1973

HU4741 : Up Helly Aa (7) - the Burning Galley

taken 52 years ago, near to Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Up Helly Aa (7) - the Burning Galley
Up Helly Aa (7) - the Burning Galley
After HU4741 : Up Helly Aa (6) - Setting Fire to the Galley. Once the galley has burned and the flames die down, a night of partying begins. Any available large room is pressed into service as a hall, presided over by a hostess who issues invitations to attend, and every guiser squad visits every hall in turn to dance and drink with the guests. As there can be dozens of squads and dozens of halls, this takes most of the night and well into the following morning. On the Wednesday, the only thing which moves in Lerwick is the 'hangover bus' taking passengers to the airport at Sumburgh.

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Category: Event > Event
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lerwick [866] · Helly Aa [46] · Town Hall [44] Other Photos: · Up Helly Aa (6) - Setting Fire to the Galley ·
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Photographer
Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 30 January, 1973   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 17 January, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 473 413 [100m precision]
WGS84: 60:9.2445N 1:8.9148W
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OSGB36: geotagged! HU 473 413
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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