Jack's Brae from the Hardweird

This image was digitised from Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book (1932) by W. S. Percy.

The book describes the scene as follows:

"Jack's Brae, leading up from Hardweird. This name and street go back to the middle of the eighteenth century when the Council of the Burgh permitted the land to feuded out by "John Jack, manufacturer at Gilcomstone, at the yearly value of 8s. sterling." It was never, in actuality, a very pretty or charming part of the town, and is now less so than ever. Doubtless, in years soon to come, clearance schemes will include Jack's Brae; this drawing will be one of its best memorials."