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A line of white concrete balls along a road in Bexhill. There are children balancing on the balls. It's a sunny day.
A large L.L. Bean Boat & Tote bag with the word Booky embroidered on the front
A ginger cat walking towards the camera
Small yellow flowers in a raised bed in front of Orkney Library
A video of Lego models at Orkney Library, all built on a sports theme
Two cats in the Mobile Library. They are both staring at the same spot.
A screenshot of 2 posts on X. One describes a lack of cats and the next on shows two cats on the Mobile Library
A photograph taken inside the Mobile Library. There are two cats waiting to be served.
The view out the back of the library. There is a lamp post and a bench. There are no kittens.
A poster advertising A Morning with David Baldacci
A poster advertising an online book event with author David Baldacci, operated by BorrowBox
A black and white photograph of Agatha Christie as a young woman standing on a beach in front of a surfboard which has the name Fred written on it.
The Beatles from the Abbey Road album cover, crossing the zebra crossing outside Orkney Library & Archive
A lego football stadium and lego flags
A display of books about sea swimming with a copy of Jaws underneath them
The front door area of Orkney Library & Archive. In the foreground are tall stemmed flowers with blue purple flowers
Biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie
A video of Lego models with an outdoors theme
Shelves full of books in Orkney Library
A photograph looking down Palace Road towards St Magnus Cathedral
A red View-master stereoscope with discs
A wooden stereoscope with a card for viewing
A rectangular card with two black and white images of St Magnus Cathedral displayed side by side.
A barcode made out of Penguin Little Black Classics books
A paperback copy of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
A trolley full of books featuring all the countries involved in the World Cup
Photos of books about the different countries featured in the World Cup and a football pitch display with Scotland and Brazil on it.
A drone photograph of Stromness harbour after sunset. The sky is still light over Hoy in the distance
Sunset at Skaill beach in Orkney
Colourful flowers in one of the raised beds outside Orkney Library and Archive
A group of photographs of a 3D printed World Cup Trophy painted gold
Two large print Wycliffe books by W J Burley. They have the exact same cover photograph but one of them has been flipped the other way to make it look different
A black and white photograph of 2 men riding a motorcycle. One man is sitting at the back holding up the legs of the man in front who is gripping the handlebars.
Two photographs of the book return trolley. On the first one are three book in order so their titles read Take On Meat and on the second one the books are rearranged so their titles read Take Meat On
A screenshot of eMagazines on BorrowBox
A collage of front covers from football related magazines all referencing the World Cup
A black and white photograph of a horse standing in a field. The dappled pattern of the horse is very similar to the field of flowers it is standing in so that it blends in.
The book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A collage of photographs of Braille Lego bricks in a tub.
The World of Agatha Christie magazine celebrating 100 years of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Several Agatha Christie books stacked up on a desk in an old 1920s style country cottage setting. A notebook and pen, and a teacup are on the desk beside the books.
A video of lego models at Orkney Library
A library book with a date label showing return dates from 2015 to 2026
Eeyore, brown bear, monkey and Winnie the Pooh sitting on a line of chairs. Eeyore is slumped against the bookshelves
Certificates and awards for Orkney Talking Newspaper
Audio Waves Book Club logo
Shelves of large print books at Orkney Library
The HiVis Logo and poster for 2026
A colourised Tom Kent photograph of Dundas Street in Stromness taken around 1900. Several people are cycling on the street.
A black and white archive photograph of a man in uniform riding a penny-farthing with a large front wheel and small back wheel
The audiobook cover of Unruly by David Mitchell
A large plastic paperclip with googly eyes stuck to it. It has been stuck to the wall with blue tack but the blue tack has melted and the paperclip has slid down so that it looks like it has ears.
A stack of books with their spines showing. Gordon Brown, Texture, Lakes, Sun
Morph beside the balls outside Orkney Library & Archive
Timmy Mallet with his bike sitting on the balls outside Orkney Library and Archive
A screenshot of eMagazines on BorrowBox
The same photo but cropped to show the terrifying bonfire
The same photograph but uncropped to show a caption that reads Firth Coronation Bonfire, and a larger crowd
A black and white Archive photograph of a terrifying shape rising above a group of people who are looking towards the camera. It is a bonfire but looks like something more frightening.
A poster with a QR code for the Your Library Your Say survey from the Scottish Library & Information Council