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Tourist information caravan
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A City of Aberdeen Council employee showing two tourists some local information. This photograph was taken inside City of Aberdeen's tourist information caravan. Other images indicate this substantial caravan, when being moved, was towed by a gold coloured Range Rover. The poster in the background for an event at Haddo House dates this image to 1980. A search of old newspapers suggests that a tourist information caravan had been in use since at least 1978 and probably earlier (<i>Evening Express</i>, 28th November 1985, page 9). The caravan appears to have been sited at road-side locations for considerable periods. One location between 1978 and 1985, as is the case in this image, was the lay-by on the Stonehaven Road, across the A92 from the foot of Nigg Way, as the road approaches Aberdeen from the south. The caravan's purpose was to provide information for visitors and would also have been able to assist with accommodation and activity bookings. The photograph comes from a collection of slides donated to Aberdeen City Libraries by Aberdeen City Council's publicity department.
A City of Aberdeen Council employee showing two tourists some local information.
This photograph was taken inside City of Aberdeen's tourist information caravan. Other images indicate this substantial caravan, when being moved, was towed by a gold coloured Range Rover.
The poster in the background for an event at Haddo House dates this image to 1980. A search of old newspapers suggests that a tourist information caravan had been in use since at least 1978 and probably earlier (
Evening Express
, 28th November 1985, page 9).
The caravan appears to have been sited at road-side locations for considerable periods. One location between 1978 and 1985, as is the case in this image, was the lay-by on the Stonehaven Road, across the A92 from the foot of Nigg Way, as the road approaches Aberdeen from the south.
The caravan's purpose was to provide information for visitors and would also have been able to assist with accommodation and activity bookings.
The photograph comes from a collection of slides donated to Aberdeen City Libraries by Aberdeen City Council's publicity department.
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Kincorth
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Tourism
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1. Copyright known - held by Aberdeen City Council
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3. Copyright status undetermined
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DT_T2_05
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Aberdeen Local Studies
Aberdeen Local Studies
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