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Two friends have transformed one of Britain's most remote farms into an authentic 19th century hom e - after its owners left behind 200 years of contents. ‌

Jackie Sinclair and Dave Walker spent two years restoring Boloquoy on Sanday, Orkney , after discovering it had become a time capsule, from the 1880s. ‌

The family who had lived there had barely thrown anything away for two centuries. ‌

They found ancient rugs and furnishings, bird feathers, ancient clothes - and even unopened Christmas gifts from over a century ago.

Jackie and Dave wanted to restore it "to show what life was like as a 19th century farmer on the edge of the world".

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The house, farm and water mill lie on the island's western coastline was owned and inhabited by the Fea

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