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How has passenger travel across the Pentland Firth changed over the years?Why did horses leave the land??
What was it like to live on Copinsay???
How have people in Orkney been affected by the changes in domestic fuel????
How has Highland Park changed over the years and, whilst we're on the subject, what is the story behind those elaborate gates at the Highland Park distillery???!!?
The answers to these questions and more can be found in this year's crop of Fereday Prize entries.
Nothing will lessen our esteem for this collection. A fantastic historical source which we turn to time and time again.
The thirteen year old authors of these papers may not be professional historians but they are often the only written source we hold on very specific, local topics. Past years have given us projects on early swimming in Orkney, the air ambulance, shops in the Hope, Dentistry in Orkney the histories of Woolworths, Argo's bakery and the Finstown post office as well as countless investigations into individual lives and homes in Orkney.
The work's copyright, of course, resides with the author. We can let visitors see the projects but they cannot copy them without permission. The projects have been so successful that we now send out permissions forms to the pupils as soon as they hand in their pieces. If you have done a Fereday or know someone who has done one or just want to feel involved, please print out, fill out and send out this form.
More information about Fereday Prize can be found on the Orkney Heritage Society's website here
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