North Ronaldsay Voices - An Oral History

Front cover photo of family at Sholtisquoy. Ann Marwick spent many hours in the 1980/90s chatting to folk in North Ronaldsay and learning about the dialect, customs and lifestyles of the island in a bygone age. These priceless conversations now form part of the Orkney Library Sound Archive and she has now harvested the best bits into North Ronaldsay Voices. According to poet Robert Rendall, even Orcadians regard a visit to North Ronaldsay as an adventure. In this book we discover why...