Most of this footage was recorded by John Irvine, with some additional filming by his brother Derek. In John’s role as teacher at Forrester High School (Edinburgh) he took parties of school kids to Shetland every summer on outdoor education trips. This footage is mainly from the 1960 trip, with some clips of the 1959 and 1961 trips too. These clips show a busy Commercial Street, with lots of pedestrians visiting the local shops.
Film-maker: John Irvine
Donated by John, Derek and Isobel Irvine.
00:00:00 | Views taken from a bike/car? Driving down Queen’s lane and turning onto Commerical Street. Views travelling down the street, passing various pedestrians shop fronts |
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00:01:20 | Coming up to the Fort, where an old style bus is parked up. |
00:01:26 | High angle view of the The Forrester teachers going into the Grand Hotel (where they had daily meetings over coffee. |
00:01:30 | High angle view (taken from the Grand Hotel) of people gathered in front of shops on Commerical Street. |
00:01:34 | Jimmy Manson and Pat Goodlad outside Manson’s sweet shop |
00:01:42 | High angle view of Freda Moar walking down street and waving at camera. |
00:01:46 | High angle view of red truck driving past. Peter Peterson walking down the street. |
00:01:54 | More high angle views of people walking along street and gathering in front of shops. Including a street sweeper at work. |
00:02:21 | Jemima Walterson walking down street. More general views of pedestrians on the street. |
00:02:32 | Brief shot of the Mens’ toilet sign on the Esplanade. |
00:02:36 | Men walking along Victoria Pier with boats tied up behind. |
00:02:40 | Whalsay Willie smoking a pipe on Victoria Pier with the town behind. |
00:02:45 | More views of Victoria Pier - pedestrians walking, boats tied up, other boats passing in the harbour. |
00:02:55 | Men standing at the lodberries, looking out to sea. |
00:03:02 | Pupils on Victoria Pier looking at boats tied up. Pupil sitting on mooring bollard. |