The Spey Viaduct
The Spey Viaduct, an iron girder railway bridge near Garmouth. Construction began in 1882. This week, on the 14th of December 2025, a section of the Spey Viaduct collapsed. I … Continue reading The Spey Viaduct
Tag: Aberdeen
Strathbogie ward
After taking more than two years out of medicine to study Landscape Architecture with the University of Edinburgh, I returned to Aberdeen as a newly married man. After an interview … Continue reading Strathbogie ward
Tall Ships boost for Aberdeen
On the last Saturday of July 2025 we took the train to Aberdeen to see the Tall Ships. We had a wonderful day. The last time we saw the Tall … Continue reading Tall Ships boost for Aberdeen
Diary of a whaling voyage
In the Trove archive ‘the key to Scotland’s past‘ is a diary of a whaling journal. Trove provides this introduction to the diary: ‘Whaling was very important in the 18C … Continue reading Diary of a whaling voyage
Thank you Dr Wilson
1986: Peter Gordon, a second year Medical Student, University of Aberdeen. The motto for the university is Initium sapientiae timor Domini [The beginning of wisdom]:
The ‘Almanack’ contains
24 July 1786, Press and Journal: 18 August 1802, Press and Journal:
The Narrow Wynd Society
Aberdeen’s Narrow Wynd, Castlegate, was demolished to make way for the eastern end of Union Street. It was, in its day, the thriving commercial heart of Aberdeen. Here is an … Continue reading The Narrow Wynd Society
Lemon Tree Hotel
The Lemon Tree Hotel, Aberdeen [previously known as The Lemon Tree Tavern] was demolished in 1867. It was originally sited on Huxter Row [a narrow street also long gone]. However … Continue reading Lemon Tree Hotel