tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post383118281837924242..comments2024-02-05T15:53:38.812+00:00Comments on Orkney Archive - get dusty: Rock the boatArchiverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01793448625030209827noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-57305249361348261642020-11-18T13:09:11.897+00:002020-11-18T13:09:11.897+00:00Thanks just seen this - will email now. Best Regar...Thanks just seen this - will email now. Best Regards, AlanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017300031730214281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-24074652981597997382020-10-29T18:17:42.341+00:002020-10-29T18:17:42.341+00:00Within the folder where the telegram is kept, ther...Within the folder where the telegram is kept, there is a whole series of telegrams about Scout Mooney, also newspaper cuttings and a poem written about him. Email us at archives@orkney.gov.uk if you want to know more.Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07441514082270613098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-60272736719915538962020-10-29T18:10:10.542+00:002020-10-29T18:10:10.542+00:00As it is a telegram you have to add in your own pu...As it is a telegram you have to add in your own punctuation, so this is my transcription of it: Prefix [initials illegible]; Handed in at 8.31; Office of Origin and Service Instructions: Funchal 19 10.0am; Words 35; Received here at 8.54am; Kirkwall Office Stamp 20 Oct 21. "Mooney Kirkwall answering yours to Consul Mooney left in charge Mason also invalid steamer Avon arriving Southampton Saturday being met my secretary stop Regret necessary action solely in Boys interest he was always willing Shackleton"Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07441514082270613098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-14984176007103931852020-10-28T22:43:45.171+00:002020-10-28T22:43:45.171+00:00Would you be kind enough to provide a full transcr...Would you be kind enough to provide a full transcript of the telegram above?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244492236278143009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-16371382451327077492020-05-17T11:04:10.285+01:002020-05-17T11:04:10.285+01:00Thanks for this information. It looks like a worth...Thanks for this information. It looks like a worthwhile project. Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07441514082270613098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230503213872645559.post-23196629858897198242020-05-16T16:51:10.704+01:002020-05-16T16:51:10.704+01:00Our project is recreating the experience of Mooney...Our project is recreating the experience of Mooney and Marr (Shackleton's two scouts) and has also created two commemorative plaques of Scottish Caithness stone to be unveiled in 2021 on the 100th Anniversary of the original Quest Expedition. (See www.request2021.org.uk)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017300031730214281noreply@blogger.com