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Loch Street in the 1980s. Far left, corner of the new Co-op building (1970); left background, St Paul's Street School (then Aberdeen Education Authority's Music Centre); centre, the Swan Bar, Post Office, The Buttery (A B Hutchison). All demolished for the Bon Accord Centre.

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The Staff and guests outside The General Post Office, Crown Street. The building was opened in 1907. W.T. Oldrieve with J. Cumming Wyness (designer). Note the tram lines in the street.

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Aberdeen General Post Office, Crown Street. Architect J. Cumming Wyness. c.1907.

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The staff of Bucksburn Post Office outside the premises.

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The first post office in Cults was situated on the ground floor of the ivy covered building in the centre of the photograph. The letterbox was on the wall at the right hand side of the doorway. The Sub-Postmaster was Mr Davidson, the blacksmith. In 1900, it was transferred to the present site.

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This 1987 view of Loch Street shows the Swan Bar and the Loch Street Post Office just before their closure. These buildings were at the northern end of the area which was to be demolished for the Bon Accord Centre development. The Swan Bar at no34 was one of the older pubs in Aberdeen and its manager for many years was George Baxter, founder of Aberdeen Darts Association. On its last night on 14th April 1987, it was packed with regulars sad to see their favourite haunt closed down. The Loch Street Post Office, which had been opened in 1939 was closed on 13th April 1987, the staff being redeployed to other branches.

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Loch Street Post Office prior to demolition for the building of the Bon Accord centre.

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A photograph looking north east towards the junction of Guild Street, Market Street and Trinity Quay in 1904. The then Post Office, on the east side of Market Street, is in the centre of the image with its stone royal coat of arms visible above. On the right of the image is Fiddler's Well, while on the left is the single-storey buildings that were replaced by the Balmoral Temperance Hotel block opened in around 1908.

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Crown Street, c. 1910. The turretted gable building to the left is the General Post Office, architect W.T. Oldrieve, designer J.C. Wyness. The building was opened in 1907 with considerable fanfare by Mr. Sidney Buxton, the Postmaster General. It cost over 55,000 pounds. To the right and in the centre of the photograph can be noted another superb Edwardian ediface, the Prudential Building of Paul Waterhouse, 1910. In the centre of the picture can be seen the double set of tram lines, together with the overhead cables.

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An Adelphi Series postcard showing the General Post Office, Crown Street, opened in 1907, with designers W. T. Oldrieve and J. Cumming Wyness.

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Crown Street from Union Street, c.1950s. A postcard image that features the Post Office Headquarters and the Star and Garter pub.

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The General Post Office, Crown Street, Aberdeen. Built 1907 by W T Oldrieve. Later converted into flats.

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The General Post Office from Dee Street. The building was opened in 1907. W.T. Oldrieve with J. Cumming Wyness (designer).

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A postcard of Banchory High Street, showing the Union Bank on the right in the foreground, the Post Office further back, and the Free Church and West Church in the background.