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3 Mackie Place
42 This photograph shows No. 3 Mackie Place, Aberdeen, in around 1870.
The street was named after Robert Mackie, a skinner who was Convener of the Incorporated Trades.
At No. 6 Mackie Place there was a haunted house known as the 'The Castle' or 'The White House'. It was located to the south west of Nos. 4 and 5 next to the Denburn. It was the home of the Forbes family who printed the Castle Spectre magazine.
No. 6 Mackie Place was in time demolished to make way for Esslemont Avenue. Due to the demolition, the Forbes family moved across the Denburn to the property off Skene Street known as 'the Galleries' in around 1882. It stood in the ground to the rear of No. 1 Mackie Place and has also subsequently been demolished.
No. 3 Mackie Place is located to the east of Nos. 4 and 5, on the north side of the Denburn, and still stands today. The Grammar School, Aberdeen
149 The Grammar School, Aberdeen.
The new Grammar School building was opened in 1863 at the junction of Skene Street and the tree-lined Esslemont Avenue. The Firhill Well, Old Aberdeen
329 The Firhill Well stood at the bend of a lane leading from what now is Sunnybank Road to what now is Bedford Road. It takes its name from being located near a fir-clad hill. It is not known who built the well but it was in existance as early as 1799. This photograph was taken in 1890. HUU432, a Bedford OB
864 This image shows HUU432, a Bedford OB coach parked outside Seafield Garage in Cullen. Notice the extensive array of petrol pumps in the background, with such examples as "National Benzone" and "Power".
The vehicle was owned and operated by Donald Grant. Of solid construction, it no doubt covered many hundreds of miles in its journeys through the North-East.
Seafield Garage was owned by John Lawrence, who was another bus operator in the town.
(Many thanks to Dr Mike Mitchell and Peter Findlay for additional information about this image.) Mackie Place
1092 4-5 Mackie Place, Aberdeen.
Mackie Place takes its name from Robert Mackie, skinner, who was feuing the ground along the denburn side here in the latter half of the 18th century. The photograph shows a pair of Georgian dwelling houses dating from c.1760.
The interesting twin front gables provide a most unusual appearance, as does the two doors which are approached by an elaborate set of curved flights of steps. The house is one of Aberdeen's early buildings of quarried granite, is semi detached. Once an independent picturesque location, the area is now surrounded by tenements.
One of Aberdeen's oldest schools, Aberdeen Grammar School lies a few hundred yards to the left, now separated by Esslemont Avenue. Provost Skene's House
1099 Built in the 16th century, Provost Skene's House is now one of Aberdeen's few remaining examples of early burgh architecture. The house, also sometimes known as Cumberland House has a long and chequered history. Our illustration was taken prior to the restoration of the building in the early 1950's. It was opened to the public by the Queen Mother in 1953. To the left of the illustration can be noted a Bedford bus, indicating that this area was formerly a bus stop for tourist coaches. To the right can be seen the buildings in the Upperkirkgate. Skene Street
1121 Skene Street looking up towards the junction with Rose Street and Esslemont Avenue. The building centre in the distance is Skene Street Congregational Church (1886) now converted into offices. Springfield Cottage
1477 Springfield Cottage as seen from Springfield Road looking north west. The photograph was likely taken during the 1950s at which point the cottage was on the outskirts of the city.
The residential development we know as Craigiebuckler had yet to be built. The line of trees in the background is that of Craigiebuckler Avenue. If we turned the camera some degrees to the north we would have a view of Craigiebuckler Parish Church and its halls.
The cottage was most likely demolished as part of the aforementioned residential development.
(Many thanks to A. G. Duthie for information on the location of this cottage). Burnieboozle Croft and Farm
1493 This image taken in the early 1950s looks north along a small road, roughly located in line with present day Craigiebuckler Avenue, towards Burnieboozle Croft and Farm. The line of trees in the background mark the side of Hazledene Road. Along this track in the opposite direction is the location of Burnieboolze House.
(Many thanks to A. G. Duthie for identifying this location). Burnieboozle Farm
1494 This photograph, likely dating from the early 1950s, looks north east and shows the yard of Burnieboozle Farm. It was located at the junction of Hazledene Road and what is now Craigiebuckler Avenue.
(Many thanks to A. G. Duthie for identifying this location). Newpark
1521 A photograph of the gateway and avenue of Newpark. Located between Sheddocksley and Kingswells, this property was once known as Cuttlehill.
In Historical Walks and Names (1927) local historian G. M. Fraser writes:
"You descend Brimmond Hill at the south-west corner, and passing between the properties of Fairley and Cloghill, you presently pass the farm of Gillahill (properly Gallowhill), on your left, and strike the western end of the "Lang Stracht," near the property of Newpark. This is a comparatively recent name for Cuttlehill, the property that once formed part of Sheddocksley, and was bought in 1777 by Robert Dyce of Aberdeen, father of the well-known physician, Dr. William Dyce, of Cuttlehill, whose town house for many years was No. 48 Marischal Street. In this country residence of Cuttlehill, the old entrance gate and avenue of which are still in existence, was born on 19th September, 1806, William Dyce, afterwards William Dyce, R.A., a gifted artist, who took a leading part in decorating the House of Lords, and better still, who, having been sent by the government to report on the Art schools of the Continent in the middle of the last century, was the means of re-organising the art education system of Great Britain. It is singular that this accomplished man, although he is commemorated on a monumental brass in Streatham Parish Church, where he latterly stayed, is as yet unremembered by any mark on his father's house in Aberdeen, where he passed the early part of his life."
Newpark and the gated and avenue, though likely thoroughly modified, can still be seen today.
Other sources suggest that William Dyce, the above mentioned artist, was born at 48 Marischal Street. His birthplace remains something of a mystery. There is no indication of the location in the old parish register record of his baptism at St. Nicholas Kirk. Cotton Croft
1782 This photograph looks north on Clifton Road in Woodside, Aberdeen. The buildings on the left of the image were known as Cotton Croft. They are visible on the first Ordnance Survey maps of 1869 (Aberdeen Sheet LXXV.6). They were roughly located across the road from where Hilton Avenue now joins Clifton Road.
On 8th January 1914 Robert Stewart, resident of Cotton Croft, was convicted at Aberdeen Court of taking an "unclean salmon" from the River Don below Grandholm Mills. He was admonished and dismissed on account of his youth (Aberdeen Daily Journal, 09/01/1914, p.3).
In February 1916 the Public Health Committee of Aberdeen closed the cottage at Cotton Croft as unfit for habitation (Aberdeen Daily Journal, 17/02/1916 p.2).
The buildings are still present on the OS maps of 1955 (NJ9208SE) and this is likely the broad period from which this images dates. The map also shows the two large trees and the slightly lower housing on the right. The latter is the start of the more recently constructed Greenmore Gardens.
The Cotton Croft buildings were eventually demolished and replaced with modern housing. Burnieboozle Farm
1787 This view looks south west along Hazledene Road and shows Burnieboozle Farm. It was located at the junction of the aforementioned road and what is now Craigiebuckler Avenue. This photograph was likely taken in the early 1950s.
(Many thanks to A. G. Duthie for pinning down the location of this farm). Brae Farm
1790 This photograph was taken in 1951 by James Kellas and looks east showing, on the left, the rear of Brae Farm, located on Morningside Road, and part of 142 Morningside Avenue on the right.
There was originally a Brae Farm to the north west of this location that can be seen the Ordnance Survey map published in 1869 (Aberdeen Sheet LXXV.14). Just to the north of the old farm on the map is a single Aberdeen Water Works reservoir.
An article from The Leopard magazine by Diane Morgan (October/November 1985) explains that in 1885 an Aberdeen Corporation Water Act was passed to empower the Town Council to take eight million gallons daily from the River Dee and to build a second reservoir at Mannofield. This was to keep up with the city's rapid population increase.
To carry out the expansion, the council acquired the land adjoining the initial reservoir including the first Brae Farmhouse and its steadings. They then became known as Reservoir Cottage and Reservoir House and served as the home of the inspector of the water works. A relatively early inspector was called William Clark. On 28th February 1898 he died at the cottage aged 64. He was buried in the John Knox Churchyard (Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 02/03/1898, p.4).
Clark was likely succeeded as waterworks inspector by James Forsyth. The Forsyth family lived at the cottage well into the 20th century. James was married to Margaret (née Jaffray), who died after him on 28th July 1945, aged 85. Their second son, Sapper John Forsyth, died aged 26 at Oldmill Military Hospital on 20th April 1917. He was buried at Springback Cemetery.
The reservoirs continue to play a vital role in supplying water to Aberdeen. The cottage and house however were demolished in the late 20th century and replaced by modern water treatment buildings.
As shown on the 1901 OS map, sometime shortly after the passing of the 1885 act the Brae Farm we can see in this picture was built to the south east, where Morningside Road met Auchinyell Bridge. To the east, Aberdeenshire County Cricket Ground was also built around the same time.
This later Brae Farm was the home to the Kinnaird family for the first half of the 20th century. The heads of the family were Frank Kinnaird and Margaret Amelia Smith.
Their son Lance-Corporal A. G. Kinnaird, of the Royal Scots, was reported as a prisoner of war in Germany in June 1918. Prior to the war he had worked with the Clydesdale Bank (Evening Express, 03/06/1918 p.3).
Frank's eldest daughter, Jessie Sinclair, married James Smith Mathieson at Ruthrieston U.F. Church on 7th September 1927 (Evening Express, 08/09/1927, p.6).
A younger daughter, Edith Kinnaird, married a man from Portsmouth called Andrew Livingstone in July 1936. The marriage took place in Ruthrieston West Church and the reception was at the Caledonian Hotel (Press & Journal, 06/06/1936 p.8).
Daughters Amelia Elizabeth and Margaret Kinnaird both left Brae Farm in the 1920s (1924 and 1920, respectively) to reunite with fiancés who had travelled ahead to Canada.
Frank Kinnaird died on 12th August 1950, aged 84.
At some point during the 1930s-1950s the residential streets we know today, Morningside Avenue, Terrace and Place were constructed between the reservoir and the new farmstead. These streets take their name from Morningside Farm to the east. As can be seen in this photograph, the farm stood into the 1950s. It was eventually demolished when Morningside Avenue was extended to meet Morningside Road. The newer bungalows can be distinguished by their tiled, rather than slated roofs. Westburn Park
2127 A James Valentine postcard of Westburn Park with Westburn House at the end of the avenue of trees. Laurelwood Avenue
2412 This street, photographed around 1910, shows the tranquil nature of this area of the North of Aberdeen in the Ashgrove area. It is one of a group of street named after trees - Cedar Place, Elm Place, Chestnut Row, and was built in the early 1880s. The young lad obviously does not expect to be disturbed on his walk down the middle of the street carrying a milkcan, watched by a little girl on the pavement. One of the gardens on the left has a pair of stone lions looking through the railings, which were removed during the Second World War as part of the salvage of metal for re-processing. Freedom Lands and Marches of Aberdeen: March Stone 6
2531 Stone near South East corner of the back garden of 11 Hammerfield Avenue. Calder Design
2666 The Calder Design shop at 66-68 Esslemont Avenue. As indicated on the window the shop provides architecture and design services, house accessories, furniture and gifts.
Their Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) entry states that Calder Design has operated as a single person architectural practice for over 20 years and they have over 40 years of experience in the profession. Their specialisms are commercial, house extensions/renovations and refurbishments.
This photograph was taken on 24th January 2018. The shop appears to be for sale through the property agent FG Burnett. It is located near the top of Esslemont Avenue, across the road from the Rosemount Community Centre. Rosie's Cafe
2667 Rosie's Cafe on the corner of Esslemont Avenue and Rosemout Place, photographed on 24th January 2018. The address is 137 Rosemount Place.
The cafe and takeaway is part of a social enterprise that provides vocational training, support and work experience for people recovering from acquired brain injuries, mental health and a range of other conditions. They also operate a framers and craft shop at 45-49 Holburn Street.
Rosie's Social Enterprise developed out of a craft workshop organised by Turning Point Scotland. The cafe in Rosemount opened in 1999.
The enterprise has won a number of awards over the years and has successfully bid for lottery funding. In 2012 they launched a wedding stationary business. Victoria Road
2670 A photograph of Victoria Road, Torry in around 1934.
On the left can be seen the hairdressing shop of Bert Wilson. He was a former mill worker who ran this shop from 1932 to 1946. He later became a hotelier.
He and his wife bought their first hotel in Angus in 1951. They subsequently returned to Aberdeen to take over the Waverley Hotel, known later as the Guild Hotel. During this time they also converted a house on Riverside Drive into the Park Hotel.
Wilson went on to run the Prince Regent Hotel, from which he retired in May 1977.
Next door at 119 Victoria Road is the premises of James McPherson, a radio and cycle dealer. He also operated from number 65 on the same street. He lived at 53 Mile-End Avenue.
Also visible in this photograph is a number of adverts on the side of a tenement. The products shown include Johnnie Walker whisky, Ovaltine and Capstan cigarettes. The back of a bus, a horse and cart carrying what looks like agricultural produce and the spire of Torry United Free Church can be seen too. |