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Girdleness Lighthouse
49 Engraving of Girdleness Lighthouse, 1840. The lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson in 1833. Girdleness Lighthouse, Bay of Nigg
187 Postcard of the Girdleness Lighthouse, Bay of Nigg. Architect Robert Stevenson 1833 The Green
424 The Green. The house occupied by John Buchan, baker, at the foot of the Back Wynd stairs leading up to Union Street was demolished in 1914. In the late seventeenth century the house was owned by George Aedie. Although Boots the Chemist have since relocated elsewhere, the stairs which replaced these are still often referred to as the Boots Stairs because there was an entrance to their premises on the left.
The golden teapot sign that belonged to John Adam's tea and coffee shop disappeared when the shop closed.
Correspondent Ed Fowler investigated the 1904 Post Office directory for Aberdeen to discover more information about the businesses visible in the image. John Adam's premises, with its golden teapot at 64 The Green, can be see on the far right. The tea merchant lived in Hammerfield House, 349 Great Western Road.
The next two entrances to the left, 66 and 68, are for the tenements above the shops. To the left of them at 70 The Green is a drapers called P. & C. Adams. The business also had premises at 47 George Street. Girdleness Lighthouse
467 Girdleness Lighthouse at the Bay of Nigg. Constructed in 1833, the architect was Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the Treasure Island author. Aberdeen Harbour
480 Aberdeen Harbour Mouth. A trawler enters Aberdeen harbour passing the lighthouse on the North Pier. The 1867 Aberdeen Joint Station
552 This image shows the interior of the original 1867 Aberdeen Joint Station in around 1912. Trains can be seem at the platform, as can a group of railway porters.
The Knowles and Sons kiosk can be seen nestled under the advert covered walkway to the surburban platforms. Platform 10 is located at the rear of the kiosk. On the right of the image, a sign for the "Buchan Train" can be seen near platforms 11, 12 and 13.
See the Great North of Scotland Railway Association's publication The Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992 (c1992) for a detailed history of the station. John Buchan, baker, The Green
785 John Buchan, baker, The Green. This building, also known as Aedie's Lodging, was reputed to be the building in which children who had been kidnapped for the slave trade in America were held in the 18th century. The most famous of these was Peter Williamson. On the left is the stairway leading to Union Street. John Buchan, bakers, The Green
790 John Buchan, baker, The Green. This building, also known as Aedie's Lodging, was reputed to be the building in which children who had been kidnapped for the slave trade in America were held in the 18th century. The most famous of these was Peter Williamson. On the left is the stairway leading to Union Street. Dyce Junction Station, Aberdeen
1060 Dyce Junction Station, Aberdeen, c.1910, with the large suburban signal box in the foreground. The main line is situated on the left of the box. The "Buchan Line" to Peterhead and Fraserburgh via Maud Junction can be seen in the background. The locomotive here illustrated is a G.N.S.R. 4-4-0, a type of locomotive used throughout G.N.S.R. territory. This particular train is heading towards Aberdeen with passenger coaches in tow. The Great North believed in 4-4-0s to the extent that they owned few locomotives of other wheel arrangements. D09_17
2000 Girdleness Lighthouse at the Bay of Nigg. Constructed in 1833, the architect was Robert Stevenson, grandfather of the Treasure Island author. The Bay of Nigg and Girdleness Lighthouse
2011 This photograph of the Bay of Nigg shows Girdleness Lighthouse far off in the distance. A School of Dolphins: Tommy Tullos at Torry Library
2187 The inspiration behind Tommy Tullos was the local community surrounding the school. He has been painted with local landmarks that the children identified as being around their home, such as Torry Battery and the Nigg bay Lighthouse, and different aspects of living in Aberdeen, such as oil rigs and helicopters, have also been incorporated. The Leading Lights
2248 A postcard showing the two small lighthouse like structures in Old Torry known as "The Leading Lights". These were used as guides by sailors to bring boats into Aberdeen harbour. The nearby Torry Bar later opened a lounge on their first floor named after the Sinclair Road structures. Both remain standing in modern Torry. Balnagask Golf Course
2249 The golf course at Balnagask, Torry. The JV in the bottom left of the image identifies this as the work of James Valentine's studio. He was a Dundee based rival of Aberdeen's George Washington Wilson. In the background of the image you can see Girdleness lighthouse which was built by Robert Stevenson - grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson. Girdleness Lighthouse
2262 A postcard showing Girdleness Lighthouse in the Bay of Nigg. It was built by Robert Stevenson in 1833. Girdleness Lighthouse
2385 The Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses were responsible for the erection of Girdleness Lighthouse. It was designed by their engineer Robert Stevenson and building commenced in 1831. The lighthouse came into use as a permanent light station on 15th October 1833.
This photograph comes from the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, George Stephen's, Christmas card of 1958. The House of Schivas
2393 The House of Schivas was built around 1585 and was the work of Thomas Leper. The lands were originally held by the Scheves family and successive families made many alterations to this architecturally complex L-plan tower house. Located just east of Methlick, it is a catagory B listed building. Cove Bay
2599 A postcard showing multiple sights from the surroundings of Cove; the harbour, the cliff, Hare Ness and Poor Man Rock. Early GNSR locomotive and carriage at Waterloo Station in the 1860s
2631 The distance between the termini was inconvenient and missed connections were common. Horse drawn buses and cabs were available but most people changing trains walked. Priority was given to mail which was rushed by carriage between the two stations.
In 1862 Waterloo was handling five passenger services to the north, including through carriages to Inverness, and four trains to Buchan. By this
time a network of branch lines was developing north of Aberdeen.
Following several years of controversy over the route and cost of a direct connection between the SNER and the GNSR, Parliament brokered an agreement between the two companies to jointly fund a line from Kittybrewster to a new station in Guild Street at a cost of about £200,000, involving two tunnels and the culverting of the Denburn. The main concourse of the rebuilt station looking north
2640 In the century since the new station opened has
there have been many changes. 1923 saw the
Grouping of the Railways with the GNSR and NBR
becoming part of the London and North Eastern
Railway (LNER) and the Caledonian part of the
London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In
1948 both were absorbed into the nationalised
British Railways.
The 1930s saw mixed fortunes; new and
improved rolling stock was introduced including
more powerful locomotives. Conversely bus
competition was decimating traffic on branch
lines including Deeside and Buchan; suburban
trains ceased in 1937. During World War 2 all
the glass was removed from the station roof
and replaced by plywood to avoid the effects of
blast and comply with blackout regulations. The
sections were carefully stored under a disused
platform at Fyvie station until the end of the
war. Pennan
2955 A photograph of Pennan by James Porter taken from Buchan Illustrated (1904). The book was one of a number of pictorial albums of Aberdeenshire published by the offices of the Aberdeen Daily Journal and the Evening Express. The book was bound for the publishers by W. J. Middleton, Adelphi Works.
All its 80 photographs were taken by James Porter, then based at 6 Schoolhill. He was a well-known and prominent photographer, considered to be one of the first in the City to work with newspapers.
Porter died aged 63 on 31st May 1937 at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. His obituary can be read in the next day's Press and Journal.
Buchan Illustrated accompanies the photograph of Pennan with the following text:
"The beautiful bay of Pennan is the haunt of artists; its village stretches along the margin of the sea under the shadow of rugged cliffs which rise abruptly above the houses to the height of 200 feet. In storms the houses are occasionally flooded at high water. The view from the Red Head of Pennan (562 feet) is a notable one - to the westward, Troup Head; to the eastward, a long line of indented coast; across the Moray Firth, many of the great mountains of Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness." |