Poland to Braemar
Press and Journal, 8 January 1927:
Tag: Aberdeenshire
‘tramping through the gathering darkness in Glen Girnock’
The Press & Journal, 4 January 1949:
At a Gate in Glen Girnock
The Scots Magazine, 1 January 1956: Glen Girnock was hame to my Gordon family: The Camlet and Bovaglie. I have written a book about this. As a family we have … Continue reading At a Gate in Glen Girnock
UPPER DEESIDE CLOUDBURST
Aberdeen Press & Journal, 15 July 1927: “The ‘waterfall’ in this extraordinary photograph is pouring off the main road from Ballater to Braemar into the Feardar Burn, and the motor … Continue reading UPPER DEESIDE CLOUDBURST
Evening Lodge
Evening Lodge, Cuparstone Road, Aberdeen [demolished long ago]. 1864 Ordnance Survey map: 14 February 1884, Press and Journal: The last family to live at Evening Lodge was the Troup family.
Meridian Cottage
Meridian Cottage, Cuparstone Road, Aberdeen [demolished long ago]. 1864 Ordnance Survey map: 8 March 1875: Death of William Strath [Cause of death: ‘excessive drinking’]: 4 January 1891, Press and Journal: … Continue reading Meridian Cottage
T E R T O W I E
Tertowie Residential School, Kenellar, Aberdeenshire has been a roofless ruin since a fire in November 2011. In preparing for a short film I have collected some archive material [for credits, … Continue reading T E R T O W I E
‘a picture to delight the artist’
A dear friend of mine recently shared with me some of the contents of a family album that was kept by her mother and Granny. On one page of the … Continue reading ‘a picture to delight the artist’