41. History shows around Granddads
departure time, fishing (herring) was
a BIG industry for 6 months of the
year. Fishing started due to a famine
then grew! In reading a few of the
local history books it appears influx
of migrant workers made Wick “sin
city”
44. Gaultiquoy croft according to Uncle Daves family
history research was our grest grandfathers croft.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croft
Croft (land), an area of land with a crofter's dwelling,
used for crofting (small-scale food production).
45. Several books in
Wick Historical
library say, Weirs
originally came
from Norway
around 1100. The
list to the right is a
census taken
when Granddad
would probably
have been in his
teens.
46. We got a taxi out and looked around the farming
area where Grandad would have grown up.
47. This stone building was
probably similar to one
on Granddads parents
croft/farm. This
particular one was just
up the road but many
similar ones exist
51. Early April 2014 and spring had arrived but a cool breeze blew in off the North Sea
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54. We bumped into Bill
Bruce in Milton when
we asked if we could
jump his fence and
take some photos. He
was very kind and
introduced us to
Nancy and got his car
out and took us up to
the original farmstead.
A Doctor has now built
a new house there and
we chatted with him
for a bit. We took
photos from the house
site and Bruce pointed
out you could see the
Orkney Islands off the
northern tip of
Scotland. Photos don’t
show it as well as the
naked eye could see.
55. Bill introduced us to Nancy who grew
up here and knew Granddads nieces
and nephews. She had photos and a
newspaper clipping from when Uncle
Dave, Uncle Jim and Dad visited.
58. Looking North from new
house. Orkney Islands
barely visible in photo
These are building we
wanted to photo when
we asked Bill Bruce if we
could jump the fence
59. Zoomed in to the North to
try and see in the haze
Orkney Islands better
