110K views · 1.1K reactions | "It's a real snapshot of Shetland history." When an elderly man turned up asking to dump 5,000 old photographic slides, Paul Moar discovered that among them were hundreds of historic images of the Scottish islands. (Via BBC Newsnight) bbc.in/2MUsBcz | BBC News | Facebook

Did you know: Christmas in Shetland is celebrated on 5th January and not December 25th. 🤯 It comes from changing from the old Julian calendar to the new Gregorian one where we lost 11 days. But many communities still celebrate Christmas on the old dates: 5th January is Auld Yule and 6th January is Auld Yule Night. Yule is an ancient Norse midwinter festival celebrated long before Christianity reached Shetland. Our lands were settled by Norse people and therefore Yule traditions stayed deeply ro

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