Geordie
Thomson learned his trade with one of the local jewellery
firms in Kirkwall, but after his marriage to Fiona, he decided
to return to his home isle of Westray away from the business
centre on Mainland Orkney. He became a crofter and fisherman.
Geordie continued to repair jewellery and he also worked producing
private commissions.
After observing the downturn of the indigenous industries
on the island, he realised a long-held ambition and started
his own jewellery business, West-Ray Jewellery, which opened
its doors in the middle of the year 2000.
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