Hi. Good site.

I've only just discovered this really interesting site and, having lived all my life in the Howe, am thoroughly enjoying taking a step back in time! However I am a bit concerned that in some photos and notes Haughton Park appears as Houghton Park. Please give us back the original, proper spelling or the correct pronunciation of the name will disappear!

Sorry Isobel....no real underlying reason for this as far as I know other than tangled fingers during typing and a case of dyslexia rules KO! I'll try to search for and alter the ones that escaped.....do keep me on the straight and narrow if you find any other glaring errors I haven't spotted....really must get my glasses checked!

Many thanks for your prompt action, Jim. You've made an Alford quine richt happy!!

Ah well Isobel, that's the two of us that are fairly "seelfu". Thanks for all your comments and keep the Doric flowing too.

Hello everyone, I'm Jim, one of the editors of this site and I hope you have enjoyed visiting it and rummaging amongst the images here. I need a bit of help. I'm researching the life and work of PM Jimmy McHardy (see dedicated group on this site) and would like to make contact with the present day relatives of his wife, Isabella. Isabella was born in Orkney in 1872. She and Jimmy married in Aberdeen in 1896. She died in 1943. Edith, her daughter was certainly in correspondence with relatives in Orkney on her mother's side between 1945 and 1948. Does anyone know any Shearers from Orkney who might be related? There may also be relatives in Canada.