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Another 2012 Mikado photo from Kirkwall. (See the Notes associated with this upload to discover the names of individual Actors).

The Kirkwall Amateur Operatic Society traditionally perform a comic light-hearted Operetta each year in early February. I would highly recommend them! Given the fact that they sell loads of
Tickets for 5 consecutive Performances shows how well they are received in Orkney!

Aly Bruce as Ko-Ko in Gilbert & Sullivan's Comic Opera set in Japan. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening's entertainment.

This view is across the Pentland Firth from down near Burwick in South Ronaldsay.

The first time that I saw this recently installed Memorial I did not realise that its outline depicts Winston Churchill holding his hat to his heart - in tribute to those who died while bulding the Churchill Barriers at Scapa Flow during WW2. There are further names on the reverse side of the Memorial. (See adjacent upload).

The first time that I saw this recently installed Memorial I did not realise that its outline depicts Winston Churchill holding his hat to his heart - in tribute to those who died while bulding the Churchill Barriers at Scapa Flow during WW2. There are further names on the reverse side of the Memorial. (See adjacent upload).