1937

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January

• 16th
  Elderly couple killed by fire in house at Cunningsburgh.
• 29th
  Special charter plane brings first ever airmail to Shetland. This was because there had been no steamer for 10 days due to severe weather.
• 31st
  The Fair Isle mailboat Good Shepherd (1937) K58 drove from anchor during a SE gale and was wrecked in the North Haven.

April

• 17th
  Radio communication with Foula established.

May

• 1st
  New St Clair (II) arrives in Lerwick for first time
• 18th
  Peter Ritch, aka the author Mackenzie Cash is born in Uyeasound

August

• Radio link with Papa Stour established.

September

• "The Edge of the World", a film by Michael Powell is released. The film had been shot on Foula during the previous summer.
• 13th
  Lone Faroese voyager, 'Sofus Gjoveraa', arrived in Lerwick from Iceland and Faroe, en route to Norway. Pictures can be viewed here.

November

• 23rd
  Regular air mail flights three times per week, started by Allied Airways.
  First day covers were issued to commemorate the event, See Picture

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