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			*Ian W. Skea. "Of knickery and gablos", Living Orkney, February 2007
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John D. Mackay (1909, Maeback, Papa Westray, Orkney) a Scottish man of letters, taught at Stronsay and North Ronaldsay and was headmaster of Sanday School from 1946 to 1970.

He is particularly remembered in Orkney for a letter he wrote to The Times in 1967 suggesting return of Orkney and Shetland to Norway after five centuries as part of Scotland. This letter brought publicity to Orkney and provided a boost for local morale at a time when the islands seemed destined to lose their local powers and become absorbed into the administrative structure of the Scottish Highlands. In its wake came a stream of local publicity efforts.

Reference

Ian W. Skea. "Of knickery and gablos", Living Orkney, February 2007

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