{"id":43494,"date":"2026-07-03T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/?p=43494"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:19:46","slug":"eftir-80-ar-komu-myndirnar-aftur-til-vags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/?p=43494","title":{"rendered":"Eftir 80 \u00e1r komu myndirnar aftur til V\u00e1gs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T\u00ed\u00f0argrein – Dennis Holm og B\u00fai Dahl<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undir Seinna Heimsbardaga t\u00e6nti bretski flogma\u00f0urin Ronald Gordon Bailey hj\u00e1 bretska flogv\u00e1pninum Royal Air Force (RAF) og var eisini eitt skifti\u00f0 \u00ed hert\u00e6nastu \u00ed V\u00e1gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald fekk saman vi\u00f0 \u00f8\u00f0rum ta\u00f0 serliga uppg\u00e1vu at seta upp LORAN-A (Long Range Navigation) st\u00f8\u00f0ir, sum var ein li\u00f0ur \u00ed verjuskipanini hj\u00e1 sameindu hermegini. Skipanin skuldi b\u00e6\u00f0i veglei\u00f0a egnum skipum og flogf\u00f8rum og eisini siga neyvt hvar fremmand skip og flogf\u00f8r v\u00f3ru \u00e1 lei\u00f0ini. LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0ir v\u00f3r\u00f0u settar upp solei\u00f0is at alt Nor\u00f0ur Atlantshav fr\u00e1 \u00fatnyr\u00f0ingshorninum \u00ed Afrika og heilt til Nor\u00f0ur Amerika var\u00f0 kn\u00fdtt saman \u00ed eitt net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eftir eitt t\u00ed\u00f0arskei\u00f0 vi\u00f0 uppl\u00e6ring \u00ed USA gekk lei\u00f0in hj\u00e1 Ronald og starvsfel\u00f8gunum fyrst til Marokko, har ein LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0 var\u00f0 sett upp \u00ed Rabat. S\u00ed\u00f0ani gekk til lei\u00f0in til F\u00f8royar, til V\u00e1gs, har LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0 var\u00f0 sett upp uppi \u00e1 Eggjunum \u00ed V\u00e1gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald var \u00ed V\u00e1gi \u00ed t\u00ed\u00f0arskei\u00f0inum 1944 til 1946, og vi\u00f0 s\u00e6r \u00e1 fer\u00f0ini hev\u00f0i Ronald eitt myndat\u00f3l av slagnum Kodak. B\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed Marokko og \u00ed F\u00f8royum t\u00f3k Ronald n\u00f3gvar myndir, men ongin vistu um hesar myndirnar fyrr enn 80 \u00e1r seinni \u2013 \u00ed 2025 \u2013 meiri um ta\u00f0 ni\u00f0anfyri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Droymdi um at vitja aftur \u00ed V\u00e1gi<\/strong>
Ronald hev\u00f0i veri\u00f0 giftur \u00ed minni enn seks m\u00e1na\u00f0ir, t\u00e1 Seinni Heimsbardagi byrja\u00f0i, og hann var\u00f0 stutt eftir hetta innkalla\u00f0ur til hert\u00e6nastu hj\u00e1 RAF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald kom aftur til Bretlands \u00ed mai \u00ed 1946, og h\u00f3ast flestu menn, sum v\u00f3r\u00f0u sendir \u00ed kr\u00edggj, ikki tosa\u00f0u n\u00f3gv um st\u00f8\u00f0ini, har teir h\u00f8vdu t\u00e6nt, so tosa\u00f0i Ronald n\u00f3gv um t\u00ed\u00f0ina \u00ed V\u00e1gi og minnist hana sum eina sera g\u00f3\u00f0a t\u00ed\u00f0 \u00ed s\u00ednum l\u00edvi, har hann og restin av bretska herli\u00f0num v\u00f3ru sera v\u00e6l m\u00f3ttiknir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonurin, Neil Bailey fekk serligan \u00e1huga \u00ed b\u00e6\u00f0i bretsku herna\u00f0ar s\u00f8guni og \u00ed t\u00ed\u00f0ini hj\u00e1 p\u00e1panum undir Seinna Heimsbardaga. \u00cd banda\u00f0ari fr\u00e1s\u00f8gn, sum er gj\u00f8rd \u00ed 1981, grei\u00f0ur Ronald fr\u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0ini \u00ed V\u00e1gi. Ronald hev\u00f0i eisini eitt st\u00f3rt ynski um at vitja aftur \u00ed V\u00e1gi og takka teimum n\u00f3gvu, sum teir l\u00e6rdu at kenna undir kr\u00edgnum, me\u00f0an tey framvegis v\u00f3ru \u00e1 l\u00edvi\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronald hev\u00f0i hildi\u00f0 sambandi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 eina familju \u00ed V\u00e1gi, og minnist Neil, at hann sum barn ofta var\u00f0 avmynda\u00f0ur \u00ed bundnari f\u00f8royskari troyggju, sum familjan \u00ed F\u00f8royum hev\u00f0i sent teimum \u00ed Bretlandi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd n\u00f3gvu fr\u00e1s\u00f8gnum um t\u00ed\u00f0ina \u00ed V\u00e1gi, nevndi Ronald t\u00f3 ongant\u00ed\u00f0 naka\u00f0 um myndirnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd 1984 l\u00f8gdu Ronald og sonurin Neil \u00e6tlan um at fara til V\u00e1gs \u00e1 vitjan \u00e1 sumri \u00ed 1985. Men \u00f3v\u00e6nta\u00f0 doy\u00f0i Ronald \u00e1 v\u00e1ri \u00ed 1985 og fer\u00f0in gj\u00f8rdist t\u00ed av ongum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Myndirnar koma undan kavi<\/strong>
Mamma Neil doy\u00f0i 100 \u00e1ra gomul \u00ed 2014 og \u00e1 loftinum hj\u00e1 henni v\u00f3ru fleiri eskjur vi\u00f0 tingum eftir hana og Ronald. Ein eskja var eftir Ronald, sum familjan t\u00f3 ongant\u00ed\u00f0 hev\u00f0i lati\u00f0 upp. Hendan eskjan var\u00f0 \u00edsta\u00f0in flutt \u00e1 lofti\u00f0 hj\u00e1 Neil og konuni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd 2017 anda\u00f0ist kona Neil eftir stutta sj\u00fakralegu. Konan hev\u00f0i havt undir hond alt sum st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00e1 loftinum og t\u00e1 Neil so f\u00f3r at rudda \u00fat \u00ed 2025, kom hann aftur fram \u00e1 eskjuna hj\u00e1 p\u00e1panum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T\u00e1 var\u00f0 eskjan tikin ni\u00f0ur av loftinum og latin upp. \u00cd eskjuni var millum anna\u00f0 ein l\u00edtil metal-skj\u00e1tta. \u00cd skj\u00e1ttuni l\u00f3gu n\u00f3gvar sm\u00e1ar myndir, nakrir f\u00f8royskir pengase\u00f0lar og fleiri a\u00f0rir lutir \u2013 og hev\u00f0i hetta helst ligi\u00f0 \u00ed skj\u00e1ttuni \u00f3r\u00f8rt \u00ed \u00fat vi\u00f0 80 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil gj\u00f8rdist r\u00e6ttiliga bilsin um, at p\u00e1pin ongant\u00ed\u00f0 hevur sagt naka\u00f0 um myndirnar. Hann avmynda\u00f0i nakrar myndir og leg\u00f0i eina inn \u00e1 Google Lens og ta\u00f0 gj\u00f8rdist beinanvegin greitt, at talan var um mynd av V\u00e1gs kirkju og at flestu myndirnar v\u00f3ru \u00far V\u00e1gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Framhald undir myndini.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c1 v\u00e1ri 2026 avmynda\u00f0i Neil fleiri myndir og fann fram til b\u00f3lkar \u00e1 Facebook, sum hava vi\u00f0 F\u00f8royar og Seinna Heimsbardaga at gera. Myndirnar v\u00f3r\u00f0u lagdar \u00fat vi\u00f0 stuttari fr\u00e1grei\u00f0ing um p\u00e1pan, sum var \u00ed t\u00e6nastu hj\u00e1 RAF \u00ed F\u00f8royum undir Seinna Heimsbardaga \u2013 og myndirnar enda\u00f0u eisini \u00e1 Facbook s\u00ed\u00f0uni Gamlar myndir \u00far V\u00e1gi, sum V\u00e1gs S\u00f3knar Bygdasavn varir av.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Framhald undir myndini.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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F\u00e1a samband vi\u00f0 Neil<\/strong>
Eftir at myndirnar komu undan kavi settu vit \u00ed V\u00e1gs S\u00f3knar Bygdasavni okkum \u00ed samband vi\u00f0 Neil umvegis teldupost, sum eisini gav okkum eitt telefon-nummar. Eftir teldupost-samskifti\u00f0 ringdu vit til hann ein g\u00f3\u00f0ve\u00f0ursdag \u00ed apr\u00edl. \u00cd hinum endanum svarar ein vinarlig r\u00f8dd \u201chello Dennis\u201d \u2013 og hetta bleiv byrjanin til eitt pr\u00e1t um myndirnar hj\u00e1 p\u00e1pa Neil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil greiddi fr\u00e1, at hann vildi fegin lata myndirnar og lutirnar til V\u00e1gs S\u00f3knar Bygdasavn, og hann hev\u00f0i longu lagt \u00e6tlarnir um at vitja F\u00f8royar og V\u00e1g \u00ed summar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vit greiddu honum fr\u00e1, at j\u00f3ans\u00f8ka var \u00ed V\u00e1gi \u00ed juni og at Bygdasavni\u00f0 t\u00e1 vanliga hev\u00f0i frams\u00fdning. -Og vit hildu ta\u00f0 ver\u00f0a eitt gott h\u00f8vi\u00f0 at f\u00e1a prenta myndirnar hj\u00e1 p\u00e1panum \u00ed st\u00f8rri \u00fatg\u00e1vum og so skipa frams\u00fdning \u00ed St\u00f3ra Pakkh\u00fasi, sum V\u00e1gs S\u00f3knar Bygdasavn eigur. Hesa \u00e6tlan t\u00f3k Neil undir vi\u00f0 og fari\u00f0 var\u00f0 undir at fyrireika fer\u00f0ina til F\u00f8royar og myndaframs\u00fdningina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMyndirnar eru endliga har t\u00e6r eiga heima\u201d<\/strong>
Fr\u00edggjadagin \u00e1 j\u00f3ans\u00f8ku lat frams\u00fdningin upp \u00ed St\u00f3ra Pakkh\u00fasi og var opin alla j\u00f3ans\u00f8kuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Framhald undir myndini.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neil greiddi eftir at frams\u00fdningina lat aftur fr\u00edggjakv\u00f8ldi\u00f0 fr\u00e1, at hann vanliga ikki er ein pers\u00f3nur, sum er kensluborin, men ta\u00f0 var ein sera kensluborin l\u00f8ta, t\u00e1 hann kom inn \u00ed St\u00f3ra Pakkh\u00fas og s\u00e1 frams\u00fdningina vi\u00f0 myndunum, sum p\u00e1pin hev\u00f0i tiki\u00f0 \u00ed V\u00e1gi fyri meiri enn 80 \u00e1rum s\u00ed\u00f0ani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEg eri v\u00edsur \u00ed, at p\u00e1pi m\u00edn hev\u00f0i vilja\u00f0, at myndirnar og lutirnar skuldu komu aftur til V\u00e1gs. N\u00fa eru t\u00e6r endiliga har t\u00e6r eiga heima\u201d, seg\u00f0i Neil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frams\u00fdningin \u00e1 j\u00f3ans\u00f8ku var sera v\u00e6l vitja\u00f0. F\u00f3lk \u00ed \u00f8llum aldri l\u00f8gdu lei\u00f0ina framvi\u00f0 og v\u00edstu \u00e1huga fyri forkunnugu myndunum, sum Ronald Gordon Bailey t\u00f3k \u00ed V\u00e1gi undir Seinna Heimsbardaga. Fleiri sum eru sokalla\u00f0i kr\u00edgsb\u00f8rn (h\u00f8vdu bretskan hermann sum p\u00e1pa) l\u00f8gdu eisini lei\u00f0ina framvi\u00f0 og fingu eitt pr\u00e1t vi\u00f0 Neil um myndirnar og um Seinna Heimsbardaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd d\u00f8gunum \u00ed V\u00e1gi var\u00f0 sj\u00e1lvandi eisini vitja\u00f0 uppi \u00e1 Eggjunum, har p\u00e1pi Neil og starvsfelagarnir \u00ed RAF v\u00f3ru vi\u00f0 til at byggja LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0ina undir Seinna Heimsbardaga. Gamla LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0in var\u00f0 ni\u00f0url\u00f8gd \u00ed 1960unum, t\u00e1 flutt var \u00ed n\u00fdggju LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0ina. Gomlu bygningarnar fr\u00e1 Seinna Heimsbardaga standa t\u00f3 framvegis \u00e1 Eggjunum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fleiri myndir eru kanska \u00e1vegis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nakrar f\u00e1a dagar \u00e1\u00f0renn Neil kom til F\u00f8royar kn\u00fdtti ein heldur annarlei\u00f0is \u00e1hugaverd s\u00f8ga seg av tilvild upp\u00ed vitjanina hj\u00e1 Neil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil b\u00fdr \u00ed Windsor, stutt vestanfyri London, og \u00e1 tiltaki t\u00fdskv\u00f8ldi\u00f0 \u00e1\u00f0renn j\u00f3ans\u00f8ku \u00e1 sonevndum Military History Group, hev\u00f0i Neil \u2013 sum hevur st\u00f3ran \u00e1huga\u00f0 fyri bretsku herna\u00f0ars\u00f8guni \u2013 framl\u00f8gu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd endanum av framl\u00f8guni nevndi Neil stutt, at lei\u00f0in dagin eftir gekk til Edinburgh og s\u00ed\u00f0an til F\u00f8royar, har hann skuldi lata myndir og anna\u00f0 fr\u00e1 p\u00e1pa s\u00ednum til Bygdasavni\u00f0 \u00ed V\u00e1gi. Neil greiddi fr\u00e1, at p\u00e1pin var \u00ed herna\u00f0art\u00e6nastu \u00ed V\u00e1gi undir Seinna Heimsbardaga og var vi\u00f0 til at seta upp LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0ina \u00ed V\u00e1gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eftir framl\u00f8guna hj\u00e1 Neil kom ein eldri ma\u00f0ur at pr\u00e1ta. Hesin var sonur Bill Harrison, ein annan bretskan hermann, sum eisini hev\u00f0i veri\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00e6nastu hj\u00e1 RAF \u00ed V\u00e1gi undir Seinna Heimsbardaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma\u00f0urin greiddi fr\u00e1, at p\u00e1pin, Bill Harrison, eisini hev\u00f0i veri\u00f0 partur av at seta upp LORAN-A st\u00f8\u00f0ina \u00e1 Eggjunum og eisini hev\u00f0i fyrst veri\u00f0 \u00ed USA og s\u00ed\u00f0ani \u00ed Rabat \u00ed Marokko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00edti\u00f0 er at ivast \u00ed, at Bill Harrison og Ronald Bailey hava kenst. L\u00edti\u00f0 hava teir hugsa\u00f0, at synir teirra av tilvild f\u00f3ru at m\u00f8tast til eitt tiltak uttanfyri London 80 \u00e1r seinni og tosa um t\u00ed\u00f0ina hj\u00e1 p\u00e1punum \u00ed V\u00e1gi undir Seinna Heimsbardaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eins og Neil, so hev\u00f0i hesin eldri ma\u00f0urin eisini myndir og a\u00f0rir lutir fr\u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0ini hj\u00e1 p\u00e1panum \u00ed V\u00e1gi undir Seinna Heimsbardaga \u2013 og hev\u00f0i hann eisini \u00e1huga\u00f0 \u00ed at lata myndirnar til V\u00e1gs S\u00f3knar Bygdasavn. So fleiri myndir og lutir eru helst \u00e1vegis til V\u00e1gs, meiri ver\u00f0ur at fr\u00e6tta um hetta seinni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c6tlar at vitja aftur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil f\u00f3r \u00ed vikuni eftir j\u00f3ans\u00f8ku heimaftur til Winsor. Hann var sera gla\u00f0ur fyri vitjanina og r\u00f8rdur um st\u00f3ra \u00e1hugan fyri myndunum hj\u00e1 p\u00e1panum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c1\u00f0renn Neil f\u00f3r avsta\u00f0 seg\u00f0i hann, at hann kundi hugsa s\u00e6r at vitja aftur komandi \u00e1r og tiki\u00f0 sonin vi\u00f0 \u00e1 fer\u00f0ini. Og \u00ed V\u00e1gi gle\u00f0a vit okkum at taka \u00edm\u00f3ti vinarliga bretanum, t\u00e1 hann vitjar aftur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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T\u00ed\u00f0argrein – Dennis Holm og B\u00fai Dahl Undir Seinna Heimsbardaga t\u00e6nti bretski flogma\u00f0urin Ronald Gordon Bailey hj\u00e1 bretska flogv\u00e1pninum Royal Air Force (RAF) og var eisini eitt skifti\u00f0 \u00ed hert\u00e6nastu \u00ed V\u00e1gi. Ronald fekk saman vi\u00f0 \u00f8\u00f0rum ta\u00f0 serliga uppg\u00e1vu at seta upp LORAN-A (Long Range Navigation) st\u00f8\u00f0ir, sum var ein li\u00f0ur \u00ed verjuskipanini hj\u00e1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":43495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folksoga","category-tidindi"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 15:19:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43501,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43494\/revisions\/43501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudurras.fo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}