Times Independent | 1933-12-28 | Page 2 | Football an Old Time New Year's Celebration

football an old time new years celebration ON of the most peculiar and an capt 0 the new years celebia alons Is rant held before the cathedral at kirkwall Kir kwall in the the la habitants according to old borse cus toms divide into two sections and meet at the market cross to have a general game of football all living above the cathedral play to get the ball to the country district those re siding before the cathedral fighting to get it to the sea the whole baine being played through the principal streets of the town and hundreds of players of of oten take part catl