4 Kirkwall Scroll
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There are a number of masonic manuscripts that are important in the study of the emergence of Freemasonry. Most numerous are the Old Charges or Constitutions. These documents outlined a history of masonry, tracing its origins to a biblical or classical root, followed by the regulations of the organisation, and the responsibilities of its different grades. More rare are old hand-written copies of ritual, affording a limited understanding of early masonic rites. All of those which pre-date the formation of Grand Lodges are found in Scotland and Ireland, and show such similarity that the Irish rituals are usually assumed to be of Scottish origin. The earliest Minutes of lodges formed before the first Grand Lodge are also located in Scotland. Early records of the first Grand Lodge in 1717 allow an elementary understanding of the immediate pre-Grand Lodge era and some insight into the personalities and events that shaped early 18th century Freemasonry in Britain.
Other early documentation is included in this article. The Kirkwall Scroll is a hand painted roll of linen, probably used as a floorcloth, now in the care of a lodge in Orkney. Its dating and the meaning of its symbols have generated considerable debate. Early operative documents and the later printed constitutions are briefly covered.