North Roe | Karen Inkster Vance

Mar 25, 20244 min read

Special services in the little kirk

The first time I visited my great-grandfather’s birthplace of North Roe, I walked into the little Methodist church, still standing after...

Mar 14, 20243 min read

Remembering a journey with my friend, Magnus, to Roermill, North Roe, where my Shetland ancestors worked and walked.

Jan 25, 20244 min read

It’s Robbie Burns day, so to commemorate I thought I'd share the following story. My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster (1879-1958) of...

Nov 13, 20238 min read

One day in 2005 I visited the late Douglas and Bertha Murray at their Isbister home, eager to track down local historic images to include...

Sep 25, 20233 min read

We are on our way home to Vancouver after spending the past three weeks in Shetland. On Sunday I woke up and knew I needed to walk to the...

Sep 21, 20233 min read

See that house peaking over the hill in the first photo? My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster was born there, at the Haa of Skelberry, in...

Sep 14, 20232 min read

Today we travelled back to a time when the men had to fish to the landlord during the summer months. Three miles north of North Roe,...