About the Project
The Identity Inspiration Memories Audio Platform (iiMap) is a carefully considered and authentically local ‘Favourites Selection’ including but not exclusively highlighting the Orkney Islands in Northern Scotland, UK.
Supported by Sound and Music Dimensions Awards, this website aims to collect memories and ordinary familiar sounds specific to people and place, highlighting dialects and mannerisms that characterise roots and converting those creative influences into something digital that can be shared with others.
Take PartVoices
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Kirkwall Pier Loading Orcadia To Sanday (ES2)
MV Orcadia being loaded at Kirkwall Pier 1990.
New Sounds
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Engines & Machinery
View AllKirkwall Pier Loading Orcadia To Sanday (ES2)
MV Orcadia being loaded at Kirkwall Pier 1990.
Below Deck On The Orcadia (ES3)
Below deck on the MV Orcadia on the journey to Sanday and Eday, Orkney. 1990.
Storybooks
Here you will find a variety of audio-based stories that are sure to capture your imagination. These sound files have been carefully curated to create an immersive listening experience. Whether you’re looking for stories to entertain or educate, we have something for everyone. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey!
- Storybook
The sound of a binder for cutting grain and binding it into bundles. There were a number of sounds; the cutter bars sliding over each other, the swish of the stalks on to the sheets, the rattle of the sheets as they pass the stalks along and the thump as they are drawn together before being tied into bundles and ejected. (W12)
Agriculture
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Sheep, Lambs And Bairns (ES1)
Sound of bairns with lambs, Newark, Deerness 1984.
Auction Mart “Wet since the big gale in September (EM23)
1966-1967 Interviews with farmers at Kirkwall Auction Market regarding the bad winter.
Auction Mart “Wet weather since harvest” (EM21)
Auction Mart "Wet weather since Harvest". Interviews with farmers at Kirkwall Auction Market regarding the bad winter.
