History
Owen Cambridge & a used car?
Owen Cambridge is an Archaeologist with the Isle of Wight Council. He came across this site and was prompted to write. Aside from his words of encouragement (thanks Owen) he says he used to live in Waas up by Victoria Cottage in Burraland, and remarks that he couldnt get much further away now. He goes on to say that if we ever see an old light blue and white mini driving around the area, it might have been his. He says it was the best car he ever had and he sold it "up at the Brig o Waas". (Would that be the house on the road to Bixter that now has VW's & Subaru's ouside?) Anyway, Owen would be glad to hear from the current owner of his mini. His e-mail address can be got from Brian or Kevin.
Magnus Williamson.
Frank Ward of Dornoch contacted the site last year. He apparently knew of Magnie, [Magnus, now deceased]and his brief adventures during the Spanish Civil War, in which he was injured in an air raid, and later spirited home. It would be interesting to know how & why a Waas lad got mixed up in that comflict.
Does anyone have any interesting tales for publication on this page?
From “Shetland” a Colin Baxter Island Guide, Jill Slee Blackadder (p156)
“The old centre of Walls, or Waas, as it is called in Shetland, still clusters round the pier and the old harbour and the old haa, with its charm intact despite many visual changes over the years. Walls is a lively community, with a school, swimming pool, and village hall.
The Walls bakery has raised the status of traditional Shetland products, especially their oatcakes, in recent years. Walls is a great sailing centre with events and activities all years round.
Sadly, the community has, like many others in Shetland, lost members to accidents at sea. The shop, garage, surgery, care centre and health centre add to the convenience for locals, but country shops in Shetland suffer increasingly from the effects of big supermarkets in Lerwick and their futures are far from certain.”
This book was published in 2003 and the bleak tone of the last sentence has not yet proved justified. Come on you local history buffs, why not prove it be a load of cobblers by contributing to this website?