Being a magpie in old archives can be serendipitous. In the Aberdeen Press and Journal of 18 May 1985, this poem in Doric, titled Long Journey back was shared:
At the foot of the poem this was shared:
This led me to find this obituary to Donald Gordon:
It seems that only a few copies of Donald’s first volume of Doric poems survive:
Donald Gordon was born at 171 Clifton Road, Aberdeen on 14th August 1921:
His father was grandson of the Gordons of Glashturim, in Enzie parish Banffshire:
The Glashturim Gordons first came from the Cabrach. It is quite likely that my family shares in their genetic descendency.
