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Kittybrewster School
458 The school was opened 14th August 1899 on Great Northern Road with space for 1,100 eager to learn pupils!
This photographs shows the school, and the junction with Lilybank Place, looking north west from Great Northern Road.
The school was built by a popular Aberdeen builder named John Morgan who amongst other things also built the Caledonian Hotel, King Street School, various churches and the statue of William Wallace which stands opposite His Majesty's Theatre.
In the early days, students would have had to learn in a building with no heating and only outdoor toilets. Aberdeen Corporation Castle Street tram stuck in the great snowstorm of 1908
565 Aberdeen Corporation Castle Street tram stuck in the great snowstorm of 1908 Schoolhill after the great snowstorm of 1908
781 Schoolhill after the great snowstorm of 1908. The Art Gallery and the entrance to Robert Gordon's College are on the left. Union Terrace
1850 Union Terrace covered with snow after the great snowstorm of 1908. The statue of Robert Burns on the right of the image is by Bain Smith. It was unveiled to public gaze on the 15th September 1892. The statue depicts Burns in deep contemplation pondering upon the fate of the 'crimson tipped flou'r', the daisy. Union Street and the Music Hall
2117 In this photograph the Music Hall on Union Street is partially obscured as a result of The Great Snowstorm of 29th December 1908. The Great Snowstorm of 1908 in Aberdeen
2119 This postcard image from The Great Snowstorm of December 29th 1908 shows the Castlegate at the eastern end of Union Street under a formidable amount of snow. The Salvation Army Citadel can be seen in the background. The Great Snowstorm of 1908
2120 A great snow storm hit Aberdeen on the 29th December 1908. Here a squad of workmen begin to clear the great banks of drifting snow from Union Street. Clearing the Line to Aberdeen in a Snowstorm
2202 A postcard image showing workers clearing railway tracks of snow. This scene is likely following the great snowstorm of 1908.
In the last week of December of that year, Aberdeen had such severe snowfall that it was cut off from the rest of the country by rail, and residents had shortages of bread and milk as carts were unable to make their usual deliveries.
Snow built up in the streets in banks of up to 6 feet in height. The council engaged over 600 men in the city-wide task of clearing the snow. The Snowstorm in Aberdeen, 29/12/08
2949 A postcard of Union Street after the Great Snowstorm that hit Aberdeen on 29th December 1908. In addition to the Music Hall, the premises of Watt & Milne, Pullars and James Henderson can also be seen. The Great Snowstorm of 1908
4179 Union Street showing the effects of the great snow storm that struck the city on the 29th December 1908. Mounds of snow have just been cleared from the pavements. The Great Snowstorm of 1908
4180 A F.W.H. postcard image showing the Great Snowstorm of 29th December 1908 in Aberdeen. Snow is piled up in the Castlegate. The Great Snowstorm of 1908
4181 A F.W.H. postcard image showing the Great Snowstorm of 29th December 1908. Union Street is blocked with snow. The clear-up begins. Rosemount Viaduct
444 This image was digitised from Artistic Aberdeen: A Sketch Book (1932) by W. S. Percy.
The book describes the scene as follows:
"Rosemount Viaduct as seen from the Union Terrace Gardens. The three buildings, from left to right, are the Public Library, the South Church, and his Majesty's Theatre, one of Aberdeen's many corners of strong granite architectural beauty. The three buildings are now humorously and ironically known in Aberdeen as 'education, salvation and damnation.' Just out of sight on the left is the gigantic statue of William Wallace, who stands on his great granite pedestal with hand pointing towards these three fine buildings."
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