Here you will find pictures from the Junior and Senior Up Helly Aa processions. Yet again the weather was against us, but the Jarl Squads battled through and were watched by the usual huge crowds.

When Rae Simpson put on his Guizer Jarl suit to lead the Lerwick Up Helly Aa, he made history. For the first time in the history of the Lerwick Up Helly Aa he was to be the 3rd generation of the same family to be Jarl. His father (Mitnie Simpson) was Jarl in 1987 and his Grandfather (Tommy Simpson)was Jarl in 1968. If that wasn't enough Rae's son, Finlay  (aged 10) is showing the same compassion to carry on the family tradition, so is there another Jarl from the Simpson family to come?

 

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