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Kevin Moreland - Shetland Marketing Solutions - Marketing Consultant
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- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
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Shetland CIA hacker facing jail
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- Duration: 1:33
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"Shetland CIA hacker facing jail" "20-year-old from Shetland who hacked the CIA faces jail" A 20 year old from Shetland who hacked into websites including th...
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"Shetland CIA hacker facing jail" "20-year-old from Shetland who hacked the CIA faces jail" A 20 year old from Shetland who hacked into websites including th...
- published: 09 Apr 2013
- author: psychicbob
Shetland Islands
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- Duration: 10:00
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Shetland Top of Britain 60 Degrees North International Sealife Park.
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Shetland Top of Britain 60 Degrees North International Sealife Park.
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Shetland Trailer - BBC One
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- Duration: 0:41
- Updated: 04 Apr 2013
More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vyx9h A murder-mystery set against the stunning Scottish backdrop of the Shetland Isles. Dougla...
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More about this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vyx9h A murder-mystery set against the stunning Scottish backdrop of the Shetland Isles. Dougla...
- published: 19 Feb 2013
- views: 21304
- author: BBC
Three - The Pony #DancePonyDance
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- Duration: 1:11
- Updated: 10 Apr 2013
Never underestimate the power of a plucky little pony. Make someone's day with your own pony mashup at http://ThePonyMixer.com #DancePonyDance.
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Never underestimate the power of a plucky little pony. Make someone's day with your own pony mashup at http://ThePonyMixer.com #DancePonyDance.
- published: 01 Mar 2013
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BP opportunities in Shetland
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- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 30 Mar 2013
Did you know we're rejuvenating Shetland Island's Sullom Voe Terminal? Find out more about living and working in Shetland at bp.com/Shetland.
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Did you know we're rejuvenating Shetland Island's Sullom Voe Terminal? Find out more about living and working in Shetland at bp.com/Shetland.
- published: 20 Feb 2013
- views: 1572
- author: BPplc
Shetland December 2012 - A New Home
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- Duration: 4:16
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The first video from my current time in Shetland. I'm living here for 6 months. Just some footage from some of the spots and some of the views around Lerwick...
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The first video from my current time in Shetland. I'm living here for 6 months. Just some footage from some of the spots and some of the views around Lerwick...
- published: 26 Dec 2012
- views: 819
- author: glasgowparkourvideos
Dive on the British Submarine HMS E49 Balta Sound, Unst, Shetland.
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- Duration: 21:36
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This site was dived from the MV Hatherleigh on her 2012 Shetland Expedition out of Scarborough by members of Scarborough Sub Aqua Club. This was a 5am dive o...
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This site was dived from the MV Hatherleigh on her 2012 Shetland Expedition out of Scarborough by members of Scarborough Sub Aqua Club. This was a 5am dive o...
- published: 26 Jul 2012
- views: 1405
- author: Andy Jackson
Biggest Waves in the world today, wash out South Lighthouse - Fair Isle, Shetland.
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- Duration: 1:58
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Wild Weather! more info: http://fair-isle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lighthouse-walls-fall-to-biggest-waves.html - Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, the South Light...
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Wild Weather! more info: http://fair-isle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/lighthouse-walls-fall-to-biggest-waves.html - Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, the South Light...
- published: 04 Feb 2013
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- author: Tommy H. Hyndman
Olympia 2012 Shetland Pony Grand National 20th December, Afternoon Performance.
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Kate Thompson riding Ulverscroft Hunter in yellow silks with black sash wins the Shetland pony Grand National.
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Kate Thompson riding Ulverscroft Hunter in yellow silks with black sash wins the Shetland pony Grand National.
- published: 30 Dec 2012
- views: 3406
- author: Helen Thompson
Shetland Marketing Solutions - Kevin Moreland
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- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
Kevin Moreland owner of Shetland Marketing Solutions offers marketing consultancy at an affordable price. http;//www.shetlandmarketingsolutions.com.
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Kevin Moreland owner of Shetland Marketing Solutions offers marketing consultancy at an affordable price. http;//www.shetlandmarketingsolutions.com.
- published: 09 Apr 2013
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Kevin Moreland - Shetland Marketing Solutions - Affordable, Creative and Effective
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- Duration: 3:19
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kevin moreland. owner of Shetland Marketing Solutions. If you need an affordble, creative and effective way to market your product or service then please con...
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kevin moreland. owner of Shetland Marketing Solutions. If you need an affordble, creative and effective way to market your product or service then please con...
- published: 09 Apr 2013
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![Three - The Pony - Moonwalking Shetland Pony: The Advert Sequel [FINDUS PARODY]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130410165842im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JM75eXq_FQE/default.jpg "Three - The Pony - Moonwalking Shetland Pony: The Advert Sequel [FINDUS PARODY]")
Three - The Pony - Moonwalking Shetland Pony: The Advert Sequel [FINDUS PARODY]
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Three the pony, findus pony, Three the pony advert, moonwalking three the pony, the pony moonwalking, horse, three horse ad, three horse advert, the pony adv...
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Three the pony, findus pony, Three the pony advert, moonwalking three the pony, the pony moonwalking, horse, three horse ad, three horse advert, the pony adv...
- published: 04 Mar 2013
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Tavish Scott - Orkney Shetland Islands secessionist? Surely not?
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- Duration: 7:59
- Updated: 07 Apr 2013
This is the politician who was - and presumably is - happy to give Scotland's oil to the UK, but wants to take it away from an independent Scotland, or even ...
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This is the politician who was - and presumably is - happy to give Scotland's oil to the UK, but wants to take it away from an independent Scotland, or even ...
- published: 18 Mar 2012
- views: 1421
- author: TAofMoridura
Shetland Islands 1967
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- Duration: 4:36
- Updated: 19 Mar 2013
I'm asking for your help in discovering where these photos and films were made on the Shetland Islands. Please contact me via You Tube if you have even a tho...
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I'm asking for your help in discovering where these photos and films were made on the Shetland Islands. Please contact me via You Tube if you have even a tho...
- published: 26 Oct 2011
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- author: todezwis
Shetland in Winter
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- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 27 Mar 2013
Visited the Shetland Islands in January 2013. Though cold, dark, windy and very wet, I enjoyed my stay immensely. Here's a brief clip of what I saw.
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Visited the Shetland Islands in January 2013. Though cold, dark, windy and very wet, I enjoyed my stay immensely. Here's a brief clip of what I saw.
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 2903
- author: WheresAndrewTV
The Cannon, Eshaness, Shetland
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- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
The Cannon, a horizontal blowhole, going strong in a September storm. F9/10 55mph winds with 6m swell. Sorry for the dodgy camera work but it's not easy hold...
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The Cannon, a horizontal blowhole, going strong in a September storm. F9/10 55mph winds with 6m swell. Sorry for the dodgy camera work but it's not easy hold...
- published: 04 Sep 2012
- views: 3710
- author: EshanessAl
60° North - A British Adventure
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:56
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
This is a short film about our pack raft and folding bicycle adventure from Sumburgh Head to Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Islands. By Joe Sheffer joesheffer...
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This is a short film about our pack raft and folding bicycle adventure from Sumburgh Head to Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Islands. By Joe Sheffer joesheffer...
- published: 10 Aug 2011
- views: 19081
- author: Joe Sheffer
Cute Pygmy Shetland Ponies!
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- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 09 Apr 2013
Don't let their size fool you, pygmy Shetland ponies like to pig out big time. Carrots, apples, grass—they love it all, and will do just about anything to ge...
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Don't let their size fool you, pygmy Shetland ponies like to pig out big time. Carrots, apples, grass—they love it all, and will do just about anything to ge...
- published: 03 Feb 2013
- views: 27895
- author: vice
VisitScotland.com Shetland Ponies Wearing Cardigans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 06 Apr 2013
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Shetland Clips July 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:49
- Updated: 25 Jan 2013
a short selection of fun clips from our final day in Shetland featuring Paul and Chris and some of the nice Parkour spots in Lerwick. enjoy! Song is by Open ...
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a short selection of fun clips from our final day in Shetland featuring Paul and Chris and some of the nice Parkour spots in Lerwick. enjoy! Song is by Open ...
- published: 21 Jul 2012
- views: 1344
- author: glasgowparkourvideos
Wreck Fishing - Shetland
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 21 Aug 2012
A day's wreck fishing in the North Sea off Shetland from "Merlin". We fished three wrecks between 10 and 20 miles east of Bressay, in depths of up to 72 fath...
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A day's wreck fishing in the North Sea off Shetland from "Merlin". We fished three wrecks between 10 and 20 miles east of Bressay, in depths of up to 72 fath...
- published: 06 Jul 2012
- views: 1541
- author: Ryan Leith
Three Rivers Shetland Sheepdog Club dog show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 11 Mar 2013
Fine coats of fur, dazzling neckwear and graceful models strutted across stage -- don't call it a "catwalk" -- were on display at the Three Rivers Shetland S...
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Fine coats of fur, dazzling neckwear and graceful models strutted across stage -- don't call it a "catwalk" -- were on display at the Three Rivers Shetland S...
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- views: 562
- author: observerreporter
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how to fog an outboard motor
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Marcus Sieverding fogging an outboard motor
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Marcus Sieverding fogging an outboard motor
- published: 13 Sep 2010
- views: 26520
- author: Paul Andersen
Greasing Outboard Motor Components
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Jamestown Distributors TV: Fall Engine Winterizing. This video is on to winterize your engine. To learn more, go to our blog at http://blog.jamestowndistributors.com/?p=1036. You can find Engine Winterizing Products at http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/search.do?freeText=winterizing&page;=GRID. Visit http://www.jamestowndistributors.com for all your project needs.
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Jamestown Distributors TV: Fall Engine Winterizing. This video is on to winterize your engine. To learn more, go to our blog at http://blog.jamestowndistributors.com/?p=1036. You can find Engine Winterizing Products at http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/search.do?freeText=winterizing&page;=GRID. Visit http://www.jamestowndistributors.com for all your project needs.
- published: 13 Sep 2010
- views: 56373
- author: Paul Andersen
Me putting a steering cable on my boat
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
putting a steering cable on my boat.
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Elaine Copland's Reel, by Steven Spence
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a reel composed for my sister-in-law, who lives in Shetland. The pictures are from around Sandwick, the Mousa Broch and Lerwick.
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This is a reel composed for my sister-in-law, who lives in Shetland. The pictures are from around Sandwick, the Mousa Broch and Lerwick.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 724
- author: Cecil Duncan
Fiddling in Baltasound Hall, Unst, Shetland
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Maurice Henderson, Steven Spence & Stewart Grains on fiddles at the Sandy Macaulay tribute night in the Baltasound Hall, Unst Shetland in 2008.
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Maurice Henderson, Steven Spence & Stewart Grains on fiddles at the Sandy Macaulay tribute night in the Baltasound Hall, Unst Shetland in 2008.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 1691
- author: Cecil Duncan
Lerwick Lounge Bar Session
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
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Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 7120
- author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Waltzes
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Still trying to catch up with requests. Medicinecrow and donnythesalmon both asked for Ronnie Cooper tunes, so the first two in this set were both composed by Ronnie. Ronas' voe & Sunset over Foula. Not sure who composed the 3rd tune.
I'd the pleasure of knowing Ronnie when I was a teen and working up in Lerwick. The pictures change according to the music, so it should be easy enough to spot when they change.
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Still trying to catch up with requests. Medicinecrow and donnythesalmon both asked for Ronnie Cooper tunes, so the first two in this set were both composed by Ronnie. Ronas' voe & Sunset over Foula. Not sure who composed the 3rd tune.
I'd the pleasure of knowing Ronnie when I was a teen and working up in Lerwick. The pictures change according to the music, so it should be easy enough to spot when they change.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 4299
- author: Cecil Duncan
Lounge Bar Session
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
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Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3302
- author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Fiddle : Willie Hunter Jnr & Ronnie Cooper
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
"Da Left-handed Tushkar" and "Miss Susan Cooper" from a 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.
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"Da Left-handed Tushkar" and "Miss Susan Cooper" from a 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 5164
- author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
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Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3823
- author: Cecil Duncan
Da Press gang song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A Shetland song written by Bobby Tulloch from Yell (in dialect) about the depradations of the press gang on a small island community. Sung by Brian Nicholson accompanied by Maggie Adamson on Fiddle
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A Shetland song written by Bobby Tulloch from Yell (in dialect) about the depradations of the press gang on a small island community. Sung by Brian Nicholson accompanied by Maggie Adamson on Fiddle
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3283
- author: Cecil Duncan
Tune from the Shetland Islands
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
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This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 12721
- author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland marches
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
http://wn.com/Shetland_marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 2571
- author: Cecil Duncan
Esha Ness waltz and the Gossaborough waltz
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Another two gorgeous tunes from Shetland. Hope you like them as much as I do !
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Another two gorgeous tunes from Shetland. Hope you like them as much as I do !
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 1799
- author: Cecil Duncan
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
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"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
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Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
http://www.hombru.co.uk/
Add &fmt;=18 to url to listen in stereo.
"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 5966
- author: Cecil Duncan
shetland folk festival 1991 fiddle workshop
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:35
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
First section of fiddle workshop featuring Willie Hunter jnr, peerie willie johnson and graham townsend
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First section of fiddle workshop featuring Willie Hunter jnr, peerie willie johnson and graham townsend
- published: 06 Mar 2011
- views: 5360
- author: Cecil Duncan
Willie Hunter with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter playing The Love O' Da Isles (Love Of The Islands), Compliments To Dan R. MacDonald and Marie MacLennan's Reel with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain. This was broadcast as part of the Aly Bain and Friends series on STV in the 80s. Great fiddling!
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Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter playing The Love O' Da Isles (Love Of The Islands), Compliments To Dan R. MacDonald and Marie MacLennan's Reel with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain. This was broadcast as part of the Aly Bain and Friends series on STV in the 80s. Great fiddling!
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 2311
- author: Cecil Duncan
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Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A voyage of discovery through the Shetland Islands to the Saxa Vord Resort on the Island of Unst.
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A voyage of discovery through the Shetland Islands to the Saxa Vord Resort on the Island of Unst.
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 5017
- author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Sights and sounds of the south mainland of the Shetland Isles
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Sights and sounds of the south mainland of the Shetland Isles
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 3383
- author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Lerwick harbour,on board the Swan, a 100 year old sail training ship
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Lerwick harbour,on board the Swan, a 100 year old sail training ship
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 1792
- author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (4)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Up Helly Aa, the winter fire festival
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Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (5)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:25
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Unst, the nost northerly inhabited island in the UK
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Unst, the nost northerly inhabited island in the UK
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 6680
- author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (6)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Resort at Saxa Vord
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Willie Hunter - The Love O' Da Isles
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- Duration: 2:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a recording of Willie Hunter a Shetland Fiddler, born 1933 and died in 1994. One of our treasures, and a light that will never go out. The tune was composed by him.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
_____________________________
All pictures and info from shetland museum website
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/
Shetland fiddle music.
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This is a recording of Willie Hunter a Shetland Fiddler, born 1933 and died in 1994. One of our treasures, and a light that will never go out. The tune was composed by him.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
_____________________________
All pictures and info from shetland museum website
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/
Shetland fiddle music.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 6021
- author: ericwhollem
Tune from the Shetland Islands
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
http://wn.com/Tune_from_the_Shetland_Islands
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 12721
- author: ericwhollem
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
http://www.hombru.co.uk/
Add &fmt;=18 to url to listen in stereo.
"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
http://wn.com/Hom_Bru_Rowin_Foula_Doon
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
http://www.hombru.co.uk/
Add &fmt;=18 to url to listen in stereo.
"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 5966
- author: ericwhollem
Shetland marches
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
http://wn.com/Shetland_marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2571
- author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle : Aly Bain & Willie Hunter
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Aly Bain & Willie Hunter etc.. Shetland Waltzes. Backing vocals by seagulls...
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Aly Bain & Willie Hunter etc.. Shetland Waltzes. Backing vocals by seagulls...
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 42637
- author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
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Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 3823
- author: ericwhollem
Frigg - Norrsken
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:54
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Frigg, live at the 2009 Shetland Folk Festival. Sound by Marvin Smith. Video by Clint Watt. For use by the Shetland Folk Festival Society by kind permission of the Artistes.
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Frigg, live at the 2009 Shetland Folk Festival. Sound by Marvin Smith. Video by Clint Watt. For use by the Shetland Folk Festival Society by kind permission of the Artistes.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 46545
- author: ericwhollem
Scottish Tradition : Shetland Reels : Willie Hunter Aly Bain
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Shetland Reels : Faroe Rum, Aandowin at da Bowe Da Forfeit o' da Ship. You can find the music for these at the website of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers, some of whom I knew in the mid Eighties.
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Shetland Reels : Faroe Rum, Aandowin at da Bowe Da Forfeit o' da Ship. You can find the music for these at the website of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers, some of whom I knew in the mid Eighties.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 48955
- author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle Music/Scottish Fiddle Music
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:20
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Dis a tune(da willtrow)my great grandfather heard one night when he was at da craigs. He came across a group of little people one of them was having his hair cut, the others were dancing round him and the barber. The scissors glowing in da moonlight seemed to be the source of the music. Shetland Fiddle Music
dis = this
da = the
Bernard Smith Cunningsburgh
http://wn.com/Shetland_Fiddle_Music_Scottish_Fiddle_Music
Dis a tune(da willtrow)my great grandfather heard one night when he was at da craigs. He came across a group of little people one of them was having his hair cut, the others were dancing round him and the barber. The scissors glowing in da moonlight seemed to be the source of the music. Shetland Fiddle Music
dis = this
da = the
Bernard Smith Cunningsburgh
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 11869
- author: ericwhollem
QMU Traditional Music Group - Shetland Set
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Queen Margaret University Staff-Student concert, December 08.
http://wn.com/QMU_Traditional_Music_Group_Shetland_Set
Queen Margaret University Staff-Student concert, December 08.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 487
- author: ericwhollem
Afore the Mast (Tales from Shetland) Tracks 1-3 of 14
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:19
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is the first three tracks from the wonderful but extremely hard-to-find album Afore the Mast, fiddle tunes from Shetland and tales in the Shetlandic language. Made with respect and love with photos of the country. I hope you enjoy it.
I'll eventually upload the rest, as my schedule allows. If any Shetlander would like to make a transcription and translation, that would be fantastic!
The tracks run as follows:
0:00-1:49 Tune: Rum and the Shaky Sailor
1:49-5:37 Tale: Johnnie Goudie's Monster
5:37-7:19 Tune: Smugglers
For general vocabulary, check out:
http://shetlanddictionary.com/
For Shetland tales in English:
http://www.archive.org/details/shetlandfireside00stewrich
and
http://books.google.com/books?id=gBIFAAAAYAAJ&dq;=Shetland+tales&printsec;=frontcover&source;=bl&ots;=O0BHjj7G97&sig;=lMLU1UABrgzqASLE7t1cmD2g5v4&hl;=el&ei;=vv3yStDLMJC1lAew0dCtAw&sa;=X&oi;=book_result&ct;=result&resnum;=18&ved;=0CGEQ6AEwEQ#v=onepage&q;=&f;=false
And this is very beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY
If you know of any tales available online in Shetlandic, either as texts and/or recordings, please share the links in the comments, or send them to me in a message and I'll post them here. Also, any other information you think people might find useful. Thanks!
http://wn.com/Afore_the_Mast_Tales_from_Shetland_Tracks_1-3_of_14
This is the first three tracks from the wonderful but extremely hard-to-find album Afore the Mast, fiddle tunes from Shetland and tales in the Shetlandic language. Made with respect and love with photos of the country. I hope you enjoy it.
I'll eventually upload the rest, as my schedule allows. If any Shetlander would like to make a transcription and translation, that would be fantastic!
The tracks run as follows:
0:00-1:49 Tune: Rum and the Shaky Sailor
1:49-5:37 Tale: Johnnie Goudie's Monster
5:37-7:19 Tune: Smugglers
For general vocabulary, check out:
http://shetlanddictionary.com/
For Shetland tales in English:
http://www.archive.org/details/shetlandfireside00stewrich
and
http://books.google.com/books?id=gBIFAAAAYAAJ&dq;=Shetland+tales&printsec;=frontcover&source;=bl&ots;=O0BHjj7G97&sig;=lMLU1UABrgzqASLE7t1cmD2g5v4&hl;=el&ei;=vv3yStDLMJC1lAew0dCtAw&sa;=X&oi;=book_result&ct;=result&resnum;=18&ved;=0CGEQ6AEwEQ#v=onepage&q;=&f;=false
And this is very beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY
If you know of any tales available online in Shetlandic, either as texts and/or recordings, please share the links in the comments, or send them to me in a message and I'll post them here. Also, any other information you think people might find useful. Thanks!
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2848
- author: ericwhollem
String Sisters - Shetland Fiddle Diva
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
They had a lot of fun doing this medley. Shetland Fiddle Diva/Kinyon's Jig/Kinyon's Reel/Lad O'Beirne's
The lighting effects are a bit much during this number.
String Sisters: Mairéad NÍ Mhaonaigh • Emma Härdelin • Liz Knowles • Liz Carroll • Catriona Macdonald • Annbjørg Lien
http://wn.com/String_Sisters_Shetland_Fiddle_Diva
They had a lot of fun doing this medley. Shetland Fiddle Diva/Kinyon's Jig/Kinyon's Reel/Lad O'Beirne's
The lighting effects are a bit much during this number.
String Sisters: Mairéad NÍ Mhaonaigh • Emma Härdelin • Liz Knowles • Liz Carroll • Catriona Macdonald • Annbjørg Lien
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 52794
- author: ericwhollem
String Sisters/ Annbjørg Lien - Horsebell Tune
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Annbjørg Lien playing a traditional Norwegian wedding tune (Bjølleslåtten) during String Sisters concert.
To hear more of Annbjørg's music:
http://www.myspace.com/annbjorglien
http://wn.com/String_Sisters_Annbjørg_Lien_Horsebell_Tune
Annbjørg Lien playing a traditional Norwegian wedding tune (Bjølleslåtten) during String Sisters concert.
To hear more of Annbjørg's music:
http://www.myspace.com/annbjorglien
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 34602
- author: ericwhollem
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
http://wn.com/Eddie_Barclay_Rasmie_Eunson_A_Shetland_Song
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2228
- author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandöarna /Song from the Shetland islands
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:28
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Låt från Shetlandöarna är en gammal favorit. Kolla in Cubeguitarists version (han har lite maffigare arr. än vad jag har).
Det blev lite snabbare mot slutet antar jag :P
This song is one of my favourites, hope you'll enjoy it.
http://wn.com/Låt_från_Shetlandöarna_Song_from_the_Shetland_islands
Låt från Shetlandöarna är en gammal favorit. Kolla in Cubeguitarists version (han har lite maffigare arr. än vad jag har).
Det blev lite snabbare mot slutet antar jag :P
This song is one of my favourites, hope you'll enjoy it.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 452
- author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:55
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Smile-konserten
http://wn.com/Låt_från_Shetlandsöarna
Låt från Shetlandsöarna/Tune from Shetlandsöarna violin
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Me playing lt från shetlandsöarna. I uploaded it because I want feedback about how to to do it better. It's not so great, I've only played this song for about 2 weeks and I haven't played the violin for even a year so be easy on me :D
http://wn.com/Låt_från_Shetlandsöarna_Tune_from_Shetlandsöarna_violin
Me playing lt från shetlandsöarna. I uploaded it because I want feedback about how to to do it better. It's not so great, I've only played this song for about 2 weeks and I haven't played the violin for even a year so be easy on me :D
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 1176
- author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Suzuki Elever från Halmstad musikskola, konsert i S:t Nikolai den 22 november 2008
http://wn.com/Låt_från_Shetlandsöarna
Suzuki Elever från Halmstad musikskola, konsert i S:t Nikolai den 22 november 2008
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2141
- author: ericwhollem
Folklig vals nr. 2 Söderlundh
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:58
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Folklig vals nr. 2 ur tre folkliga valser, av Lillebror Söderlundh.
Har inte dammat av fiolen sedan början av sommaren, tyckte det var dags nu :)
http://wn.com/Folklig_vals_nr_2_Söderlundh
Folklig vals nr. 2 ur tre folkliga valser, av Lillebror Söderlundh.
Har inte dammat av fiolen sedan början av sommaren, tyckte det var dags nu :)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 437
- author: ericwhollem
Äppelbo gånglåt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Äppelbo gånglåt är ett typiskt stycke inom folkmusiken.
Den är lätt, glad och rolig att spela med andra.
http://wn.com/Äppelbo_gånglåt
Äppelbo gånglåt är ett typiskt stycke inom folkmusiken.
Den är lätt, glad och rolig att spela med andra.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 306
- author: ericwhollem
Shetland Gue
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A two stringed horsehair strung bowed lyre- Corwen's tentative reconstruction of the lost Shetland Gue.
These instruments are available from ancientmusic.co.uk
http://wn.com/Shetland_Gue
A two stringed horsehair strung bowed lyre- Corwen's tentative reconstruction of the lost Shetland Gue.
These instruments are available from ancientmusic.co.uk
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 7727
- author: ericwhollem
Up Helly-Aa 2011, Lerwick, Shetland Islands
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Shetland Islands' world famous fire festival, held on the last Tuesday of January every year. This video is a short compilation of some of the days events to give a flavour of what goes on.
http://wn.com/Up_Helly-Aa_2011,_Lerwick,_Shetland_Islands
The Shetland Islands' world famous fire festival, held on the last Tuesday of January every year. This video is a short compilation of some of the days events to give a flavour of what goes on.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 8318
- author: ericwhollem
The Bonnie Hills O Shetland - Original Fiddle Music
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:36
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a tune i wrote and recorded in September 2010 and im going to rename it - The Bonnie Hills O Shetland! Theres a wee rant at the end, i think i will post more wee rants in future, cause wir a lang time dead. I videod a lot of hills this morning but they didnt make the final edit!
Shetland windfarm
Sustainable shetland
Viking energy
Bernard Smith
Shetland Islands
http://wn.com/The_Bonnie_Hills_O_Shetland_Original_Fiddle_Music
This is a tune i wrote and recorded in September 2010 and im going to rename it - The Bonnie Hills O Shetland! Theres a wee rant at the end, i think i will post more wee rants in future, cause wir a lang time dead. I videod a lot of hills this morning but they didnt make the final edit!
Shetland windfarm
Sustainable shetland
Viking energy
Bernard Smith
Shetland Islands
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 1411
- author: ericwhollem
8:59
SHETLAND 570
...
published: 14 Jul 2010
author: Paul Andersen
SHETLAND 570
- published: 14 Jul 2010
- views: 11762
- author: Paul Andersen
4:48
how to fog an outboard motor
Marcus Sieverding fogging an outboard motor...
published: 13 Sep 2010
author: Paul Andersen
how to fog an outboard motor
Marcus Sieverding fogging an outboard motor
- published: 13 Sep 2010
- views: 26520
- author: Paul Andersen
8:11
Greasing Outboard Motor Components
Jamestown Distributors TV: Fall Engine Winterizing. This video is on to winterize your eng...
published: 13 Sep 2010
author: Paul Andersen
Greasing Outboard Motor Components
Jamestown Distributors TV: Fall Engine Winterizing. This video is on to winterize your engine. To learn more, go to our blog at http://blog.jamestowndistributors.com/?p=1036. You can find Engine Winterizing Products at http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/search.do?freeText=winterizing&page;=GRID. Visit http://www.jamestowndistributors.com for all your project needs.
- published: 13 Sep 2010
- views: 56373
- author: Paul Andersen
9:46
Me putting a steering cable on my boat
putting a steering cable on my boat....
published: 13 Sep 2010
author: Paul Andersen
Me putting a steering cable on my boat
putting a steering cable on my boat.
- published: 13 Sep 2010
- views: 59412
- author: Paul Andersen
Vimeo results:
18:34
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing ...
published: 20 Jun 2012
author: JFOX
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.
Go to www.NYAgainstfracking.org for more info and to get involved.
PINK LINKS: Selected Compiled Research
The Sky Is Pink- Annotated industry documents featured in the film:
http://www1.rollingstone.com/extras/theskyispink_annotdoc-gasl4final.pdf
Affirming GASLAND- Our responses to industry charges against GASLAND
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking/affirming-gasland
http://1trickpony.cachefly.net/gas/pdf/Affirming_Gasland_Sept_2010.pdf
Flaming Faucets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509857,00.html
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/flaming-water/
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-4879509.html
http://planetsave.com/2009/03/20/flammable-water-pours-from-faucets-in-colorado-home/
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
http://ecopolitology.org/2009/03/19/leaking-gas-well-causes-flammable-water-to-pour-from-faucets-in-colorado-home-video/
Well Failures/Gas Leaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaRwh4xRiM&feature;=player_embedded
http://gasdrillinginbalcombe.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/44-of-wells-leaking-at-australian-gas-field/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/us/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-become-pollution-portals.html?src=pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17656307
http://frack-off.org.uk/gas-wells-leaking/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9168645/Total-admits-it-could-take-six-months-to-stop-gas-leak.html
Well Construction/Integrity
http://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors03/aut03/p62_76.ashx
http://www.boemre.gov/tarprojects/008/008DE.pdf
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/well_integrity_failure_presentation.pdf
http://www.ptil.no/news/new-report-well-integrity-challenges-on-the-norwegian-shelf-article2762-79.html
http://www.spe.org/ejournals/jsp/journalapp.jsp?pageType=Preview&jid;=EDC∣=SPE-106817-PA
Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyTpY0NCp0
Breast Cancer
http://www.texassharon.com/2011/09/02/big-gas-mafia-irony-burnsta-tas/
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110831-breast-cancer-rate-climbs-up.ece
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2011/09/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://dallasdrilling.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://abcalliance.org/?p=1725
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/85259117.html
Pittsburgh Fracking Ban
http://www.groundswell.gs/2011/10/28/city-councilman-doug-shields-on-the-success-of-pittsburghs-rights-based-fracking-ban/
Water Contamination
http://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-study-links-methane-in-water-drilling-422
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/gas-fracking-chemicals-detected-in-wyoming-aquifer-epa-says.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/19/gas-drilling-industry-makes-stunning-admission/
http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/02/1100682108.full.pdf+html?sid=bde16321-e169-437d-a59c-798e7f65c479
http://grist.org/article/2011-02-28-pittsburgh-drinking-water-radioactive-fracking-natural-gas-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?_r=1&ref;=drillingdown
http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2011-12-01/salts-drilling-drinking-water-danger-still-showing-rivers-9616
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100813/VALLEYNEWS/100819931
Profiles/Contacts
http://www.cee.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=ari1
http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/oreskes-naomi.html
‘Drilling Down’
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
PR/Hill and Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2009/11/8680/hill-knowltons-carbon-two-step
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hill_%26_Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/knowlton
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=939
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
State Government Documents
http://mines.industry.qld.gov.au/assets/petroleum-pdf/tara_leaking_well_investigation_report.pdf
http://cogcc.state.co.us/Library/WQCC_WQCD_AnnualReports/WQCC09_10RPT.pdf
‘Reality Tour’ Marcellus Shale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPM64kseP30
Merchants of Doubt
http://www.bloomsburypress.com/books/catalog/merchants_of_doubt_hc_104
Colbert Report
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/stephen-colbert-and-tom-ridge-get-awkward-over-fracking
http://www.desmogblog.com/tom-ridge-claimed-i-m-not-lobbyist-colbert-report-facts-prove-otherwise
http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2011/06/tom-ridge-shills-for-fracking-on-colbert-report/
Gas Industry Conference:
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=970
3:43
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeologica...
published: 29 Jan 2010
author: Peter Elliston
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeological ruins and bird life. Windy, wild, wet and great for trekking.
1:02
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland...
published: 25 May 2012
author: Christian Spycher
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland
2:18
Elaine Copland's Reel, by Steven Spence
This is a reel composed for my sister-in-law, who lives in Shetland. The pictures are from...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Elaine Copland's Reel, by Steven Spence
This is a reel composed for my sister-in-law, who lives in Shetland. The pictures are from around Sandwick, the Mousa Broch and Lerwick.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 724
- author: Cecil Duncan
4:35
Fiddling in Baltasound Hall, Unst, Shetland
Maurice Henderson, Steven Spence & Stewart Grains on fiddles at the Sandy Macaulay tribute...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Fiddling in Baltasound Hall, Unst, Shetland
Maurice Henderson, Steven Spence & Stewart Grains on fiddles at the Sandy Macaulay tribute night in the Baltasound Hall, Unst Shetland in 2008.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 1691
- author: Cecil Duncan
1:24
Lerwick Lounge Bar Session
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and ...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Lerwick Lounge Bar Session
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 7120
- author: Cecil Duncan
4:08
Shetland Waltzes
Still trying to catch up with requests. Medicinecrow and donnythesalmon both asked for Ron...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Waltzes
Still trying to catch up with requests. Medicinecrow and donnythesalmon both asked for Ronnie Cooper tunes, so the first two in this set were both composed by Ronnie. Ronas' voe & Sunset over Foula. Not sure who composed the 3rd tune.
I'd the pleasure of knowing Ronnie when I was a teen and working up in Lerwick. The pictures change according to the music, so it should be easy enough to spot when they change.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 4299
- author: Cecil Duncan
2:05
Lounge Bar Session
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and ...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Lounge Bar Session
Extract from session in Lerwick Lounge Bar, 12th December 1984 featuring Davy Tulloch and Peerie Willie Johnson, and filmed by Tommy Spence. [ http://davietulloch.wordpress.com/ ]
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3302
- author: Cecil Duncan
2:16
Shetland Fiddle : Willie Hunter Jnr & Ronnie Cooper
"Da Left-handed Tushkar" and "Miss Susan Cooper" from a 1973 recording by the School of Sc...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Fiddle : Willie Hunter Jnr & Ronnie Cooper
"Da Left-handed Tushkar" and "Miss Susan Cooper" from a 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 5164
- author: Cecil Duncan
2:31
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the grea...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3823
- author: Cecil Duncan
4:33
Da Press gang song
A Shetland song written by Bobby Tulloch from Yell (in dialect) about the depradations of ...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Da Press gang song
A Shetland song written by Bobby Tulloch from Yell (in dialect) about the depradations of the press gang on a small island community. Sung by Brian Nicholson accompanied by Maggie Adamson on Fiddle
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 3283
- author: Cecil Duncan
0:48
Tune from the Shetland Islands
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins,...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Tune from the Shetland Islands
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 12721
- author: Cecil Duncan
2:51
Shetland marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirt...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Shetland marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 2571
- author: Cecil Duncan
3:19
Esha Ness waltz and the Gossaborough waltz
Another two gorgeous tunes from Shetland. Hope you like them as much as I do !...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Esha Ness waltz and the Gossaborough waltz
Another two gorgeous tunes from Shetland. Hope you like them as much as I do !
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 1799
- author: Cecil Duncan
4:38
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guita...
published: 29 Dec 2010
author: Cecil Duncan
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
http://www.hombru.co.uk/
Add &fmt;=18 to url to listen in stereo.
"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
- published: 29 Dec 2010
- views: 5966
- author: Cecil Duncan
12:35
shetland folk festival 1991 fiddle workshop
First section of fiddle workshop featuring Willie Hunter jnr, peerie willie johnson and gr...
published: 06 Mar 2011
author: Cecil Duncan
shetland folk festival 1991 fiddle workshop
First section of fiddle workshop featuring Willie Hunter jnr, peerie willie johnson and graham townsend
- published: 06 Mar 2011
- views: 5360
- author: Cecil Duncan
4:23
Willie Hunter with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain
Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter playing The Love O' Da Isles (Love Of The Islands), Complim...
published: 21 Nov 2012
author: Cecil Duncan
Willie Hunter with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain
Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter playing The Love O' Da Isles (Love Of The Islands), Compliments To Dan R. MacDonald and Marie MacLennan's Reel with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain. This was broadcast as part of the Aly Bain and Friends series on STV in the 80s. Great fiddling!
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 2311
- author: Cecil Duncan
Vimeo results:
18:34
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing ...
published: 20 Jun 2012
author: JFOX
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.
Go to www.NYAgainstfracking.org for more info and to get involved.
PINK LINKS: Selected Compiled Research
The Sky Is Pink- Annotated industry documents featured in the film:
http://www1.rollingstone.com/extras/theskyispink_annotdoc-gasl4final.pdf
Affirming GASLAND- Our responses to industry charges against GASLAND
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking/affirming-gasland
http://1trickpony.cachefly.net/gas/pdf/Affirming_Gasland_Sept_2010.pdf
Flaming Faucets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509857,00.html
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/flaming-water/
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-4879509.html
http://planetsave.com/2009/03/20/flammable-water-pours-from-faucets-in-colorado-home/
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
http://ecopolitology.org/2009/03/19/leaking-gas-well-causes-flammable-water-to-pour-from-faucets-in-colorado-home-video/
Well Failures/Gas Leaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaRwh4xRiM&feature;=player_embedded
http://gasdrillinginbalcombe.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/44-of-wells-leaking-at-australian-gas-field/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/us/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-become-pollution-portals.html?src=pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17656307
http://frack-off.org.uk/gas-wells-leaking/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9168645/Total-admits-it-could-take-six-months-to-stop-gas-leak.html
Well Construction/Integrity
http://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors03/aut03/p62_76.ashx
http://www.boemre.gov/tarprojects/008/008DE.pdf
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/well_integrity_failure_presentation.pdf
http://www.ptil.no/news/new-report-well-integrity-challenges-on-the-norwegian-shelf-article2762-79.html
http://www.spe.org/ejournals/jsp/journalapp.jsp?pageType=Preview&jid;=EDC∣=SPE-106817-PA
Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyTpY0NCp0
Breast Cancer
http://www.texassharon.com/2011/09/02/big-gas-mafia-irony-burnsta-tas/
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110831-breast-cancer-rate-climbs-up.ece
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2011/09/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://dallasdrilling.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://abcalliance.org/?p=1725
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/85259117.html
Pittsburgh Fracking Ban
http://www.groundswell.gs/2011/10/28/city-councilman-doug-shields-on-the-success-of-pittsburghs-rights-based-fracking-ban/
Water Contamination
http://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-study-links-methane-in-water-drilling-422
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/gas-fracking-chemicals-detected-in-wyoming-aquifer-epa-says.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/19/gas-drilling-industry-makes-stunning-admission/
http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/02/1100682108.full.pdf+html?sid=bde16321-e169-437d-a59c-798e7f65c479
http://grist.org/article/2011-02-28-pittsburgh-drinking-water-radioactive-fracking-natural-gas-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?_r=1&ref;=drillingdown
http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2011-12-01/salts-drilling-drinking-water-danger-still-showing-rivers-9616
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100813/VALLEYNEWS/100819931
Profiles/Contacts
http://www.cee.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=ari1
http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/oreskes-naomi.html
‘Drilling Down’
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
PR/Hill and Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2009/11/8680/hill-knowltons-carbon-two-step
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hill_%26_Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/knowlton
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=939
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
State Government Documents
http://mines.industry.qld.gov.au/assets/petroleum-pdf/tara_leaking_well_investigation_report.pdf
http://cogcc.state.co.us/Library/WQCC_WQCD_AnnualReports/WQCC09_10RPT.pdf
‘Reality Tour’ Marcellus Shale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPM64kseP30
Merchants of Doubt
http://www.bloomsburypress.com/books/catalog/merchants_of_doubt_hc_104
Colbert Report
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/stephen-colbert-and-tom-ridge-get-awkward-over-fracking
http://www.desmogblog.com/tom-ridge-claimed-i-m-not-lobbyist-colbert-report-facts-prove-otherwise
http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2011/06/tom-ridge-shills-for-fracking-on-colbert-report/
Gas Industry Conference:
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=970
3:43
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeologica...
published: 29 Jan 2010
author: Peter Elliston
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeological ruins and bird life. Windy, wild, wet and great for trekking.
1:02
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland...
published: 25 May 2012
author: Christian Spycher
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland
1:38
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (1)
A voyage of discovery through the Shetland Islands to the Saxa Vord Resort on the Island o...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (1)
A voyage of discovery through the Shetland Islands to the Saxa Vord Resort on the Island of Unst.
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 5017
- author: Robert Buchanan
2:40
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (2)
Sights and sounds of the south mainland of the Shetland Isles...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (2)
Sights and sounds of the south mainland of the Shetland Isles
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 3383
- author: Robert Buchanan
1:59
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (3)
Lerwick harbour,on board the Swan, a 100 year old sail training ship...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (3)
Lerwick harbour,on board the Swan, a 100 year old sail training ship
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 1792
- author: Robert Buchanan
2:10
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (4)
Up Helly Aa, the winter fire festival...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (4)
Up Helly Aa, the winter fire festival
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 2259
- author: Robert Buchanan
6:25
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (5)
Unst, the nost northerly inhabited island in the UK...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (5)
Unst, the nost northerly inhabited island in the UK
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 6680
- author: Robert Buchanan
3:51
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (6)
The Resort at Saxa Vord...
published: 28 Oct 2008
author: Robert Buchanan
Shetland, Sumburgh to Saxa Vord (6)
The Resort at Saxa Vord
- published: 28 Oct 2008
- views: 6410
- author: Robert Buchanan
Vimeo results:
18:34
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing ...
published: 20 Jun 2012
author: JFOX
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.
Go to www.NYAgainstfracking.org for more info and to get involved.
PINK LINKS: Selected Compiled Research
The Sky Is Pink- Annotated industry documents featured in the film:
http://www1.rollingstone.com/extras/theskyispink_annotdoc-gasl4final.pdf
Affirming GASLAND- Our responses to industry charges against GASLAND
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking/affirming-gasland
http://1trickpony.cachefly.net/gas/pdf/Affirming_Gasland_Sept_2010.pdf
Flaming Faucets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509857,00.html
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/flaming-water/
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-4879509.html
http://planetsave.com/2009/03/20/flammable-water-pours-from-faucets-in-colorado-home/
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
http://ecopolitology.org/2009/03/19/leaking-gas-well-causes-flammable-water-to-pour-from-faucets-in-colorado-home-video/
Well Failures/Gas Leaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaRwh4xRiM&feature;=player_embedded
http://gasdrillinginbalcombe.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/44-of-wells-leaking-at-australian-gas-field/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/us/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-become-pollution-portals.html?src=pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17656307
http://frack-off.org.uk/gas-wells-leaking/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9168645/Total-admits-it-could-take-six-months-to-stop-gas-leak.html
Well Construction/Integrity
http://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors03/aut03/p62_76.ashx
http://www.boemre.gov/tarprojects/008/008DE.pdf
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/well_integrity_failure_presentation.pdf
http://www.ptil.no/news/new-report-well-integrity-challenges-on-the-norwegian-shelf-article2762-79.html
http://www.spe.org/ejournals/jsp/journalapp.jsp?pageType=Preview&jid;=EDC∣=SPE-106817-PA
Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyTpY0NCp0
Breast Cancer
http://www.texassharon.com/2011/09/02/big-gas-mafia-irony-burnsta-tas/
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110831-breast-cancer-rate-climbs-up.ece
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2011/09/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://dallasdrilling.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://abcalliance.org/?p=1725
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/85259117.html
Pittsburgh Fracking Ban
http://www.groundswell.gs/2011/10/28/city-councilman-doug-shields-on-the-success-of-pittsburghs-rights-based-fracking-ban/
Water Contamination
http://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-study-links-methane-in-water-drilling-422
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/gas-fracking-chemicals-detected-in-wyoming-aquifer-epa-says.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/19/gas-drilling-industry-makes-stunning-admission/
http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/02/1100682108.full.pdf+html?sid=bde16321-e169-437d-a59c-798e7f65c479
http://grist.org/article/2011-02-28-pittsburgh-drinking-water-radioactive-fracking-natural-gas-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?_r=1&ref;=drillingdown
http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2011-12-01/salts-drilling-drinking-water-danger-still-showing-rivers-9616
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100813/VALLEYNEWS/100819931
Profiles/Contacts
http://www.cee.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=ari1
http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/oreskes-naomi.html
‘Drilling Down’
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
PR/Hill and Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2009/11/8680/hill-knowltons-carbon-two-step
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hill_%26_Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/knowlton
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=939
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
State Government Documents
http://mines.industry.qld.gov.au/assets/petroleum-pdf/tara_leaking_well_investigation_report.pdf
http://cogcc.state.co.us/Library/WQCC_WQCD_AnnualReports/WQCC09_10RPT.pdf
‘Reality Tour’ Marcellus Shale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPM64kseP30
Merchants of Doubt
http://www.bloomsburypress.com/books/catalog/merchants_of_doubt_hc_104
Colbert Report
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/stephen-colbert-and-tom-ridge-get-awkward-over-fracking
http://www.desmogblog.com/tom-ridge-claimed-i-m-not-lobbyist-colbert-report-facts-prove-otherwise
http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2011/06/tom-ridge-shills-for-fracking-on-colbert-report/
Gas Industry Conference:
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=970
3:43
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeologica...
published: 29 Jan 2010
author: Peter Elliston
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeological ruins and bird life. Windy, wild, wet and great for trekking.
1:02
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland...
published: 25 May 2012
author: Christian Spycher
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland
2:36
Willie Hunter - The Love O' Da Isles
This is a recording of Willie Hunter a Shetland Fiddler, born 1933 and died in 1994. One o...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Willie Hunter - The Love O' Da Isles
This is a recording of Willie Hunter a Shetland Fiddler, born 1933 and died in 1994. One of our treasures, and a light that will never go out. The tune was composed by him.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
_____________________________
All pictures and info from shetland museum website
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/
Shetland fiddle music.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 6021
- author: ericwhollem
0:48
Tune from the Shetland Islands
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins,...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Tune from the Shetland Islands
This is a very short version of a fiddle from the Shetland Islands. There are two violins, one guitar and one bass guitar. Everything played by me. And since I am lazy, (and because it wouldn't fit in the video) I only video taped the two violin tracks.
The video is done after the recordning, so that's why no microphone and no headphones are in the vid :P. And all the trills and stuff might not be the same as in the sound.
GEAR:
My violin
My guitar
My bass
M-audio sound card
MT-57 microphone
Some cables :P
And sorry for the cheezy hair look (as in most of my vids xD) but I was on a music festival all night, and I didn't shower yet xD.
Please rate and comment, and tell me if you want more violin vids. I can make some swedish folk music too if you want. And some american.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 12721
- author: ericwhollem
4:38
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guita...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Hom Bru - Rowin Foula Doon
Shetland Folk Festival 2008
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com/
Brian Nicholson - Guitar, Vocals
Davie Henry - Mandolin, Vocals
Gary Peterson - Mandolin
John Robert Deyell - Fiddle
http://www.hombru.co.uk/
Add &fmt;=18 to url to listen in stereo.
"Oot bewast da Horn o Papa,
Rowin Foula doon!
Owir a hidden piece o water,
Rowin Foula doon!
Roond da boat da tide-lumps makkin,
Sunlicht trowe da cloods is brakkin;
We maan geng whaar fish is takkin,
Rowin Foula doon!"
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 5966
- author: ericwhollem
2:51
Shetland marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirt...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Shetland marches
3 great tunes again from Shetland.
The Smiths farewell to Shetland
The Sands of Burrafirth
Magnister Voe
Hope you all enjoy them.
Much more Scottish music & song on my new radio show called the twangtown ceilidh on www.twangtownusa.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2571
- author: ericwhollem
2:08
Shetland Fiddle : Aly Bain & Willie Hunter
Aly Bain & Willie Hunter etc.. Shetland Waltzes. Backing vocals by seagulls......
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle : Aly Bain & Willie Hunter
Aly Bain & Willie Hunter etc.. Shetland Waltzes. Backing vocals by seagulls...
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 42637
- author: ericwhollem
2:31
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the grea...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle : Gibbie Gray
Also from the 1973 recording by the School of Scottish Studies. Great tunes from the great Shetland fiddle tradition.Three reels from Unst "More Grog Coming - The Lass That Me The Bed For Me - Da Tief On Da Lum." Careful readers will notice this is Unst not Uist :-)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 3823
- author: ericwhollem
2:54
Frigg - Norrsken
Frigg, live at the 2009 Shetland Folk Festival. Sound by Marvin Smith. Video by Clint Wa...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Frigg - Norrsken
Frigg, live at the 2009 Shetland Folk Festival. Sound by Marvin Smith. Video by Clint Watt. For use by the Shetland Folk Festival Society by kind permission of the Artistes.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 46545
- author: ericwhollem
1:53
Scottish Tradition : Shetland Reels : Willie Hunter Aly Bain
Shetland Reels : Faroe Rum, Aandowin at da Bowe Da Forfeit o' da Ship. You can find the mu...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Scottish Tradition : Shetland Reels : Willie Hunter Aly Bain
Shetland Reels : Faroe Rum, Aandowin at da Bowe Da Forfeit o' da Ship. You can find the music for these at the website of the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers, some of whom I knew in the mid Eighties.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 48955
- author: ericwhollem
2:20
Shetland Fiddle Music/Scottish Fiddle Music
Dis a tune(da willtrow)my great grandfather heard one night when he was at da craigs. He c...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Shetland Fiddle Music/Scottish Fiddle Music
Dis a tune(da willtrow)my great grandfather heard one night when he was at da craigs. He came across a group of little people one of them was having his hair cut, the others were dancing round him and the barber. The scissors glowing in da moonlight seemed to be the source of the music. Shetland Fiddle Music
dis = this
da = the
Bernard Smith Cunningsburgh
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 11869
- author: ericwhollem
3:33
QMU Traditional Music Group - Shetland Set
Queen Margaret University Staff-Student concert, December 08....
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
QMU Traditional Music Group - Shetland Set
Queen Margaret University Staff-Student concert, December 08.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 487
- author: ericwhollem
7:19
Afore the Mast (Tales from Shetland) Tracks 1-3 of 14
This is the first three tracks from the wonderful but extremely hard-to-find album Afore t...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Afore the Mast (Tales from Shetland) Tracks 1-3 of 14
This is the first three tracks from the wonderful but extremely hard-to-find album Afore the Mast, fiddle tunes from Shetland and tales in the Shetlandic language. Made with respect and love with photos of the country. I hope you enjoy it.
I'll eventually upload the rest, as my schedule allows. If any Shetlander would like to make a transcription and translation, that would be fantastic!
The tracks run as follows:
0:00-1:49 Tune: Rum and the Shaky Sailor
1:49-5:37 Tale: Johnnie Goudie's Monster
5:37-7:19 Tune: Smugglers
For general vocabulary, check out:
http://shetlanddictionary.com/
For Shetland tales in English:
http://www.archive.org/details/shetlandfireside00stewrich
and
http://books.google.com/books?id=gBIFAAAAYAAJ&dq;=Shetland+tales&printsec;=frontcover&source;=bl&ots;=O0BHjj7G97&sig;=lMLU1UABrgzqASLE7t1cmD2g5v4&hl;=el&ei;=vv3yStDLMJC1lAew0dCtAw&sa;=X&oi;=book_result&ct;=result&resnum;=18&ved;=0CGEQ6AEwEQ#v=onepage&q;=&f;=false
And this is very beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij60XUvWjZY
If you know of any tales available online in Shetlandic, either as texts and/or recordings, please share the links in the comments, or send them to me in a message and I'll post them here. Also, any other information you think people might find useful. Thanks!
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2848
- author: ericwhollem
6:21
String Sisters - Shetland Fiddle Diva
They had a lot of fun doing this medley. Shetland Fiddle Diva/Kinyon's Jig/Kinyon's Reel/L...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
String Sisters - Shetland Fiddle Diva
They had a lot of fun doing this medley. Shetland Fiddle Diva/Kinyon's Jig/Kinyon's Reel/Lad O'Beirne's
The lighting effects are a bit much during this number.
String Sisters: Mairéad NÍ Mhaonaigh • Emma Härdelin • Liz Knowles • Liz Carroll • Catriona Macdonald • Annbjørg Lien
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 52794
- author: ericwhollem
2:41
String Sisters/ Annbjørg Lien - Horsebell Tune
Annbjørg Lien playing a traditional Norwegian wedding tune (Bjølleslåtten) during String S...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
String Sisters/ Annbjørg Lien - Horsebell Tune
Annbjørg Lien playing a traditional Norwegian wedding tune (Bjølleslåtten) during String Sisters concert.
To hear more of Annbjørg's music:
http://www.myspace.com/annbjorglien
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 34602
- author: ericwhollem
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Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
Eddie Barclay - Rasmie Eunson (A Shetland Song)
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2228
- author: ericwhollem
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THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing ...
published: 20 Jun 2012
author: JFOX
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state.
Go to www.NYAgainstfracking.org for more info and to get involved.
PINK LINKS: Selected Compiled Research
The Sky Is Pink- Annotated industry documents featured in the film:
http://www1.rollingstone.com/extras/theskyispink_annotdoc-gasl4final.pdf
Affirming GASLAND- Our responses to industry charges against GASLAND
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking/affirming-gasland
http://1trickpony.cachefly.net/gas/pdf/Affirming_Gasland_Sept_2010.pdf
Flaming Faucets
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509857,00.html
http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/flaming-water/
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-4879509.html
http://planetsave.com/2009/03/20/flammable-water-pours-from-faucets-in-colorado-home/
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
http://ecopolitology.org/2009/03/19/leaking-gas-well-causes-flammable-water-to-pour-from-faucets-in-colorado-home-video/
Well Failures/Gas Leaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjaRwh4xRiM&feature;=player_embedded
http://gasdrillinginbalcombe.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/44-of-wells-leaking-at-australian-gas-field/
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/03/us/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-become-pollution-portals.html?src=pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17656307
http://frack-off.org.uk/gas-wells-leaking/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9168645/Total-admits-it-could-take-six-months-to-stop-gas-leak.html
Well Construction/Integrity
http://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors03/aut03/p62_76.ashx
http://www.boemre.gov/tarprojects/008/008DE.pdf
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/well_integrity_failure_presentation.pdf
http://www.ptil.no/news/new-report-well-integrity-challenges-on-the-norwegian-shelf-article2762-79.html
http://www.spe.org/ejournals/jsp/journalapp.jsp?pageType=Preview&jid;=EDC∣=SPE-106817-PA
Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXyTpY0NCp0
Breast Cancer
http://www.texassharon.com/2011/09/02/big-gas-mafia-irony-burnsta-tas/
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110831-breast-cancer-rate-climbs-up.ece
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/2011/09/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://dallasdrilling.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/breast-cancer-rates-jump-in-the-barnett-shale/
http://abcalliance.org/?p=1725
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/85259117.html
Pittsburgh Fracking Ban
http://www.groundswell.gs/2011/10/28/city-councilman-doug-shields-on-the-success-of-pittsburghs-rights-based-fracking-ban/
Water Contamination
http://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-study-links-methane-in-water-drilling-422
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-08/gas-fracking-chemicals-detected-in-wyoming-aquifer-epa-says.html
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/19/gas-drilling-industry-makes-stunning-admission/
http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/05/02/1100682108.full.pdf+html?sid=bde16321-e169-437d-a59c-798e7f65c479
http://grist.org/article/2011-02-28-pittsburgh-drinking-water-radioactive-fracking-natural-gas-times/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?_r=1&ref;=drillingdown
http://www.essentialpublicradio.org/story/2011-12-01/salts-drilling-drinking-water-danger-still-showing-rivers-9616
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100813/VALLEYNEWS/100819931
Profiles/Contacts
http://www.cee.cornell.edu/people/profile.cfm?netid=ari1
http://history.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/oreskes-naomi.html
‘Drilling Down’
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
PR/Hill and Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2009/11/8680/hill-knowltons-carbon-two-step
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hill_%26_Knowlton
http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/knowlton
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=939
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html
State Government Documents
http://mines.industry.qld.gov.au/assets/petroleum-pdf/tara_leaking_well_investigation_report.pdf
http://cogcc.state.co.us/Library/WQCC_WQCD_AnnualReports/WQCC09_10RPT.pdf
‘Reality Tour’ Marcellus Shale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPM64kseP30
Merchants of Doubt
http://www.bloomsburypress.com/books/catalog/merchants_of_doubt_hc_104
Colbert Report
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/stephen-colbert-and-tom-ridge-get-awkward-over-fracking
http://www.desmogblog.com/tom-ridge-claimed-i-m-not-lobbyist-colbert-report-facts-prove-otherwise
http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2011/06/tom-ridge-shills-for-fracking-on-colbert-report/
Gas Industry Conference:
http://www.naturalgaswatch.org/?p=970
3:43
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeologica...
published: 29 Jan 2010
author: Peter Elliston
Shetland
A few days exploring the Shetland islands, Scotland. The islands are rich in archaeological ruins and bird life. Windy, wild, wet and great for trekking.
1:02
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland...
published: 25 May 2012
author: Christian Spycher
Shetland
Boat trip to Noss Shetland
Youtube results:
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Låt från Shetlandöarna /Song from the Shetland islands
Låt från Shetlandöarna är en gammal favorit. Kolla in Cubeguitarists version (han har lite...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandöarna /Song from the Shetland islands
Låt från Shetlandöarna är en gammal favorit. Kolla in Cubeguitarists version (han har lite maffigare arr. än vad jag har).
Det blev lite snabbare mot slutet antar jag :P
This song is one of my favourites, hope you'll enjoy it.
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 452
- author: ericwhollem
1:55
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
Smile-konserten...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
Smile-konserten
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 453
- author: ericwhollem
0:48
Låt från Shetlandsöarna/Tune from Shetlandsöarna violin
Me playing lt från shetlandsöarna. I uploaded it because I want feedback about how to to d...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandsöarna/Tune from Shetlandsöarna violin
Me playing lt från shetlandsöarna. I uploaded it because I want feedback about how to to do it better. It's not so great, I've only played this song for about 2 weeks and I haven't played the violin for even a year so be easy on me :D
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 1176
- author: ericwhollem
0:59
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
Suzuki Elever från Halmstad musikskola, konsert i S:t Nikolai den 22 november 2008...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: ericwhollem
Låt från Shetlandsöarna
Suzuki Elever från Halmstad musikskola, konsert i S:t Nikolai den 22 november 2008
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 2141
- author: ericwhollem
photo: Creative Commons / jerone2
07 Apr 2013
Jenna Jameson started off her birthday bash on Saturday night by getting arrested. The XXX star was heading for the Heat Ultra Lounge for an early birthday part when she was arrested for batter, according to TMZ on April 7. Jameson started her evening out by hanging out int he Balboa Peninsula neighborhood of Newport Beach, when she allegedly battered someone around 8.00 p.m. CST.View slideshow. Jenna Jameson arrested for battery ... Wood ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
photo: AP / Korea POOL
10 Apr 2013
SEOUL. South Korea raised its military watch alert to "vital threat" today ahead of an expected North Korean missile launch, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned the Korean peninsula may be slipping out of control. South Korean intelligence says the North had prepared two mid-range missiles for imminent launch from its east coast, despite warnings from ally China to avoid provocative moves at a time of soaring military tensions ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
photo: UN / Sophia Paris
09 Apr 2013
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula may become "uncontrollable". He once again urged North Korea to tone down its "provocative rhetoric" and to keep open a joint North-South Korean industrial complex. Also on Tuesday, North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea to take evacuation measures in case of war ... Speaking to reporters in Rome, Mr Ban said ... Korean tensions. 12 Dec ... ....(size: 7.2Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
09 Apr 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In 1982 with negotiations over the eventual return of the Malvians-Falkland Islands to Argentina dragging on, Argentine forces landed and declared ownership of the islands. During the seventy-four day war that ensued between Britain and Argentina, only 649 Argentineans and 255 British were killed. Surprisingly, the conflict involved virtually no civilian casualties....(size: 3.8Kb)
photo: AP / Fars News Agency, Mohammad Fatemi
10 Apr 2013
DUBAI - A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported ... Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud bricks, which have been known to crumble easily in quake-prone Iran. Some 700 homes were destroyed, Hassanvand said ... "The windows and chandeliers all shook." ... ... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
10 Apr 2013
Through the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, 50 homes in Whitehead are about to installed with 300 units of Quantum, while installations are under way in Ireland, the Shetland Islands, North Eastern Canada, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Japan ... Currently we have a project in the Shetland Islands involving 750 homes, which are being installed with Quantum electric space heaters and water cylinders." ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
BBC News
10 Apr 2013
BBC News
10 Apr 2013
Ryan Mania factfile ... 23 December, 1989 Grew up in Galashiels, Scotland Parents Kevin and Lesley first sat him on a Shetland Pony aged three Began working with point-to-point horses aged 12 Rode initially for trainer Peter Monteith before joining Howard Johnson's yard and later riding for Sue and Harvey Smith Quit the sport for six months in the winter of 2011 Rode 66-1 shot Auroras Encore to victory in the 2013 Grand National ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
BBC News
09 Apr 2013
noodls
09 Apr 2013
The report by the NAFC Marine Centre in Shetland describes an analysis of vessel monitoring system (VMS) data for Scottish whitefish fishing vessels in the area of the northern North Sea around Shetland ... The report also reveals that there was an overall decline in the level of fishing activity over the period analysed, although the level of activity increased within the 12 mile limit around Shetland....(size: 2.5Kb)
noodls
09 Apr 2013
(Source. BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club). 9th April 13. London No 1 branch is looking for 60 divers for a diamond dive on 60th parallel as part of their Dive N60 challenge ... The dive locations will cover three continents - Olyutarskiy in Russia, Resurrection Bay in Alaska, Kangirsuk in Canada, Nanortalik in Greenland, the Shetland Islands in the United Kingdom and Uggdal in Norway....(size: 1.8Kb)
BBC News
09 Apr 2013
A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to one count of computer hacking as part of a group known as Lulzsec ... He and three others on similar charges will be sentenced next month. Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, from Peckham, south London, and Jake Davis, 20, from Lerwick, Shetland, have also now pleaded guilty to hacking and launching cyber-attacks ... 'For the lulz' ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
Orange News
09 Apr 2013
9 April 2013, 15.09. Guilty plea in website hacking case. Tweet ... Prosecutor Sandip Patel told the court ... Earlier, Southwark Crown Court heard that fellow hackers Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, from Peckham, south London, and Jake Davis, 20, from Lerwick, Shetland, have also now pleaded guilty to hacking and launching cyber attacks on a range of organisations, including the CIA and the Serious Organised Crime Agency ... add your comment. name* ... town....(size: 2.5Kb)
Skynews
09 Apr 2013
A 26-year-old has pleaded guilty to hacking websites of major institutions including the National Health Service, Sony and News International ... Southwark Crown Court in London heard he admitted being a member of hacking group LulzSec ... Earlier today, Southwark Crown Court heard that fellow hackers Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, from Peckham, south London, and Jake Davis, 20, from Lerwick, Shetland, have also now pleaded guilty to hacking ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
BBC News
09 Apr 2013
Ryan Mania factfile. Born. 23/12/1989 Grew up in Galashiels, Scotland Parents Kevin and Lesley first sat him on a Shetland Pony aged three Began working with point-to-point horses aged 12 Rode initially for trainer Peter Monteith before joining Howard Johnson's yard and later riding for Sue and Harvey Smith Quit the sport for six months in the winter of 2011. He tweeted. "Delighted to be getting out today ... ... print ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
The Guardian
09 Apr 2013
British members of hacker collective also admit conspiring to bring down UK and US law enforcement authority websites ... Photograph ... Davis, from Shetland, and Bassam, a student from Peckham, south London, admitted conspiring to bring down the websites of law enforcement authorities in Britain and the US, including the CIA and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) between 1 February and 2 September 2011 ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)
The Examiner
09 Apr 2013
Virgin America started service to Newark Liberty International Airport today, making the New Jersey hub the 20th destination in the carrier's expanding network. Virgin America will offer three daily non-stop flights from both Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport to Newark ... "Before we entered the market, these routes previously had some of the highest fares in the nation ... Shetland Ponies in Cardigans....(size: 4.7Kb)
Digital Spy
09 Apr 2013
Lulzsec member Ryan Ackroyd has pleaded guilty to a computer hacking offence. The 26-year-old admitted to being part of the Anonymous splinter-group and carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, violating the Criminal Law Act 1977 ... Mustafa Al-Bassam, 18, from Peckham, South London, and Jake Davis, 20, from Lerwick, Shetland, previously admitted to computer hacking and related cyber offences ... More ... Previous ... ....(size: 7.4Kb)
For other uses, see Shetland (disambiguation).
| Shetland Sealtainn |
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| Location | |||||
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| Geography | |||||
| Area | Ranked 12th | ||||
| - Total | 1,468 km2 (567 sq mi) | ||||
| Admin HQ | Lerwick | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-ZET | ||||
| ONS code | 00RD | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Population | Ranked 31st | ||||
| - Total (2010 est.) | 22,400 | ||||
| - Density | 15 / km² | ||||
| Politics | |||||
| Shetland Islands Council www.shetland.gov.uk |
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| Control | |||||
| Independent | |||||
| MPs | Alistair Carmichael | ||||
| MSPs | Tavish Scott | ||||
Coordinates: 60°18′14″N 1°16′08″W / 60.3038°N 1.2689°W / 60.3038; -1.2689 Shetland (/ˈʃɛtlənd/) (from Middle Scots Ȝetland) is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some 80 km (50 mi) to the northeast of Orkney and 280 km (170 mi) southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is 1,468 km2 (567 sq mi)[1] and the population totalled 22,210 in 2009.[2] Comprising the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Shetland is also one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick.
The largest island, known simply as "Mainland", has an area of 967 km2 (373 sq mi), making it the third-largest Scottish island[3] and the fifth-largest of the British Isles. There are an additional 15 inhabited islands. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, a complex geology, a rugged coastline and many low, rolling hills.
Humans have lived there since the Mesolithic period, and the earliest written references to the islands date back to Roman times. The early historic period was dominated by Scandinavian influences, especially Norway, and the islands did not become part of Scotland until the fifteenth century. When Shetland became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, trade with northern Europe decreased, although fishing has continued to be an important aspect of the economy up to the present day. Now part of the United Kingdom, the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s significantly boosted Shetland incomes, employment and public sector revenues.
The local way of life reflects the joint Norse and Scottish heritage including the Up Helly Aa fire festival, and a strong musical tradition, especially the traditional fiddle style. The islands have produced a variety of writers of prose and poetry, many of whom use the local Shetlandic dialect. There are numerous areas set aside to protect the local fauna and flora, including a number of important seabird nesting sites.
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Etymology[link]
Main article: Northern Isles
In 43 and 77 AD the Roman authors Pomponius Mela and Pliny the Elder referred to the seven islands they call Haemodae and Acmodae respectively, both of which are assumed to be Shetland. Another early written reference to the islands may have been when Tacitus reported in AD 98 after describing the discovery and conquest of the Orkneys that the Roman fleet had seen "Thule, too".[Note 1] In early Irish literature, Shetland is referred to as Inse Catt—"the Isles of Cats", which may have been the pre-Norse inhabitants' name for the islands. The Cat tribe also occupied parts of the northern Scottish mainland and their name can be found in Caithness, and in the Gaelic name for Sutherland (Cataibh, meaning "among the Cats").[6][Note 2]
The oldest version of the modern name Shetland is Hetlandensis recorded in 1190 becoming Hetland in 1431 after various intermediate transformations. It is possible that the Pictish "cat" sound forms part of this Norse name. It then became Hjaltland in the 16th century.[8][9][Note 3]
As Norn was gradually replaced by Scots, Hjaltland became Ȝetland. The initial letter is the Middle Scots letter, "yogh", the pronunciation of which is almost identical to the original Norn sound, "/hj/". When the use of the letter yogh was discontinued, it was often replaced by the similar-looking letter z, hence Zetland, the mis-spelled form used to describe the pre-1975 county council.[11][12]
Most of the individual islands have Norse names, although the derivations of some are obscure and may represent pre-Norse, possibly Pictish or even pre-Celtic names or elements.[13]
Geography and geology[link]
Main article: List of Shetland islands
Shetland is around 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of mainland Scotland, covers an area of 1,468 square kilometres (567 sq mi) and has a coastline 2,702 kilometres (1,679 mi) long.[1] Lerwick, the capital and largest settlement, has a population of around 7,500 and about half of the archipelago's total population of 22,000 people live within 16 kilometres (10 mi) of the town.[14] Scalloway on the west coast, which was the capital until 1708, has a population of less than 1,000.[15][16]
Out of the approximately 100 islands, only 16 are inhabited. The main island of the group is known as Mainland and of the next largest, Yell, Unst, Fetlar lie to the north and Bressay and Whalsay to east. East and West Burra, Muckle Roe, Papa Stour, Trondra and Vaila are smaller islands to the west of Mainland. The other inhabited islands are Foula 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of Walls, Fair Isle 38 kilometres (24 mi) south-west of Sumburgh Head, and the Out Skerries to the east.[Note 4]
The uninhabited islands include Mousa, known for the Broch of Mousa, the finest preserved example in Scotland of these Iron Age round towers, St Ninian's Isle connected to Mainland by the largest active tombolo in the UK, and Out Stack, the northernmost point of the British Isles.[17][18][19] Shetland's location means that it provides a number of such records: Muness is the most northerly castle in the United Kingdom and Skaw the most northerly settlement.[20][21]
The geology of Shetland is complex, with numerous faults and fold axes. These islands are the northern outpost of the Caledonian orogeny and there are outcrops of Lewisian, Dalriadan and Moine metamorphic rocks with similar histories to their equivalents on the Scottish mainland. Similarly, there are also Old Red Sandstone deposits and granite intrusions. The most distinctive feature is the ultrabasic ophiolite, peridotite and gabbro on Unst and Fetlar, which are remnants of the Iapetus Ocean floor.[22] Much of Shetland's economy depends on the oil-bearing sediments in the surrounding seas.[23] Geological evidence shows that at around 6100 BC a tsunami caused by the Storegga Slides hit Shetland, (as well as the rest of the east coast of Scotland), and may have created a wave of up to 25 metres (82 ft) high in the voes where modern populations are highest.[24]
The highest point of Shetland is Ronas Hill, which only reaches 450 metres (1,480 ft) and the Pleistocene glaciations entirely covered the islands. The Stanes of Stofast is a 2,000 tonne glacial erratic that came to rest on a prominent hilltop in Lunnasting during this period.[25]
Shetland is a National Scenic Area, although unusually this single designated area is made up of a number of discrete locations: Fair Isle, Foula, South West Mainland (including the Scalloway Islands), Muckle Roe, Esha Ness, Fethaland and Herma Ness.[26]
Climate[link]
Shetland has an oceanic climate, with long but mild winters and short, cool summers. The climate all year round is moderate due to the influence of the surrounding seas, with average peak temperatures of 5 °C (41 °F) in March and 14 °C (57 °F) in July and August.[27] Temperatures over 21 °C (70 °F) are rare. The highest temperature on record was 23.4 °C (74.1 °F) in July 1991 and the coldest −8.9 °C (16.0 °F) in the Januarys of 1952 and 1959.[28] The frost-free period may be as little as 3 months.[29]
The general character of the climate is windy and cloudy with at least 2 mm (0.079 in) of rain falling on more than 250 days a year. Average yearly precipitation is 1,003 mm (39.5 in), with November and December the wettest months. Snowfall is usually confined to the period November to February and seldom lies on the ground for more than a day. Less rain falls from April to August although no month receives less than 50 mm (2.0 in). Fog is common during summer due to the cooling effect of the sea on mild southerly airflows.[27][28]
Due to the islands' latitude, on clear winter nights the "northern lights" can sometimes be seen in the sky, while in summer there is almost perpetual daylight, a state of affairs known locally as the "simmer dim".[30] Annual bright sunshine averages 1090 hours and overcast days are common.[27]
| Climate data for Shetland | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5 (41) |
5 (41) |
6 (43) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
13 (55) |
10 (50) |
8 (46) |
6 (43) |
9.4 (49.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1 (34) |
1 (34) |
2 (36) |
3 (37) |
5 (41) |
7 (45) |
10 (50) |
10 (50) |
8 (46) |
6 (43) |
4 (39) |
3 (37) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 109 (4.29) |
87 (3.43) |
69 (2.72) |
68 (2.68) |
52 (2.05) |
55 (2.17) |
72 (2.83) |
71 (2.8) |
87 (3.43) |
104 (4.09) |
111 (4.37) |
118 (4.65) |
1,003 (39.49) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 25 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 243 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 24.8 | 50.4 | 89.9 | 136 | 164 | 159 | 124 | 117.8 | 108.5 | 68.2 | 33 | 15 | 1,090.6 |
| Source: [27] | |||||||||||||
Prehistory[link]
Main article: Prehistoric Shetland
Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in stone on virtually treeless islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5,000 archaeological sites all told.[32] A midden site at West Voe on the south coast of Mainland, dated to 4320–4030 BC, has provided the first evidence of Mesolithic human activity on Shetland.[33][34] The same site provides dates for early Neolithic activity and finds at Scord of Brouster in Walls have been dated to 3400 BC.[Note 5] "Shetland knives" are stone tools that date from this period made from felsite from Northmavine.[36]
Pottery shards found at the important site of Jarlshof also indicate that there was Neolithic activity there although the main settlement dates from the Bronze Age.[37] This includes a smithy, a cluster of wheelhouses and a later broch. The site has provided evidence of habitation during various phases right up until Viking times.[31][38] Heel-shaped cairns, are a style of chambered cairn unique to Shetland, with a particularly large example on Vementry.[36]
Numerous brochs were erected during the Iron Age. In addition to Mousa there are significant ruins at Clickimin, Culswick, Old Scatness and West Burrafirth, although their origin and purpose is a matter of some controversy.[39] The later Iron Age inhabitants of the Northern Isles were probably Pictish, although the historical record is sparse. Hunter (2000) states that in relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century AD: "As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence.”[40] In 2011 the collective site, "The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland" including Broch of Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof joined the UKs "Tentative List" of World Heritage Sites.[41][42]
History[link]
Main article: History of Shetland
Scandinavian colonisation[link]
The expanding population of Scandinavia led to a shortage of available resources and arable land there and led to a period of Viking expansion, the Norse gradually shifting their attention from plundering to invasion.[43] Shetland was colonised during the late 8th and 9th centuries,[44] the fate of the existing indigenous population being uncertain. Modern Shetlanders have almost identical proportions of Scandinavian matrilineal and patrilineal ancestry, suggesting that the islands were settled by both men and women in equal measure.[45]
Vikings then made the islands the headquarters of pirate expeditions carried out against Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland. In response, Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre ("Harald Fair Hair") annexed the Northern Isles (comprising Orkney and Shetland) in 875.[Note 6] Rognvald Eysteinsson received Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland, and then passed the earldom on to his brother Sigurd the Mighty.[47]
The islands were Christianised in the late 10th century. King Olav Tryggvasson summoned the jarl Sigurd the Stout during a visit to Orkney and said "I order you and all your subjects to be baptised. If you refuse, I'll have you killed on the spot and I swear I will ravage every island with fire and steel." Unsurprisingly, Sigurd agreed and the islands became Christian at a stroke.[48] Unusually, from c. 1100 onwards the Norse jarls owed allegiance both to Norway and to the Scottish crown through their holdings as Earls of Caithness.[49]
In 1194 when Harald Maddadsson was Earl of Orkney and Shetland a rebellion broke out against King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway. The Øyskjeggs ("Island Beardies") sailed for Norway but were beaten in the Battle of Florvåg near Bergen. After his victory King Sverre placed Shetland under direct Norwegian rule, a state of affairs that continued for nearly two centuries.[50][51]
Increased Scottish interest[link]
From the mid 13th century onwards Scottish monarchs increasingly sought to take control of the islands surrounding the mainland. The process was begun in earnest by Alexander II and was continued by his successor Alexander III. This strategy eventually led to an invasion by Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway. His fleet assembled in Bressay Sound before sailing for Scotland. After the stalemate of the Battle of Largs, Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas. His death halted any further Norwegian expansion in Scotland and following this ill-fated expedition, the Hebrides and Mann were yielded to the Kingdom of Scotland as a result of the 1266 Treaty of Perth, although the Scots recognised continuing Norwegian sovereignty over Orkney and Shetland.[52][53][54]
Pawned to Scotland[link]
In the 14th century Orkney and Shetland remained a Norwegian province, but Scottish influence was growing. Jon Haraldsson who was murdered in Thurso in 1231, was the last of an unbroken line of Norse jarls,[55] and thereafter the earls were Scots noblemen of the houses of Angus and St. Clair.[56] In 1380 Norway formed the Kalmar Union with Denmark after which the interest of the royal house in the islands declined.[50] In 1468 Shetland was pledged by Christian I, in his capacity as King of Norway, as security against the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret, betrothed to James III of Scotland. As the money was never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland has become perpetual.[Note 7] In 1470 William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness ceded his title to James III and the following year the Northern Isles were directly annexed to the Crown of Scotland,[59] a process confirmed by Parliament in 1472.[60] Nonetheless, Shetland's connection with Norway has proven to be enduring.[Note 8]
From the early 15th century on the Shetlanders sold their goods through the Hanseatic League of German merchantmen. The Hansa would buy shiploads of salted fish, wool and butter and import salt, cloth, beer and other goods. The late 16th century and early 17th century was dominated by the influence of the despotic Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, who was granted the islands by his half-sister Mary Queen of Scots, and his son Patrick. The latter commenced the building of Scalloway Castle, but after his imprisonment in 1609 the Crown annexed Orkney and Shetland again until 1643 when Charles I granted them to William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. These rights were held on and off by the Mortons until 1766, when they were sold by James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton to Laurence Dundas.[61][62]
British rule[link]
The trade with the North German towns lasted until the 1707 Act of Union when high salt duties prohibited the German merchants from trading with Shetland. Shetland then went into an economic depression as the Scottish and local traders were not as skilled in trading with salted fish. However, some local merchant-lairds took up where the German merchants had left off, and fitted out their own ships to export fish from Shetland to the Continent. For the independent farmers of Shetland this had negative consequences, as they now had to fish for these merchant-lairds.[63]
Smallpox afflicted the islands in the 17th and 18th centuries, but as vaccines became common after 1760 the population increased to a maximum of 31,670 in 1861. However, British rule came at price for many ordinary people as well as traders. The Shetlanders nautical skills were sought by the Royal Navy: some 3,000 served during the Napoleonic wars from 1800 to 1815 and press gangs were rife. During this period 120 men were taken from Fetlar alone and only 20 of them returned home. By the late 19th century 90% of all Shetland was owned by just 32 people, and between 1861 and 1881 more than 8,000 Shetlanders emigrated.[64][65] With the passing of the Crofters' Act in 1886 the Liberal prime minister William Gladstone emancipated crofters from the rule of the landlords. The Act enabled those who had effectively been landowners' serfs to become owner-occupiers of their own small farms.[66]
20th century[link]
During World War I many Shetlanders served in the Gordon Highlanders, a further 3,000 served in the Merchant Navy and more than 1500 in a special local naval reserve. The 10th Cruiser Squadron was stationed at Swarbacks Minn and during a single year from March 1917 more than 4,500 ships sailed from Lerwick as part of an escorted convey system. In total, Shetland lost more than 500 men, a higher proportion than any other part of Britain, and there were further waves of emigration in the 1920s and 1930s.[65][68]
During World War II a Norwegian naval unit nicknamed the "Shetland Bus" was established by the Special Operations Executive in the autumn of 1940 with a base first at Lunna and later in Scalloway to conduct operations around the coast of Norway. About 30 fishing vessels used by Norwegian refugees were gathered and the Shetland Bus conducted covert operations, carrying intelligence agents, refugees, instructors for the resistance, and military supplies. It made over 200 trips across the sea with Leif Larsen, the most highly decorated allied naval officer of the war, making 52 of them.[67][69] Several RAF bases were also established at Sullom Voe and several lighthouses suffered enemy air attacks.[68]
Oil reserves discovered in the later 20th century in the seas both east and west of Shetland have provided a much needed alternative source of income for the islands. The East Shetland Basin is one of Europe's largest oil fields and as a result of the oil revenue and the cultural links with Norway, a small independence movement developed briefly. It saw as its model the Isle of Man, as well as Shetland's closest neighbour, the Faroe Islands, an autonomous dependency of Denmark.[70]
Economy[link]
Today, the main revenue producers in Shetland are agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, renewable energy, the petroleum industry (crude oil and natural gas production), the creative industries and tourism.[72]
Fishing remains central to the islands' economy today, with the total catch being 75,767 tonnes (74,570 long tons; 83,519 short tons) in 2009, valued at over £73.2 million. In addition Mackerel, which makes up more than half of the catch in Shetland by weight and value, there are significant landings of Haddock, Cod, Herring, Whiting, Monkfish and shellfish.[71] Farming is mostly concerned with the raising of Shetland sheep, known for their unusually fine wool.[16][73][74] Crops raised include oats and barley; however, the cold, windswept islands make for a harsh environment for most plants. Crofting, the farming of small plots of land on a legally restricted tenancy basis, is still practiced and viewed as a key Shetland tradition as well as important source of income.[75]
Oil and gas was first landed at Sullom Voe in 1978, and it has subsequently become one of the largest terminals in Europe.[76] Taxes from the oil have increased public sector spending on social welfare, art, sport, environmental measures and financial development. Three quarters of the islands work force is employed in the service sector[77][78] and Shetland Islands Council alone accounted for 27.9% of output in 2003.[79][80] Shetland's access to oil revenues has funded the Shetland Charitable Trust which in turn funds a wide variety of local programmes. The balance of the fund in 2011 was £217million i.e. about £9,500 per head.[81][Note 9]
In January 2007, the Shetland Islands Council signed a partnership agreement with Scottish and Southern Energy for a 200-turbine wind farm and subsea cable. This renewable energy project would produce about 600 megawatts and contribute about £20 million to the Shetland economy per year.[83] The plan is meeting significant opposition within the islands, primarily resulting from the anticipated visual impact of the development.[84] The PURE project on Unst is a research centre which uses a combination of wind power and fuel cells to create a wind hydrogen system. The project is run by the Unst Partnership, the local community's development trust.[85][86]
Knitwear is important both to the economy and culture of Shetland and the Fair Isle design is well-known. However the industry faces challenges due to plagiarism of the word "Shetland" by manufacturers operating elsewhere and a certification trademark, "The Shetland Lady", has been registered.[87] Shetland is served by a weekly local newspaper, The Shetland Times and the online Shetland News with radio service being provided by BBC Radio Shetland and the commercial radio station SIBC.[88]
Shetland is a popular destination for cruise ships and in 2010 the Lonely Planet guide named Shetland as the sixth best region in the world for tourists seeking unspoilt destinations. The islands were described as “beautiful and rewarding" and the Shetlanders as "a fiercely independent and self-reliant bunch".[89] Overall visitor expenditure was worth £16.4 million in 2006, in which year just under 26,000 cruise liner passengers arrived at Lerwick Harbour. In 2009 the most popular visitor attractions were the Shetland Museum, the RSPB reserve at Sumburgh Head, Bonhoga Gallery at Weisdale Mill and Jarlshof.[90]
Transport[link]
Transport between islands is primarily by ferry and Shetland Islands Council operate various inter-island services.[91] Shetland is also served by a domestic connection from Lerwick to Aberdeen on mainland Scotland. This service, which takes about 12 hours, is operated by Northlink Ferries. Some services also call at Kirkwall, Orkney, which increases the journey time between Aberdeen and Lerwick by 2 hours.[92][93]
Sumburgh Airport, the main airport on Shetland, is located close to Sumburgh Head, 40 km (25 mi) south of Lerwick. Loganair operates flights for FlyBe to other parts of Scotland up to ten times a day. The destinations are Kirkwall, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh.[94]
Inter-Island flights are available from the Shetland Mainland to most of the inhabited islands including those from Tingwall Airport 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Lerwick, operated by Directflight Ltd., in partnership with Shetland Islands Council.[95][96] There are frequent charter flights from Aberdeen to Scatsta near Sullom Voe, which are used to transport oilfield workers and this small terminal has the fifth largest number of international passengers in Scotland.[97] Public bus services are operated on Mainland, Whalsay, Burra, Unst and Yell.[98]
The archipelago is exposed to wind and tide, and there are numerous sites of wrecked ships. Lighthouses are sited as an aid to navigation at various locations.[99]
Public services[link]
The Shetland Islands Council is the local authority for all the islands, based in Lerwick Town Hall. The islands' motto, which appears on the Council's coat of arms, is Með lögum skal land byggja. This phrase is taken from Njáls saga and means "By law shall the land be built up".[100] Shetland is subdivided into 12 civil parishes that no longer have administrative significance but are sometimes used for statistical purposes and 18 community councils.[101]
In Shetland there are two High Schools—Anderson and Brae—seven Junior High Schools, and over thirty primary schools.[102] Shetland is also home to the North Atlantic Fisheries College, the Centre for Nordic Studies and Shetland College, which are all associated with the University of the Highlands and Islands.[103][104]
Politics[link]
Shetland is represented in the House of Commons as part of the Orkney and Shetland constituency, which elects one Member of Parliament, the current incumbent being Alistair Carmichael. This seat has been held by the Liberal Democrats or their predecessors the Liberal Party since 1950, longer than any other they represent in the UK.[105][106][107]
In the Scottish Parliament the Shetland constituency elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system. The current MSP is Tavish Scott of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.[108] Shetland is within the Highlands and Islands electoral region.
The political composition of the Council is 22 Independents, one of only three Councils in Scotland with a majority of elected members who do not represent a political party.[Note 10]
Roy Grönneberg, who founded the local chapter of the Scottish National Party in 1966, designed the flag of Shetland in cooperation with Bill Adams to mark the 500 year anniversary of the transfer of the islands from Norway to Scotland. The colours are identical to the ones in the Flag of Scotland, but shaped in the Nordic cross. After several unsuccessful attempts, including a plebiscite in 1985, the Lord Lyon King of Arms approved it as the official flag of Shetland in 2005.[111][Note 11]
Shetland is also a lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Local culture, religion and the arts[link]
After the islands were transferred to Scotland, thousands of Scots families emigrated to Shetland in the 16th and 17th centuries but studies of the genetic makeup of the islands' population indicate that Shetlanders are just under half Scandinavian in origin.[45] This combination is reflected in many aspects of local life. For example, almost every place name in use can be traced back to the Vikings.[112] The Norn language was a form of Old Norse, which continued to be spoken until the 18th century when it was replaced by an insular dialect of Scots known as Shetlandic, which is in turn is being replaced by Scottish English. Although Norn was spoken for hundreds of years it is now extinct and few written sources remain.[113] Shetlandic is used both in local radio and dialect writing, and kept alive by the Shetland Folk Society.[114][115][116]
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The Lerwick Up Helly Aa is one of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland annually in the middle of winter. The festival is just over 100 years old in its present, highly organised form. Originally a festival held to break up the long nights of winter and mark the end of Yule, the festival has become one celebrating the isles' heritage and includes a procession of men dressed as Vikings and the burning of a replica longship.[117]
The cuisine of Shetland is based on locally produced lamb, beef and seafood, much of it organic. Inevitably, the real ale-producing Valhalla Brewery is the most northerly in Britain.[118] Shetland competes in the biennial International Island Games, which it hosted in 2005.[119]
Churches and religion[link]
The Reformation reached the archipelago in 1560. This was an apparently peaceful transition and there is little evidence of religious fervor or intolerance in Shetland's recorded history.[120] A variety of different religious denominations are represented in the islands. The Methodist Church has a relatively high membership in Shetland, which is a District of the Methodist Church (with the rest of Scotland comprising a separate District).[121] The Church of Scotland has a Presbytery of Shetland that includes St. Columba's Church in Lerwick.[122]
Music[link]
Shetland's culture and landscapes have inspired a variety of musicians, writers and film-makers. The Forty Fiddlers was formed in the 1950s to promote the traditional fiddle style, which is a vibrant part of local culture today.[124] Notable exponents of Shetland folk music include Aly Bain and the late Tom Anderson and Peerie Willie Johnson. Thomas Fraser was a country musician who never released a commercial recording during his life, but whose work has become popular more than 20 years after his untimely death in 1978.[125]
Writers[link]
Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate is set in "a remote part of Shetland", and was inspired by his 1814 visit to the islands. The name Jarlshof meaning "Earl's Mansion" is a coinage of his.[126][127]
Hugh MacDiarmid, the Scots poet and writer lived in Whalsay from the mid-1930s through 1942, and wrote many poems there, including a number that directly address or reflect the Shetland environment such as "On A Raised Beach", which was inspired by a visit to West Linga.[128] The 1975 novel North Star by Hammond Innes is largely set in Shetland and Raman Mundair's 2007 book of poetry A Choreographer's Cartography offers a British Asian perspective on the landscape.[129] Vagaland, who grew up in Walls, was arguably Shetland's finest poet of the 20th century.[130]
There are two monthly magazines in production: Shetland Life and i'i' Shetland.[131][132]
Films[link]
Michael Powell made The Edge of the World in 1937, a dramatisation based on the true story of the evacuation of the last 36 inhabitants of the remote island of St Kilda on 29 August 1930. St Kilda lies in the Atlantic Ocean, 64 kilometres (40 mi) west of the Outer Hebrides but Powell was unable to get permission to film there. Undaunted, he made the film over four months during the summer of 1936 on Foula and the film transposes these events to Shetland. Forty years later, the documentary Return To The Edge Of The World was filmed, capturing a reunion of cast and crew of the film as they revisited the island in 1978.
A number of other films have been made on or about Shetland including A Crofter's Life in Shetland (1932)[133] A Shetland Lyric (1934),[134] Devil's Gate (2003) and It's Nice Up North (2006), a comedy documentary by Graham Fellows.
Wildlife[link]
Shetland has three National Nature Reserves, at the seabird colonies of Hermaness and Noss, and at Keen of Hamar to preserve the serpentine flora. There are a further 81 SSSIs, which cover 66% or more of the land surfaces of Fair Isle, Papa Stour, Fetlar, Noss and Foula. Mainland has 45 separate sites.[135]
Flora[link]
The landscape in Shetland is marked by the grazing of sheep and the harsh conditions have limited the total number of plant species to about 400. Native trees such as Rowan and Crab Apple are only found in a few isolated places such as cliffs and loch islands. The flora is dominated by Arctic-alpine plants, wild flowers, moss and lichen. Spring Squill, Buck's-Horn Plantain, Scots Lovage, Roseroot and Sea Campion are abundant, especially in sheltered places. Shetland Mouse-ear (Cerastium nigrescens) is an endemic flowering plant found only in Shetland. It was first recorded in 1837 by botanist Thomas Edmondston. Although reported from two other sites in the 19th century, it currently grows only on two serpentine hills on the island of Unst. The nationally scarce Oysterplant is found on several islands and the British Red Listed bryophyte Thamnobryum alopecurum has also been recorded.[136][137][138][139]
Fauna[link]
Shetland has numerous seabird colonies. Birds found on the islands include Atlantic Puffin, Storm-petrel, Red-throated Diver, Northern Gannet and Bonxie.[140] Numerous rarities have also been recorded including Black-browed Albatross and Snow Goose, and a single pair of Snowy Owls bred on Fetlar from 1967 to 1975.[140][141][142] The Shetland Wren, Fair Isle Wren and Shetland Starling are subspecies endemic to Shetland.[143][144] There are also populations of various moorland birds such as Curlew, Snipe and Golden Plover.[145]
The geographical isolation and recent glacial history of Shetland have resulted in a depleted mammalian fauna and the Brown Rat and House Mouse are two of only three species of rodent present on the islands. The Shetland Field Mouse is the third and the archipelago's fourth endemic subspecies, of which there are three varieties on Yell, Foula and Fair Isle.[144] They are variants of Apodemus sylvaticus and archaeological evidence suggests that this species was present during the Middle Iron Age (around 200 BC to AD 400). It is possible that Apodemus was introduced from Orkney where a population has existed since at the least the Bronze Age.[146]
Domesticated animals[link]
Main article: Shetland animal breeds
There are a variety of indigenous breeds, of which the diminutive Shetland Pony is probably the best known as well as being an important part of the Shetland farming tradition. The first written record of the pony was in 1603 in the Court Books of Shetland and, for its size, it is the strongest of all the horse breeds.[147][148] Others are the Shetland Sheepdog or "Sheltie", the endangered Shetland Cattle[149] and Shetland Goose[150][151] and the Shetland Sheep which is believed to have originated prior to 1000 AD.[152] The Grice was a breed of semi-domesticated pig that became extinct in 1930. Its habit of attacking lambs cannot have aided its survival.[153]
See also[link]
Notes[link]
- ^ Watson (1926) is sure that Tacitus was referring to Shetland, although Breeze (2002) is more sceptical. Thule is first mentioned by Pytheas of Massilia when he visited Britain sometime between 322 and 285 BC, but it is unlikely he meant Shetland as he believed it was six days sail north of Britain and one day from the frozen sea.[4][5]
- ^ The modern Scots Gaelic name for Shetland, Sealtainn ([ʃalˠ̪t̪ɪɲ]) is derived from the Old Norse dative form Hjaltlandi through, as in Scots "Shetland", the process of reverse lenition of the initial /hj/ to /ʃ/.[7] In contrast with Scots, Gaelic has preserved the first l (in hjalt), but the last one (in land) is disappeared.
- ^ As with all western dialects of Norse, the stressed 'a' shifts to 'e' and so the ja became je as with Norse hjalpa which became hjelpa. Then the pronunciation changed through a process of reverse lenition of the initial /hj/ to /ʃ/. This is also found in some Norwegian dialects in for instance the word hjå (with) and the place names Hjerkinn and Sjoa (from *Hjó). Lastly the l before the t disappeared.[10]
- ^ Shetland Islands Council state there are 15 inhabited islands, and count East and West Burra, which are joined by a bridge, as a single unit. Out Skerries has two inhabited islands: Housay and Bruray.[1]
- ^ The Scord of Brouster site includes a cluster of six or seven walled fields and three stone circular houses that contains the earliest hoe-blades found so far in Scotland.[35]
- ^ Some scholars believe that this story, which appears in the Orkneyinga Saga is apocryphal and based on the later voyages of Magnus Barelegs.[46]
- ^ Apparently without the knowledge of the Norwegian Rigsraadet (Council of the Realm), Christian pawned Orkney for 50,000 Rhenish guilders. On 28 May the next year he also pawned Shetland for 8,000 Rhenish guilders.[57] He had secured a clause in the contract which gave future kings of Norway the right to redeem the islands for a fixed sum of 210 kg of gold or 2,310 kg of silver. Several attempts were made during the 17th and 18th centuries to redeem the islands, without success.[58]
- ^ When Norway became independent again in 1906 the Shetland authorities sent a letter to King Haakon VII in which they stated: "Today no 'foreign' flag is more familiar or more welcome in our voes and havens than that of Norway, and Shetlanders continue to look upon Norway as their mother-land, and recall with pride and affection the time when their forefathers were under the rule of the Kings of Norway."[50]
- ^ No other part of the UK has any such oil-related fund. By comparison, as of 31 December 2010 the total value of the Government Pension Fund of Norway was NOK 3,077 billion ($525 bn),[82] i.e. circa £68,000 per head.
- ^ The other independent run Councils are Orkney and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Moray is run by a Conservative/Independent coalition.[109][110]
- ^ The flag is the same design Icelandic republicans used in the early 20th century known in Iceland as Hvítbláinn, the "white-blue".[111]
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External links[link]
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- Shetland at the Open Directory Project
- Shetland Islands Council
- ShetlandTourism.com
- Visit.Shetland.org
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- Shetlink - Shetland's Online Community
- ShetlandDictionary.com - Online Shetland Dictionary
- National Library of Scotland: Scottish Screen Archive (selection of archive films about Shetland)
- Undiscovered Scotland - Shetland Islands
- Shetland travel guide from Wikitravel
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| Tavish Scott MSP | |
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| Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
| In office 26 August 2008 – 7 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Nicol Stephen |
| Succeeded by | Willie Rennie |
| Minister for Transport and Telecommunications | |
| In office 23 June 2005 – 17 May 2007 |
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| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Nicol Stephen |
| Succeeded by | Stewart Stevenson |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 1999 |
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| Majority | 1617 (17.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-05-06) 6 May 1966 (age 46) |
| Political party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | Napier College, Edinburgh |
| Website | Tavish Scott |
Tavish Hamilton Scott MSP (born 6 May 1966) is a Scottish politician and MSP for Shetland. He was Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 to 2011. He stepped down after the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election, in which the Liberal Democrats were reduced to five seats, down from 16 in the previous parliament.[1]
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Background, education and early career[link]
Born in 1966 in Inverness, Tavish Scott attended Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland and holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies from Napier College, Edinburgh (now Napier University). After graduating, he worked as a parliamentary assistant to Jim Wallace, then Lib Dem MP for Orkney and Shetland, and later as a Press Officer for the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He then returned to Shetland and became a farmer and also a councillor on Shetland Islands Council and Chairman of the Lerwick Harbour Trust. He is married with three children.[2]
Member of the Scottish Parliament[link]
Scott was elected the first Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland in May 1999. He was also the first parliamentarian for the Shetland Islands as a distinct entity; up to that point there had only been a single UK parliamentary constituency for both Orkney and Shetland. He served as a Deputy Minister for Parliament in the Scottish Executive from 2000 to 2001 in succession to his colleague Iain Smith, but resigned after refusing to support the Executive in a vote in the Parliament on a tie-up scheme for fishing.
In 2003, he returned to the Scottish Executive as Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services. During his time there his department piloted the Local Governance (Scotland) Act, which changed the elections for local authorities in Scotland to a proportional representation system. Following Nicol Stephen's election as party leader and succession as Deputy First Minister of Scotland in 2005, Scott was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Transport. He was re-elected with an increased majority in May 2007,[3] and held the largest margin by percentage, 50.1%, of any MSP over their closest challenger.
After the resignation of his friend and former ministerial colleague Nicol Stephen, Scott declared his candidacy for the leadership of the Scottish Liberal Democrats on 7 July 2008 at Lerwick harbour, surrounded by a group of men dressed as Vikings which is a tradition in Shetland called Up Helly Aa where Shetlanders celebrate their Viking heritage.[4] On 26 August 2008, he was announced the winner of the leadership contest with 59% (1,450) of the votes.[5]
Following what he described as a "disastrous" set of results for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in the Scottish elections in May 2011, Scott offered his resignation as leader (remaining a Member of the Scottish Parliament) [6]. He claimed the poor showings were in part due to the coalition deal which saw the Liberal Democrats form a government with the Conservatives after the United Kingdom general election, 2010.
Career timeline[link]
- 1986-1989: Napier College
- 1989-1990: Parliamentary researcher to Jim Wallace MP for Orkney and Shetland, House of Commons
- 1990-1992: Press Officer, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Edinburgh
- 1992-1999: Farmer, Shetland family farm
- 1994-1999: Chairman and Trustee, Lerwick Harbour Trust
- 1994-1999: Councillor for Lerwick Harbour and Bressay ward on Shetland Islands Council
- Vice-chairman of the Roads and Transport Committee
- 1997-1999: Director, Shetland Islands Tourism
- 1999-present: Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland
- 2000-2001: Deputy Minister for Scottish Parliament
- 2003-2005: Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Services and Parliamentary Business
- 2005-2007: Minister for Transport
- 2007-2008: Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
- Convenor of the Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
- 2008-2011: Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 2011-present: Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesman for business and the economy
References[link]
- ^ Black, Andrew (7 May 2011). "BBC News - Scots Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott quits post". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13321726. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
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- ^ "Election 2007 | Scottish Parliament | Election Result: Shetland". BBC News. 2007-05-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/scottish_parliment/html/661.stm. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ Shetland News, 7 July 2008[dead link]
- ^ "Edinburgh Evening News". Edinburghnews.scotsman.com. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/breaking-news/Tavish-Scott-wins-Liberal-Democrat.4426642.jp. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Shetland Times". Shetland Times. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2011/05/07/disastrous-election-performance-provokes-scott-to-stand-down-as-party-leader. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
External links[link]
- Tavish Scott MSP official biography at the Scottish Parliament website
- Tavish Scott MSP profile at the site of Scottish Liberal Democrats
| Scottish Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by Constituency Created |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland 1999–present |
Incumbent |
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| Preceded by Nicol Stephen |
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 2008–2011 |
Succeeded by Willie Rennie |
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| Preceded by Nicol Stephen |
Minister for Transport and Telecommunications 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Stewart Stevenson as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change |
| Preceded by Peter Peacock |
Deputy Minister for Finance 2003–2005 |
Succeeded by George Lyon |
| Preceded by Iain Smith |
Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Euan Robson |
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