Does anyone have contact details for Albert? I think he (still) lives in/on Orkney and is/was a friend of (the late) Mike Ellis via whom I had received an article for the Yearbook from Albert regarding which I have a couple of Q's. I now realise why my email to Mike Ellis remained unanswered.
Mike wrote an article for the 1996 yearbook in which he mentions that Albert was a co-founder of the Orkney Vintage Machinery Club, might be worth a try? He was apparently the islands vet so that route might be productive!
Actually the article was for the '95 yearbook, I'll explain that in my reply under Mike's name...