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County Town: Kirkwall
Population: 19,480
Area: 382 sq miles
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything - Oscar Wilde
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Penny Black issued (worlds 1st stamp) - 1840, Roger Bannister runs the four minute mile - 1954, Moors murderers found guilty - 1966, The Channel Tunnel opens - 1994, Bank of England Given Independence - 1997
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