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TRIBUTES have been paid to former Aith lifeboat crew member, fisherman, whaler, crofter, council road man and pilot boat crew member Andy Smith who died last Friday aged 92.
During his long and varied life, Andy a’ Papil was in the crowd that had gathered outside Westminster Abbey for the Queen and Prince Philip’s wedding in November 1947, and he attended a number of sporting events during the 1948 London Olympics while stationed in London for his national service.
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Like many other Shetland men of his age he went to the whaling in South Georgia for a number of years until the early 60s, which took him as far as the Ross Ice Shelf, the most southerly open water in the world.