1948
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- Fair Isle bird observatory founded by George Waterston.
February
- Shetland cattle first in UK to be all Tuberculine Tested.
July
- 29th
First post-war Shetland footballers visit to Faroe
August
- 6th
Author W. Fordyce Clark died. - 13th
First milking machine in Shetland. - 24th - 28th
Norwegian sail training ship S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl of Bergen visits Lerwick.[Details of the vessel here] - 28th
Fair Isle Bird Observatory opened.
October
- 29th
World Chief Guide, Lady Baden-Powell visits Lerwick.
November
- 13th
Danish auxiliary schooner Nordstjernen (1948) in passage to Faeroe with a cargo of timber wrecked on or close to Foula.
