Foula under snow

Photographs taken after the blizzard of January 1955, when Foula was cut off from mainland Shetland for seven weeks.

Drifted snow on the door of the Manse, after the blizzard
Nurse Mitchell at Ham Voe
The Manse after the blizzard
Harry Gear wheeling home peats in a barrow
Ken Gear uncovering snowed-over letter box
Gravins workshop buried under snow
Drifts on wall to Hame Toun
Boats at Ham buried in snowdrift
The mailboat snowbound on the slipway; the Minna anchored off Ham Voe
Flit boat unloading stores from the Minna on relief day, 23 February 1955
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