Happy 85th Birthday Ola!
To celebrate Ola's 85th birthday on Thursday 27th October, we present a photo album of candid snaps from all the way back in the 1930s, right up to summer 2022.
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Ola aged two, with her mother Minnie and father Pat.
The many faces of Ola aged 12!
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Student days: Ola (left) at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, c1959.
Second right is Ola's friend, noted Orcadian painter Sylvia Wishart.
Leaping forward to The Longship, c1975. With Jean Tulloch
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A pleasant spot for a bit of design work, c1995.
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Ola in the workshop, 2022.
Happy birthday Ola! Many happy reminiscences!
Posted on October 26 2022