Orkney Gallery

Maidenhead bridge & Skindles hotel

The riverside town of Maidenhead in Berkshire showing the seven-arched bridge constructed in 1772 and the famous Skindles hotel, known in former days as the Orkney Arms. Skindles had something of a reputation among society as a place to take girls! Date: 20th century

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Berkshire, Boating, Bridge, Entertainment, Historical, History, Hotel, Hotels, Leisure, Maidenhead, Places, Reputation, River, Riverside, Rowing, Skindles, Thames, Town

Iron Age houses

Iron Age houses, Broch of Gurness, Aikerness, dating from circa 200 BC, settled from Iron Age and Pictish periods, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

© Robert Harding 2008 - All Rights Reserved

Aikerness, Archaeological Site, Archaeology, Broch, Broch Of Gurness, Color Image, Contemporary, Europe, Great Britain, Horizontal, House, Iron Age, Mainland, Old Ruin, Orkney, Orkney Island, Outdoor, Photography, Pict, Pictish, Pre Historic, Ruin, Scot Land, Travel, Travel Destination, United Kingdom

A Local Woman of the Orkney Islands outside her house

A Local Woman of the Orkney Islands outside her house. Orkney was the site of a Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, where the sailor who sent this card was stationed (on HMS Royal Arthur) in June 1916, when he sent this card. Date: circa 1922

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Boots, Cold, Collapse, Collapsed, Cottage, Croft, Crofter, Damaged, Disrepair, Dry, Headscarf, House, Islander, Islands, Lady, Local, Old, Orkney, Outside, Roof, Ruined, State, Stone, Thick, Wall, Woman