Great to see some progress on restoration of Cinema. Thanks to Casey Construction and HMS TERN Historic Airfield Orkney volunteers - Tommy Matches in particular! 👏🏻👍🏻

Happy 80th Birthday to me! HMS TERN Historic Airfield Orkney (RNAS Twatt) was commissioned on this day in 1941. #OTD No guided tours available for now. Later this year, hopefully. And news re: restoration work coming soon. Watch this space!

Online events 21/22 May to mark the 80th anniversary of the loss of HMS HOOD. H.M.S. Hood Association⚓️ Orkney Science Fest

Kathie Touin, near neighbour and good friend, filmed the video for her latest single This Time (Save The World?) at HMS TERN Historic Airfield Orkney - great choice! More info/downloads inc. the excellent album “Facing The Falling Sky” at kathietouin.com Kathie Touin youtube.com/watch?v=kToCUy…

The Orkney Storytelling Festival starts today! First event features a walk around the cemetery at Warbeth, Stromness with FranFlettHollinrake at 2pm. “Absent Friends in Stromness” Orkney Storytelling facebook.com/events/s/absen…

Orkney's Other Half - Orkney's Women. A talk by Lynn Campbell. A fascinating and informative look at some key figures in Orkney's history, now available to view on our YouTube Channel. youtu.be/HupvfBTMDMQ

10 April 1940. Quite a busy day for Orkney. A succesful raid by 800 & 803 Sqns on Bergen. Air raid on Scapa Flow in the evening - more on that story later! #OTD #WWII #Orkney

Celebrating Scapa Flow 2022 20th-21st May Available Live on the Orkney International Science Festival YouTube Channel youtube.com/user/OISFestiv…

Tonight’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? features Ralf Little visiting Orkney and HMS TERN Historic Airfield Orkney to investigate his grandfather Arthur’s role in WWII. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

James Holland WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Be good if you also tweeted the link to the Petition as that’s the only current direct course of action I believe? change.org/p/stop-raf-sca…

Government intend to turn RAF Scampton into an immigration detention centre, destroying local plans to create a centre for the future aviation & space industry, generating 1000s of jobs & a heritage centre to honour Scampton’s proud history as home of the ‘Dambusters’ 617 Sqn.

There’s a guided tour of the airfield Friday 1st Nov at 2pm All proceeds to Birsay Heritage Trust who look after the site. NO NEED TO BOOK, just meet me at the Bryameadow Rd entrance. Look for 'Bryameadow' sign off main road. Details/map on website: hmstern.co.uk

I’m offering a special site tour at both Ness Battery and HMS TERN Historic Airfield Orkney as two separate lots in BBC Radio Orkney’s Children In Need auction. The tours are for four people each, at a time to be arranged to suit the winners. Listen in to BBC Radio Orkney on Friday pm for a chance to bid.

Now also available at hmstern.bsky.social

Birsay Heritage Trust have plans to develop HMS "Tern". There will be a Community Design Workshop at the Birsay Community Hall on 8 Jan. 3.00pm onwards. More info: facebook.com/share/p/WF8EYx…

Pantomime at HMS Tern's 'Orcadia' Cinema, 6 Jan 1945. From a set donated by Walter 'Bing' Crosby who served at Tern in 771 Sqn's Photographic Unit. To hear about new plans, join us at the Birsay Hall on Wed 8th Jan from 3pm onwards: #otdh #Orkney #WW2 fb.me/e/2IbfW4ojk

Starting on 2nd April HMS TERN will be open for visitors on Wednesdays and Sundays, between 11am and 4pm.  Guides tours available too - see website for details hmstern.co.uk

Open again today 11-4. Guided tour at 2pm. For details see hmstern.co.uk

Next tours at HMS TERN will be Friday & Sunday 2pm… And doors open 11-4 Weds & Suns. See hmstern.co.uk for details… Also: On this day… 10 April 1940: Skuas fly from Orkney’s RNAS Hatston to attack German ships in Norway… Hectic week. #ww2 #otdh Image: IWM (A 8218)