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Monday, 25 January 2021

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: O is for

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OPEN, ORKNEY ROOM and ODD THINGS Keen observers may have noticed we have skipped a week. This was due to our inability to see the screen thr...
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Friday, 15 January 2021

A Fonds Farewell

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The archives gang are breaking up! (sob) The Fonds is leaving! Having selfishly allowed himself to age into retirement, he shall exit the b...
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Monday, 11 January 2021

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: N is for...

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  NEW YEAR Happy New Year lovely readers! Some of you will be going through your third lockdown and are probably sick of the sight of your o...
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Monday, 21 December 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: M is for...

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MATERIALS SCIENCE   When you visit the Archive Searchroom you will be offered gloves to wear or the option of washing your hands with soapy...
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Monday, 14 December 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: L is for...

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  LONESOME (AND LATE) TEA BREAKS Look at this picture readers. You may think it is a store-cupboard but no, this has been the archive staff ...
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Monday, 7 December 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: K is for...

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KIRKWALL Kirkwall is where we are, the great metropolis of Orkney. Home of a cathedral, two palaces, a ghost of a castle and our stupendous ...
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Monday, 30 November 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: J is for

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  JOLLY REUNIONS Never mind the long rumoured Friends reunion, the best reconnections this year have been with Orkney Archive and their visi...
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Monday, 23 November 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: I is for...

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I SOLATION During the UK Lockdown from March 2020, all the staff in the Orkney Archive were separated. The Fonds and I carried on working bu...
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Monday, 16 November 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: H is for

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  HANDS (THE CLEANSING OF) Dusty has already explained  that visitors to the archive are asked to wear stylish green gloves when handling th...
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Monday, 9 November 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: G is for

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GLOVES Green gloves in particular for us. Here is Archiver modelling them: Gloves have become an important part of our day. We once only don...
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Monday, 2 November 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: F is for

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  FACE MASKS We offer books, maps, census material, photographs and documents dating from the 1400s but the main pull of the Orkney Archive ...
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Monday, 26 October 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: E is for

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ENQUIRIES Throughout the lonely weeks of Lockdown and the gradual re-awakening of services, Archive staff have been diligently answering enq...
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Monday, 19 October 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: D is for

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  DANCING Charleston Dance Diagram by Andy Warhol  DON'T take your partner by the hand Keep your distance, touching's banned! Two co...
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Monday, 12 October 2020

Archive in a Pandemic A-Z: C is for

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CLEANING Every day we are open we are cleaning especially for you, dear public. Before and after each booking, we clean the table and the ch...
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