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Old Photograph Symbister House Scotland
Old photograph of Symbister House, Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Bruce family who came to Whalsay in the 17th century owned the entire island. They lorded over the island for nearly 300 years. They forced the local people to carry out fishing operations for commercial purposes and exploited them. Any person opposing them was exiled from the island. The Bruce family took up the ambitious project of building Symbister House in 1823 in a grand Georgian architectural style with brown coloured granite stones chiseled into square blocks. They employed forced labour for the construction. Ghost stories are also narrated of this place, including that of an old sailor who was murdered for arguing with the gardener of the house during a game of cards.
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