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(Photo
by Steven Lennie).
Above you can
see the North Harbour of Scalpay, which is the main
area of Scalpay Village. The pier in this photograph
appears rather empty of fishing vessels, this is because
they are all out to sea working (Scalpay has a very
hard working fleet). The large buiding to the left of
the pier is the community centre. This building was
only built recently (more info. soon) and serves as
a meeting place for the island. Several functions a
year are held at the centre, includinf dances, plays,
coffee evenings, exhibitions, etc.
The area behind
the telegraph pole is the Scalpay Primary School, which
consists of one large building and several smaller ones.
At one time there were approx. 150 pupils but in recent
years this number has reduced dramatically (due to the
general depopulation of the islands). The piece of red
on the shore to the left is the roof of a building that
used to be a fish processing factory. In the past "when
the fishing was good" the harbour was often completely
full of large fishing vessels and the fish was processed
on Scalpay. Sadly as the fishing declined the factory
became obsolete.
On a happier
note, a new fish processing unit on Scalpay has been
built by Stolt to process the salmon that is produced
by it's local fish farms.
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