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The contract to build Fair Isle’s new ferry has been awarded at a cost of £5.6m. Shetland Islands Council has today (Tuesday) ...
Taking its name from the island of Fair Isle — part of the Shetland archipelago about 100 miles off the northeastern coast of Scotland — the knitting technique first began in fisherman’s ...
Her eagerly awaited woolly hat would showcase a new and unique Fair Isle pattern named after the pretty sea campion flowers found near her Shetland home. Knitted in colours inspired by the island ...
Fair Isle, which is part of Shetland, is seeking an engineer and a deckhand to work onboard their ferry service. Successful applicants should live on the island, meaning relocation may be required.
So where does Fair Isle originate? Well, Fair Isle, an island north of Scotland in the Shetland archipelago. The design began there in the early 19th century as a pattern for fishermen’s caps ...
Telecoms firm Openreach said it had to ‘get creative’ to connect Fair Isle – the most southerly island in Shetland – to a full-fibre service. A spur cable, which comes off a 68-mile-long ...
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