Up Helly Aa 2008, Lerwick, Shetland

29 January 2008

The largest and finest fire festival in Europe, where around 1000 "Guizers" parade with this year's Guizer Jarl Roy Leask through Lerwick and on to the spectacular burning of the magnificent galley "Breckon". With images of some of the preparations, the Junior Up Helly Aa events, the daytime and the night time parades, as well as the burning and a taster of some of the guizers' acts, these pages give a flavour of this year's events.

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Up Helly Aa 2008, Junior Galley at Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the Galley "Breckon" at Alexandra Wharf, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the Galley "Breckon" at Alexandra Wharf, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the Galley "Breckon" at Alexandra Wharf, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, Jarl squad guizers at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the Kirkwall City Pipe Band at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the Kirkwall City Pipe Band at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, Guizer Jarl Roy Leask and his squad at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, Guizer Jarl Roy Leask and his squad at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, Guizer Jarl Roy Leask meets Tommy Watt, Curator at the Museum and Archives, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the junior Up Helly Aa procession, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the junior Up Helly Aa procession, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, the junior Up Helly Aa procession, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, burning the Junior Up Helly Aa Galley, King George V Playing Fields, Lerwick, Shetland
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Up Helly Aa 2008, burning the Junior Up Helly Aa Galley, King George V Playing Fields, Lerwick, Shetland
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