Saturday 5 November 2016

Bonfire Night

We've written before about how Bonfire night is a relatively new addition to the Orcadian calendar and also how disappointed new teacher Mary Bailey was by this when she arrived in late 1924:



Extract taken from the Diary of Mary Bailey: Orkney Archive Reference D1/1198


Modern day versions of Mary's 'wretched turnip heads'can be seen in Keith Allardyce's lovely book on the town Sea Haven:


Copyright Keith Allardyce


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2 comments:

  1. Jo5 November 2016 at 10:55

    Mary had obviously been spoiled prior to her arrival in Orkney ;-)

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  2. Elaine5 November 2016 at 18:27

    I agree, Mary seemed to be a bit of a complainer...

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