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"textContent": "Orkney, 100 Years Ago. “There has been a great deal of pilfering and stealing going on at Lyness, and it is extremely difficult to detect.” – James Begg, Fiscal, Orkney Sheriff Court In 1926, James Sutherland, a labourer was charged with stealing a bench vice from a salvaged German destroyer lying at Lyness, Hoy. Pleading […]",
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