Tag: Stromness

  • Exhibition – Njuggles

    Exhibition – Njuggles

    Njuggles (aka Kelpies) at Northlight For two weeks commencing 1st November 2020, an exhibition of Njuggles (aka Kelpies) can be seen at Northlight Gallery in Stromness. As the gallery is currently not open to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions, work is showing in the windows. The exhibition can be viewed from the street. In…

  • Alexander Graham

    Alexander Graham

    Alexander Graham v. the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall Alexander Graham was a merchant who lived in Stromness, Orkney, in the 18th Century. At the time Stromness was growing from a tiny fishing village to a sizeable town due to its convenient location on the North Atlantic trade routes. This put it in competition with the…

  • Stromness

    Stromness

    The great Stromhole in the sky, fed by burning farm plastic.