I have a deep fondness for Footdee, Aiberdeen. A distant grandfather was Fittie’s ‘Tragic Harbourmaster‘ and is buried in St Clement’s churchyard.
1899 Ordnance Survey map: Bookless Brothers Preserving Works:

23 July 1915, Aberdeen Evening Express:

30 June 1916, Aberdeen Weekly Journal:

Bookless Brothers, Fishmonger shop :

1924 Ordnance Survey map: Footdee Preserving Works:


15 October 1929, Sheffield Independent:

1 October 1930, Press & Journal:

11 December 1930, Press & Journal:

6 June 1931, Press & Journal:


1931, Estate of Douglas Howard Bookless:

1936, Neptune Terrace, Footdee:
