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STAR LOT 1

Orkney Chair - woodwork by Colin Kirkness using wood from the Highland Park Distillery, the arms are made from the staves of a whisky barrel, and Julia Hume is the lady behind the straw-work. As well as getting a bottle of 12 year old Highland Park, the winner will also get a dram of "Dragon" whisky from 1973 - only a select few have this whisky and Colin will go and pour it himself (distance within reason).

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£910 (Anon)

STAR LOT 2

Old Firm Corporate Hospitality for 2 at a Premier League game at either Rangers or Celtic FC, includes food, complimentary bar, half time snack, executive seating, car parking and a match day programme. Donated by Scottish Fuels.

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£530 (Omand)

STAR LOT 3

Model Racing Car - Renault Formula 1 1/3 scale model - radio controlled - brand new never been used, and as far as know the only one in North of Scotland … donated by - Leslie Thomson who won it at the Round Table Draw a few weeks ago,  so you may have seen this car already in Ridgways Window.   Blue & yellow colours.

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£210 (Drever)

STAR LOT 4

Aurora Gold & Diamond Necklace from the Bliss collection, an original design.  At the moment it’s the only one in gold. Solid wire holding a circle with a hanging flower with diamond in the middle & a gold heart.

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£600 (Sabiston)

STAR LOT 5

Orkney Wine Raspberrylicious - bottle number 100,000, a specially engraved signed 70cl bottle filled with the all new Raspberrylicious, a liqueur made with Westray grown raspberries, boysenberries, brambles, wild blueberries, heather berries from Rousay and Deerness and Orkney grown rhubarb. Raspberrylicious will be launched at the opening of the new Orkney Wine shop at Lamb Holm early next month. It is in a unique square bottle with engravings of Pudsey Bear, the Italian Chapel and the Orkney Wine Company logo. It comes with 4 small glasses engraved with the Italian Chapel and the Orkney Wine logo, engraved and donated by Stewart Wylie of Orkney Crystal.  

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£280 (Gregg)
 

STAR LOT 6

Northlink Ferries - Travel Voucher for 2 + car to Aberdeen, in a premium Cabin and £40 meal Vouchers.

£240 (Aim)

STAR LOT 7

Milk for a Year - Crantit Dairy is offering one litre of milk every day for a year, you can choose from skimmed, semi-skimmed or whole milk, which will be delivered if within Crantit's usual delivery area - which is most of the mainland, Shapinsay and Rousay.

 
(£425 (Clyde)

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LOT NO. & TITLE

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No. 1

Pudsey Bear a big knitted Pudsey from Tricia Tompkins in Sanday.

 

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£22 (Besant) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 2

Kids Rocking Horse - brown soft material and wearing a tartan rug. About 2 feet tall - brand new, won in a raffle. 

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£60 (Tait) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 3

Paint by Numbers Canvas Set & Set of Poem Books by late Jean Stephen.

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£10 (Ollie) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 4

Two Model Boats by Leonardo - wooden Tug and Trawler, brand new still in box donated by Bobby Cursiter. (12" long by 10" high).

 

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£25 (Waterson) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 5

“Rendall in the 1930's - A Boyhood Journey” - Signed & donated by the author Jim Nicolson.

 

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£26 (Sinclair) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 6

Wooden Coffee Table - wood pattern in top. Measures around 16” high, 30” long & 14” wide.

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£30 (Scott) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 7

Rooster Tatties from Gerry and Evelyn Wilson at Howequoy in Holm.

£25 (Mcintosh) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 8

Set of Disney Encyclopedias from 1990 – 25 volumes of the Wonderful World of Knowledge including Animals, Nature, Inventions, Transportation, Caves, Science, the Continents, the Human Body, various different countries, and lots more. Given to us by a 12 year old Radio Orkney fan from Holm!

 

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£30 (Alma) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 9

Orkney China mugs from Emma Currie. 4 china mugs with a Nordic rune design which spells Orkney three times.

 

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£40 (Alma) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 10

Girls knitted Cardigans in pink and cream with Pink Hat to match from Nellie Tomison at The Strynd, 24 to 26” in size.

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£5 (Cadger) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 11

Orkney Bracelets – you choose the name, colour & size, from Heather Croy.

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£20 (Campbell) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 12

House of Commons Goody bag from Alistair Carmichael  which includes – a bottle of Chardonnay, choc coins, marmalade, stick of dark choc, choc truffles and a few stationary pieces.  Comes with a Top Trumps Politico Conference 2008 card game from Caroline Wickham Jones.

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£36 (Probert) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 13

Set of 3 Soft Grip Pliers & Inspection Lamp & Shatter Resistant Bulb from Hamish McLean. 

 

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£18 (Grieve) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 14

Silver Darlings CD and Calendar - the very first CD "The First Haul" being launched next weekend and a Silver Darlings 2009 calendar.

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£60 (Cooper) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 15

Northvet Cat Goody Bag - 2 kilos of James Wellbeloved Adult Complete Catfood, Catnip, a Cat Bed, a Litter Tray, a Bowl, Collar and 4 Cat Toys.

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£30 (Thompson) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 16

Light Sussex Cockerel and two hens - Quite rare these days, very beautiful and in prime condition – from Neil Sinclair in Shapinsay. 

£40 (Rendall) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 17

Crystal Whisky Glass from the Tall Ships range, in its own presentation box. Full lead crystal and is the first production piece of the 12oz glass. From Claire Stevens of Orkneyglass.com  

 

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£18 (Leslie) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 18

Ba Videos and Book - complete collection of Walter Haywood's DVD's of the Orkney Bas, and the Bas in the Borders (Jedburgh and Ancrum) and Atherstone and Ashbourne  (5 DVD's) and a SIGNED COPY of  “Uppies and Downies”, the book of the Ba variations around the country … signed by the author Hugh Hornby.  

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£20 (Wilson) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 19

Loganair Saab 340 - scale model in British Airways livery with Air Discount logo, about 10" long. Comes with a Top and Tail Towel (Face and A*se) and a Jumbo Pencil, given by Robert and Kim Foden at the Herald Printshop.

 

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£17 (Norquoy) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 20

Haylage – 5 small square bales from Derek Moar of Lower Nisthouse, Stenness.  Suitable for horses, sheep, cattle etc …

£25 (Sinclair) 7:30 - 8:30

No. 21

Clamp and Vice - Bench Pro 200, brand new never been used, welcome addition to any workshop.

 

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£20 (Allan) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 22

Model Truck – Bruder Mack Truck Mixer, brand new in box donated by Margaret Cursiter. (24 “ long x 12” high)

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£35 (Clouston) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 23

Pam Farmer framed photograph - It’s a 4 panel photograph “Seaweed 1” mounted in a wooden frame.

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£35 (Johnson) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 24

Orkney Christmas Fairy from Freda Bayne, designed, hand woven and stitched using real silk organza wings and North Ronaldsay wool.  She tells us this cheeky fairy promises to bring good luck and cheer to your house during the festive season! 

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£35 (Rendall) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 25

Wooden Bowl handmade by Brian Bremner, Eday 9” in diameter, 4” high.

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£30 (Gregg) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 26

Stronsay Tatties - 3 bags of either Records, Rooster, Maris Piper, Sharpes Express, Arran Victory, Lady Rosetta or Yukon Gold – from Don & Julie at Samson’s Lane.

£60 (Gregg) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 27

Cake Maid in Orkney - Angela Doughtery is offering any sponge or madeira type cake, iced, flavoured to your choice and decorated … whatever day you want, if there’s two weeks notice. Delivery possible.  

£40 (Aitken) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 28

Handknitted Arran Gansie – 80% acrylic / 20% wool so easy to wash and wear, around 24 inches in size.

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£20 (Wilson) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 29

Orkney Energy Agency are offering a Free Home Thermal Imaging Visit - they come to your house with their camera and say where there are areas missing insulation, heat loss, heating not working properly, you’ll get photos on a disc and measure on how you can fix the problems.

£170 (Spence) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 30

Logs & Kindling – Glenn Miller will deliver 6 bags of each, free on mainland or to any Isles Depot. 

£75 (Mckinnon) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 31

Trailer – handmade by a gentleman who’s given us things in the past few years – it’s a miniature high-sided trailer – in the style of a silage trailer,  painted blue,  has a hinged back door that opens to make a ramp and it moves on wheels – perfect for a peedie person to store blocks or toy animals in.

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£28 (Chalmers) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 32

The Orkney Book of Birds by Tim Dean with illustrations by Tracy Hall, signed by both.  The definitive book on birds in Orkney. 

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£71 (Rosie) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 33

Walking Tour of Kirkwall – a guided tour for up to 12 folk with qualified Orkney tour guide Jack Drever.  The tour will take about an hour and will include the skull with too many teeth, the drunken ducks, and Orkney’s most expensive breakfast!  

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£20 (Bain) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 34

Paddington Bear - an original, traditional Paddington Bear wearing his red duffle coat, blue hat and boots, with tag round his neck. Around 12" high.

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£23 (Harcus) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 35

Fish Box from Jolly's – full of frozen fish – Smoked Haddock, Kippers, Smoked Mackerel, Salmon Fillets and their own home made Fish Fingers. It’s sitting in the freezer in Jolly’s and can be picked up whenever suits!

 

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£70 (Dennison) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 36

Orkney Isles Preserves - Gift Basket of Preserves from Glynis Leslie in Shapinsay.

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£25 (Thomson)  

No. 37

Northvet Dog Goody Bag - 7.5 Kilos James Wellbeloved Adult Kibble, Biscuits & Treats, a Bowl, a Lead, a Ball and 2 Toys.

 

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£39 (Smith) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 38

Horse Rug – Rhinegold Aspen from Rosina’s Horse Tack at Lower Nisthouse, Stenness.  Rug is 1000 denier, ripstop, waterproof, breathable outer lining, heavyweight 350 grams polyfill with breathable nylon lining.  Fixed neck cover with easy quick loop through elastic/Velcro fastenings. Double chest straps, x surcingles & leg straps.  Rug can be viewed in the shop or on website at www.horsetack4less.com and she has all sizes.  Retails between £104 to £111. 

£65 (Rendall) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 39

Christmas Cake – a rich fruit cake with brandy, iced and with festive decorations, contains nuts. Approx 10 inches square and around 10 lbs in weight.  Anon.  Christmas Cards pack of 30 from Morag Shearer.

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£60 (Sutherland) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 40

Aromatherapy Massage from Cathy Petrie.

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£45 (Merriman) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 41

Broiler – oven ready around 8 lbs from Nancy Fergus.

£40 (Currie) 8:30 - 9:30

No. 42

Rotary Hammer & Laser Level from Paul Lawton at Castles in Eday.  Pro User 800 watt Rotary Hammer, for drilling into concrete, stone etc, a hammer action for chiselling and breaking up paths, driveways etc, comes with assorted accessories; depth stop, drill bits, chisels and grease all it in it’s own carry case.   Kingavon Laser Lever; for high accuracy alignments, reference planes, long distance levelling, includes metal tripod, batteries, spectroscope attachments in carry case.  Both brand new. 

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£80 (Croy)  

No. 43

Orkney Energy Agency are offering a Free Home Thermal Imaging Visit - they come to your house with their camera and say where there are areas missing insulation, heat loss, heating not working properly, you’ll get photos on a disc and measure on how you can fix the problems. 

£100 (Ball)  

No. 44

Raven for Pudsey’ - picture by Patsy Bain. Four ravens circling around a pudsey coloured sun, wearing Pudsey Scarfs. 

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£62 (Rendall)  

No. 45

Woodwick Lamb from the Flaws.  It will come cut, bagged, labelled & ready for the freezer. 

£90 (Cursiter)  

No. 46

Orkney Wheelbarrow - a child's version of the wheelbarrows that were used around the farms. It was often said the barrow was heavier than the load it was carrying - the original barrows had a wooden wheel with an iron hoop. Made and donated by Hugh Skinner.

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£85 (Stevenson)  

No. 47

Pudsey Teapot - a specially commissioned piece which is being donated by a couple of Quoyburray Inn customers. Made by our own Harray Potter Andrew Appleby - he assures us that (in time) this will become a collectors piece or a much prized family heirloom. Looks too good to use but is sure to pour like a dream! Comes with the Queen of Mean Mug which Andrew made for his appearance on the Weakest Link - Ann Robinson got one.

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£85 (Thomson)  

No. 48

Golf Caddy Coffee Table – circular glass top and stand is golf bag with clubs holding glass top on.  Donated by Eddie Ratter from Scapa Garage.

 

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£60 (Kirkness)  

No. 49

Wooden Noughts & Crosses set handmade by Brian Bremer, Galtyha in Eday, 9” in diameter.  Metal O's & X's in a specially made wooden base.

 

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£62 (Anon)  

No. 50

Alex Leonard Festival Cartoon from the Folk Festival Committee. Used this year for Festival publicity and is currently on show at the Blue Door.

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£50 (Thomson)  

No. 51

John Kemp's Orkney Rugby Club / Orkney Brewery Shirt size of your choice, and Orkney Rugby Club branded bath towel, black with your own initials on it.

 

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£110 (Sabiston)  

No. 52

George Bain gift voucher to value of £50.

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£55 (Scott)  

No. 53

Pedal Tractor & Trailer from Robertson's– blue tractor with loader and trailer on back.

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£85 (Norquoy)  

No. 54

Bloodhound Ornament from the “A Breed Apart” collection donated by  Rena Flett.   Quite big – lying down.

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£35 (Kirkness)  

No. 55

Golden Wonder Tatties - 25 kilo bag from Frozen Food Centre.

£40 (Fraser)  

No. 56

Haylage – 5 small square bales from Derek Moar of Lower Nisthouse, Stenness.  Suitable for horses, sheep, cattle etc …  

£34 (Sinclair) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 57

Britt Harcus is donating a limited edition print from her recent exhibition A Room With A View.  “Kirk Spire, Stromness” is a watercolour and pencil mounted print, number 4 of 25, a view from Britt’s studio looking down over the Holms.  

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£110 (Merriman) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 58

Orkcrafts has donated a Wooden Puffin Stationery Set  - Wall Plaque with Notebook, Letter Rack, Pen in it’s own holder and tub to hold pens, pencils etc. 

 

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£10 (Richards) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 59

Organic Tatties - Catherine Wilkinson in Holm has donated three bags of organically grown tatties. One bag of "Charlotte" and two bags of "Valor".  Can be picked up from her house in Holm.

£45 (Miller) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 60

Decorated Cake from Evelyn Tait – Clock design at midnight with Santa's - a masterpiece.

 

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£60 (Brass) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 61

Massey Ferguson Red 6480 bairns sit-on pedal tractor – heavy metal frame, authentic ‘tractor’ noises.  Donated by Duncan & Grace Currie who won it at the In The Mood concert.

 

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£200 (Phillips) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 62

Joan Holdsworth glass plate “Channel” bullseye co. sheet glass layered, fused and slumped. Kiln-formed glass.  White, green & blue colours. 12” square.

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£75 (Flett) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 63

Sterling Silver Bracelet made and donated by Donald Moar in its own presentation box.

 

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£80 (The Stig...) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 64

Graham Moffat Ba Prints – 2 mounted prints of Ba Scenes, one is faces in the pack on Broad Street waiting for the throw up, the other is the pack heading up the street from the Pier in the snow.

 

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£130 (Henderson) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 65

Ba Pack from Odin Stone - a Bottle of Ba Whisky in its own branded container.  8 year old deluxe blended Scotch Whisky.  A Ba Trinket Box, just like a miniature Ba but you can store things in it, and also Ba Drop Ear Rings, all from Odinstone.

 

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£80 (Taylor) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 66

Orkney Riding Centre four times one hour hires for the indoor arena at the Market Stance.

£60 (Coward) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 67

Russell's Orkney Cheese - Vera Hay is donating six of her traditional Orkney Cheeses - you can have a mixture of plain, flavoured or dried with oatmeal and Vera says you can request and get them whenever you want - so you don't have to take them all at once.

 
£80 (Alma) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 68

Stockan’s Oatcake and Biscuit Hamper – big wicker hamper full of Stockan's goodies like oatcakes, shortbread, butter biscuits, perkins, etc.

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£60 (Alma) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 69

Antique Silver Teaspoon Set in art deco style, sterling silver and enamelled floral designs on back of spoon – probably pre-war, in presentation box from Caroline Wickham Jones.

 

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£72 (Moncrieff) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 70

Alfred Flett Ltd - a worker for a day, either a mason or a joiner for a full day's work – from 8 till 4.30 – labour no materials.  

£200 (Karen) 10:30 - 11:30

No. 71

Pentland Ferries - return trip for Car and 2 adults – valid till end of October 2009.

£115 (Smith) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 72

Fish Supper - wood carving in American Red Elm and White Oak from Fraser Dixon.

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£65 (Aim) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 73

Leather Handbag – brown shoulder bag with decorative fastening, plus Hat & Gloves in soft brown material.

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£50 (Linklater) 11:30 - 12:30

No.74

Six Breeding Ducks – Khaki Campbell cross from Elwick in Shapinsay.

£45 (Edwards) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 75

Orkney Creepie – peedie wooden creepie with heart shape in top.

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£75 (Tait) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 76

Tatties - fae Brian Scott at Netherhill - 12 ½ kilos of Keppleton Kidneys and 25 kilos of Roosters.

£50 (Aitken) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 77

Fashion Show tickets – two tickets to event run by Orkney Branch of the Pony Club on Thursday, 20th November at 7pm in Kirkwall Town Hall. 

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£21 (Brass) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 78

Sylvia Delday Christmas Baskets – 3 baskets full of festive goodies – Plum Pudding, Iced Cake, Stollen Bread, Plum Pudding, Mince Pies, Shortbread, Oatcakes & Cheese, Brandy Butter, Marmalade, Sweets & Chocolates, Brandy & Punch all in 3 different sized baskets big, middle & peedie, and decorated – would make great Xmas pressies.

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£100 (Macintosh) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 79

Harray Loch Oil Painting from 1958 by Tommy Tough owner of Merkister Hotel. View of the Loch with tree to the foreground left hand side, wooden frame (24 x 18 approx)

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£76 (Allan) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 80

Orkney Ice Cream for a year from the Orkney Creamery.  2 litres per month, any flavour, which you’ll collect from Nimms. 

£125 (The Stig) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 81

Scapa Special from Rob Hill at Highland Brewery Company will donate four and a half gallons. It comes in a plastic container inside a box and doesn't need any pumps or anything - just open the tap and pour. It needs to be used reasonably quickly once it's opened so would be good for a party or a big event. You can have it anytime you want - Xmas, New Year or whenever - just get in touch with Rob and tell him when you need it.

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£115 (Sinclair) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 82

Tatties & Neeps – a bag of Charlotte Tatties and a bag of Neeps from Alan Corrigall at North Bigging in Dounby. 

£35 (Swanney) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 83

Walliwall Butter - Kathleen Hourie is offering ten 250 gram blocks of her butter.

£65 (Alma) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 84

Box of CD's - all brand new sent to Radio Orkney from promotional agencies, about 20 albums and at least 50 singles - pot luck!

£65 (Rendall) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 85

Horse Riding Lesson at Cruan Riding School - a 30 minute private lesson either on your own horse or on one of the Riding School ponies.

£50 (Moar) 11:30 - 12:30
 

No. 86

Framed Cross-stitch, 2 Cartoon Golf Prints, copy of a Winnie the Pooh Drawing and book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain - hardback in it's own cardboard sleeve.

£10 (Kirkness) 11:30 - 12:30

No. 87

Digital Camera - Sutherland's the chemist has donated a hi-spec digital camera. It's a GE E1035, 10.1 megapixel camera with a 3 times optical zoom and a 4.5 times digital zoom. It's got a 2.7 inch LCD screen and a number of other advanced features like Face Tracking, Image Stabilization, Panoramic Stitching and Red Eye Removal. Along with the camera Sutherland's have also donated a voucher which will allow the winner to get 200 of their digital images printed as photos in either 6" x 4" or 5.5" x 4" size.

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£165 (Stevenson) 11:30 - 12:30
               

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