TIMES PAST: Whalsay tunnel funding rejected; Shetland accent dying out; no by-law will stop Billy drinking in his garden; convener aghast at prospect of female firefighters; reestit mutton subsidy

This week’s Times Past includes a look back to 40 years ago when Dave and Debbie Hammond opened the Shetland Smokehouse in Skeld.

TIMES PAST: Whalsay tunnel funding rejected; Shetland accent dying out; no by-law will stop Billy drinking in his garden; convener aghast at prospect of female firefighters; reestit mutton subsidy – Shetland Times

TIMES PAST: Whalsay tunnel funding rejected; Shetland accent dying out; no by-law will stop Billy drinking in his garden; convener aghast at prospect of female firefighters; reestit mutton subsidy  Shetland Times

OPINION: ‘Our motion to scrap peak ferry fares meant families could go on holiday for the first time in years – that is what politics is about’ – Shetland Times

OPINION: ‘Our motion to scrap peak ferry fares meant families could go on holiday for the first time in years – that is what politics is about’  Shetland Times