The Friends of St Nicholas charity group is planning an exhibition called "Holm 200" to mark the 200th anniversary of the rebuilding of St Nicholas Church in Holm and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. They are asking anyone with connections to Holm to participate by sharing their stories or loaning materials from Holm's history over the past 200 years. The group is also expanding their photo collection showing Holm life over the years and are running a photo competition of Holm today. Interested individuals can contact the group members to get involved or learn more about their work restoring the old church building by visiting their website.

1. Friends of St Nicholas
Reg charity no: SCO 44541
Chairman: Andrew Drever Treasurer: Athole Thomson Secretary: Marlene Mainland
Letter to Orcadian February 2018
Holm 200
2018 marks the bicentenary of the rebuilding of the Ould Kirk, St Nicholas in Holm,
where it has existed in various forms for over 500 years, and 2018 also marks the
centenary of the signing of the Armistice on 11th
November 1918, bringing an end to
the fighting of World War One, which caused such dreadful loss to our communities.
Prompted by these centenaries, the local charity group, Friends of St Nicholas, are
planning an exhibition, entitled Holm 200, later this year, and we would like to hear
from anyone with Holm connections willing to participate, either by telling us your
stories, or loaning materials of interest for display during July and August. Anything
which you feel is relevant to Holm’s story, and which informs us of change in all
aspects of life over the past 200 years will be appreciated.
We continue to expand our photo collection showing Holm life through the years, up
to the present day. We are grateful to those who have already shared photos with us,
and these are of great interest and value to the community. We welcome more, which
we will copy, before returning the originals. We also plan to run a photo competition
depicting Holm today, so that is something else to be thinking about!
If you are interested and value Holm’s heritage, or want to be involved in anyway,
please contact us. To find out more about our work with the old building, take a look
at our website: theouldkirk.blogspot.co.uk where you will also find more contact
details.
Marlene Mainland 781 395, Antoine Pietri 781 488, Athole Thomson 781 376,
Sheena Wenham 781 278