Gravestone of a gardener
This tombstone has no inscription of who it recalls, but given the symbols above the motto, it must have been to remember a gardener. Trove:
Tag: Aberdeenshire
Let us go now
Many years ago, when I was much younger, I made a series of short films on the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. Having explored the Cabrach on foot, I then explored the archives. … Continue reading Let us go now
‘Twixt Dee and Don
I came across this etching in an old copy of Bon Accord, dated 2 July 1903. Aiberdeen was such a happy home for Peter and Sian!
Poland to Braemar
Press and Journal, 8 January 1927:
‘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.