Quick Search
|
Search Results
You searched for: More Like: 'Fashion Spots'
61 items
items as
Aberdeen Market 9: Hadden Street entrance
4385 A Roddy Millar photograph of the easternmost Hadden Street doors of the Aberdeen Market building. This passageway with stairs came out on to Hadden Street just to the east of the junction with Exchange Street.
The walls have been decorated with multi-coloured spots of varying sizes and the doors feature adverts for Dream Beauty Studio, Combo Café and Restaurant, and Thomson's Quality Butchers.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 13 - Liberty Hair
4389 A photograph taken By Roddy Millars showing the interior of Liberty Hair within Aberdeen Market. It was a shop selling wigs, hair products and fashion accessories. The shop floor, as shown, is packed full of items.
Mannequin heads are being used to model various wigs and a head scarf. Handwritten neon signs can be seen highlighting special offers. This type of sign was often used by the small shops within the Market.
With the closure of the Market building, this business moved to Leicester in England.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Treasure 107: Daniel Tickets (1908-1911)
328 This treasure is a collection of twelve event tickets printed by James Daniel & Son between the years 1908 and 1911.
The tickets are all printed on coloured, hard card, roughly 3 inches by 1.5 inches and feature decorative edges. All twelve tickets were printed by James Daniel & Son of 46-48 Castle Street. The company was started in 1835 by James Daniel senior.
This small collection of tickets offers insight into both the work of an important Aberdeen business and the existence of long forgotten social clubs - and they may be one of the few remaining traces of clubs that were once an active part of social life in Aberdeen.
Ten of the tickets are for "Annual Camp-Outs", one is for a picnic and the last is for an "At Home" event. The latter was a social gathering of the early 20th century that involved supper, speeches, music and dancing. The outdoor gatherings took place at scenic spots within easy reach of the city such as Kincorth Wood, Tullos Hill and Persley Den.
Find out more about how the Edwardians spent their leisure time and the scandal surrounding James Daniel's company in the Treasures from our Collections interactive exhibition on our touchscreens. Act of Council Anent riding or driving Horses upon the Streets of Aberdeen
489 This Act of Council dates to 8th April 1761. It is an early dangerous driving bill, regarding 'great Abuses' committed by those driving their horses loose or riding their carts in a fashion that posed hazards to Aberdeen's residents. It notes recent accidents that have befallen children due to horses being driven in a haphazard manner.
The act deals with this by amending an earlier relevant act of 4th October 1750. The new act appends a speed limit, outlawing 'a quick Trott or Gallop' on the burgh's streets. Drivers must now ride their horses quietly and slowly. They must do so or else face a fine of ten pounds for each transgression, along with ten days imprisonment. This was a staggeringly high fine, equivalent to approximately £1,000 in today's money.
The act is signed at the bottom by Robert Thomson, clerk of the Town Council. |