Tetley & Anderson – December 2008

Situated on the Island of Whalsay – a 30 minute ferry journey from Laxo, itself 20 miles north of Lerwick on the Shetland mainland, is Tetley and Anderson, the most northerly SFMTA member.

Almost as near to Bergen in Norway and Torshavn in the Faroes than it is to Aberdeen, Whalsay has attractive coastal walks with magnificent cliff scenery. Tetley and Anderson is one of only three shops on the island which is home to 1034 inhabitants (as at the 2001 census). One of two general stores, Tetley and Anderson has a dedicated
butchery.

This was started after the Second World War by Liverpudlian, Wilfie Tetley. He had been a butcher before the war but came north to Whalsay to perform the role of lookout with the RAF and never went home!

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