911

Postcard of the fountain at Bucksburn.

912

James Valentine postcard of the Howes at Bucksburn.

913

A photograph of "Sentinel", a steam lorry, and various workers in the engineering works of Arthur Farquhar in Bucksburn.

916

A photograph of Bucksburn House in the Bucksburn area of Aberdeen.

917

A photograph looking south east along Oldmeldrum Road in Bucksburn towards Auchmill Road. The three-storey building visible on the left was built by the Northern Co-operative Company and opened in 1886. An article about the inspection of the new building, providing much detail about it, can be read in the Aberdeen Journal of 9th August 1886, page 4. The building cost a total of £2,000 to construct and was designed by architects Messrs. William Henderson & Sons. At the building's opening, on the ground floor was a grocer, butcher and draper. There was also a boot and shoe department accessed through the latter. The second floor housed tailor and dressmaker saloons, which were flanked by cutting and fitting-on rooms. Workshops occupied the third floor. The Northern Co-operative Company had been in operation for 25 years at the time of the building's opening. Bucksburn, or Buxburn as it was then known, was the first district outside of Aberdeen in which the company had built premises.

919

Sclattie Farm, Inverurie Road, Bucksburn.

921

The staff of Bucksburn Post Office outside the premises.

922

Chapel Farm, Bucksburn.

923

Chapel Farm, Bucksburn.

924

Inverurie Road, Bucksburn.

926

Tea after unveiling of index chart on Brimmond Hill, Bucksburn

927

Bucksburn Fountain, showing garage and Adam Mackie, motorcycles and accessories.

929

War Memorial, Bucksburn.

930

Brimmond Hill, 2nd June 1917 - after unveiling the chart, tea was served by the Ladies of the Guild, showing Sheriff Laing and Miss Jane Thomson.

932

5th/7th Gordon Highlanders parade through Bucksburn.

933

5th/7th Gordon Highlanders parade through Bucksburn.

938

Mutter Howey & Co., carters, Bucksburn.

939

Waterton Road, Bucksburn, at its junction with Stoneywood Road.

940

A photograph looking south down Sclattie Park showing Sclattie Shopping Centre on the right. Visible shops include a Mace Supermarket, Launderama, and a Ladbrokes. A Sunblest branded van is delivering baked goods. This image of the Bucksburn area likely dates from the 1980s.

942

Bucksburn Pipe Band.

945

An aerial view of Bankhead and Bucksburn.

1132

A photograph looking south east along Oldmeldrum Road in Bucksburn towards Auchmill Road, which can be seen in the distance. Premises of John Michie, a chemist at 17 Oldmeldrum Road, and Wilburn, Ltd., grocers, are visible on the right of the image. The three-storey building on the opposite, left side of the road are the 1886-built premises of the Northern Co-operative Company. Suburban tram No. 2 is shown in the middle distance. Correspondent Dr Mike Mitchell states that by the time this photo was taken - probably 1926 or 1927 - the Suburban Tramway was in poor shape, and was to close in late summer 1927. Car 2 is in a battered condition. To the right of the tram, Bucksburn Fountain can be seen.

1136

John Gray's Universal Supply Stores and Garage in Bucksburn, Aberdeen. John R. Gray (1874-1947) was a native of Newhills. A brief obituary for him can be found in the Press & Journal newspaper of 6th January 1947 on page 4. The obituary states that Gray was residing at 5 Auchmill Road, Bucksburn at the time of his death aged 74. In business in the area for nearly half a century, he was best known as a garage proprietor. He transported passengers from Bucksburn to Newhills Church and Newhills Convalescent Home. He was employed in the nearby Stoneywood Paper Works before opening a fruit and confectionary shop. This later became the general merchants, or universal supply store, shown here. When entering the field of motor-hiring, his first method of transport was motorcycle and sidecar. Some years before his death he had retired from his business, which was taken over by a son-in-law. He was survived by his wife, Helen Tosh, and a grown-up family. He was buried in Newhills Cemetery. This photograph looks north towards Gray's premises at 3-9 Auchmill Road. Heading west and north, Auchmill Road divided into Inverurie Road and Oldmeldrum Road to the left of this image. Gray's home at 5 Auchmill Road would have been part of the shop building shown on the left. These buildings were demolished some time in the later 20th century. Bucksburn fountain, once the centre of the village, was also sited just to the west on Oldmeldrum Road. The fountain was moved to a nearby pocket park when the road was developed in 1996.

1137

A photograph showing Bucksburn School. There have been many different schools in the area but we believe this image shows the old school located on the north side of the Inverurie Road just after Church Lane. These building are understood to have been demolished in the latter half of the 20th century.