Talk:Cunningsburgh

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Question: The house of Helliness shown here - is it the same as the "taing of Helliness" listed in the RCAHM-records (GridRef:HU 4605 2821)? Might be worth to find out more about it if it is ... ;-)Islandhopper 16:32, 16 March 2007 (MDT)

The Taing of Helliness is the extreme south east point of Helliness, the furthest you can get to on foot. There are tales told about a shipwreck there where the people then living in the House of Helliness cut the fingers off the bodies on the beach just to get their rings. I'll have to find out some more about it, I used to know the name of the ship. The last family living in the house were named Heddle, the Heddles Park houses in Lerwick are named after them :-(Heimdal 16:49, 16 March 2007 (MDT)

Wrecks recorded under Helliness in the RCAHM list are: Grayfish (might be a miss-spelling of Crayfish), HMS Cheerful, Day Dawn, Concordia, Sovereign, Janet Gibson, Lord Wellington, UC55 and one unknown ... if that helps ... ;-) Islandhopper 17:04, 16 March 2007 (MDT)

Concordia sounds right, I will investigate further (Grayfish is correct, I remember it)Heimdal 17:21, 16 March 2007 (MDT)

Sorry folks - this entry is complete nonsense, and doesn't do Shetlopedia any good at all. Brian 12:35, 24 March 2008 (MDT)

I've always thought that the part from "Historically..." to "...Pass in Peace", was a load of crap.
I think it needs some serious action.
Robbie 12:41, 24 March 2008 (MDT)

I suggest starting from scratch.Brian 12:44, 24 March 2008 (MDT)

Absolutely agree.
I would need to reformat it a bit to add businesses, links etc., but mainly we need some sensible text. If you can add anything please go ahead. :-)
Robbie 12:49, 24 March 2008 (MDT)

You may think what I wrote is a 'load of crap', but it is absolutely accurate, check with any impartial resident or observer. I know you both have connections, mother and brother, but nothing is wrong, neither of you may like it, but it is true. Why hide the truth ? Do you want the real story in Shetlopedia, or a bowdlerised version ? Ask around. I prefer accuracy to anything else.Heimdal 18:51, 24 March 2008 (MDT)

I've heard it all before. I don't need to ask anybody. But I stand by the statement, in the context of the article, as it was, it was a load of crap.
Sorry if that sounds nasty :-(
There are plenty of similar stories about other places in Shetland, some true, some not. Either way, such information, either as a truthful fact, or as a reflection on historical belief, may well be OK in a larger article. But when it forms the main body of the article it can only serve to sensationalize such stories, and perhaps bring to the fore again differences which may have, thankfully, been forgotten or put aside by the youth who are the most common readers of anything on the web.
Most modern conflicts, anywhere in the world, only continue because nobody will let them drop. There is always somebody prepared to highlight differences, racial or otherwise, between people who are just that. People!
Think what you will. I'm a pacifist at heart. I will continue to be one. And will continue to dislike anything which I see as likely to disrupt peace and harmony.
Truth, or not truth? Doesn't really matter. Sometimes the nastier side of the past deserves to be buried under the more pleasant items from the past, and the hopeful items from the present and the future.
That's my 3 euros worth. :-)
Again, sorry if I sounded nasty, but perhaps you can see where I'm coming from now.
:-) :-) :-)
Robbie 23:02, 24 March 2008 (MDT)