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Allan Park Skating Pond, Cults
1032 This wintry scene of iceskaters was taken about 1902/3 in Allan Park, Cults. Allan Park was named after David Allan, a resident of Cults and head of the firm of James Allan and Son, Furnishers. He gifted about 7 acres of land between the Deeside Railway and the River Dee, and the Park was officially opened in June 1897. It was proposed that there should be a curling and skating pond in the centre surrounded with trees and laid out with walks. Allan Park
1033 Cutting the first sod for Allan Park at Cults, 26th June 1897. The park was presented by David Allan of West Cults as a gift commemorative of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
See the Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 30/06/1897, p. 7, for a full account of this opening ceremony. Allan Park
3109 A postcard image looking down into Allan Park in Cults. Two young women and a child sit in the foreground next to a sign displaying the bye-laws of the park. The postcard also gives a good view of the park's pond. |