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    Lightbulb The 'bird people' of St Kilda

    How an extraordinary group of men, women and children survived for centuries by eating puffins and making shoes out of gannets.

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    That's quite intriguing, must watch the full documentary.
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    I've never been there - though my brother-in-law (hill walker, photographer and journalist) was there several times, and wrote a very interesting article about the place 40 years ago.
    (Andrew, K..M. 1970 "Kingdom of the Birds" Scots Magazine, Aug 414-423)

    The folks there had a hard life. Miles from anywhere - and no SKY HD!
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