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@Ness_Battery

Guided tours available. Tour times on website. Also @nessbattery.bsky.social

 Stromness, Orkney, UK
nessbattery.co.uk
Joined June 2011
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RNLI@RNLI28 Jul 2021
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
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Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us. Any person or organisation questioning their actions or loyalty to this country should be corrected and ostracised. Anyone can drown, but no one should. rnli.org/support-us
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A sliver of the sun peeked through not long after the ‘max’. At the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney. 1907BST.
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Sentry on duty! My feline friend at Ness Battery keeps an eye out. (Zoom in 🐈‍⬛) Tours coming up Sun 12th 9.30am Mon 13th 4pm Wed 15th 10am Thu 16th 4pm Sat 18th 4pm No need to book, you can just turn up. See website for full schedule and details: nessbattery.co.uk/visit-ness…
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Brendan Cox@MrBrendanCoxJun 15
10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist. At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk
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Sir Ian McKellen at 86 expertly reciting Shakespeare last night!
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SCIENCE AT WAR: 771 SQUADRON’S PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT A special one-day exhibition of photos and vintage cameras highlighting the work of HMS TERN’s Photographic Unit. Sept 10th 11-5. Entry by donation. See event page for details: facebook.com/share/1JwKJesuM… @OrkSciFest
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Peace. Will. Come. 🙏🏻 youtu.be/OlLEt_FKlr0?feature…
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On this day… 10 April 1940 A busy week for Orkney! #otdh #ww2 #orkney #scotland #history
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1940 #OTDH #Orkney Skuas from 800 & 803 Sqns (from Hatston, HMS SPARROWHAWK) attack & sink Königsberg in Bergen - first major warship ever sunk by aerial attack.
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#OTDH 1940 #Orkney #ww2 Air raid on Scapa Flow… [Thread from 2019]
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#OTDH 1940 #Orkney Scapa Flow 8pm: HMS CURLEW's radar plot shows unidentified aircraft approaching, 80 miles from Orkney
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Starting on 2nd April HMS TERN will be open for visitors on Wednesdays and Sundays, between 11am and 4pm.  Guides tours available too - see website for details hmstern.co.uk
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The South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust are hoping to achieve a community buy-out of the Tomb of the Eagles & visitor centre. They aim to reopen and restore it as a community hub & tourist attraction. They have set up a crowdfunding page: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tomb-of-…
Tomb of the Eagles

Tomb of the Eagles

The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and restore it as a community hub and tourist locale

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Happy Christmas! Here’s the official @Ness_Battery Christmas Card from 1941-ish.
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Birsay Heritage Trust have plans to develop HMS "Tern". There will be a Community Design Workshop at the Birsay Community Hall on 8 Jan. 3.00pm onwards. More info: facebook.com/share/p/WF8EYxB…
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If you’re not following me on bluesky yet you really are missing a treat
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Now also available at @nessbattery.bsky.social
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I’m offering a special site tour at both @Ness_Battery and @HMS_Tern as two separate lots in BBC Radio Orkney’s Children In Need auction. The tours are for four people each, at a time to be arranged to suit the winners. Listen in to @bbcorkney on Friday pm for a chance to bid.
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Yes. As in 💩.
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