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Map of Morayshire
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The Main household
Watching my uncle making a lobster creel wow! never seen anything like it. The house was a large detached white house over looking Hopeman Harbour I think!.
My mother and sister and brothers lived there throughout their childhood. My mother married Norman whom at the time of their meeting was in the Fleet Air Arm in Lossiemouth. Following their marriage they came down to Portsmouth in 1952 I think and we have lived here in Gosport ever since.
During my childhood we visited the family a few times in Hopeman and my mother still has links with her nieces and nephews Margaret, Ethel and Jimmy. I just remember the hill and the harbour where my uncle David owned the Christine and ...read more here
A memory of Hopeman contributed by ken ostler
School
I remember growing up in Elgin (Bishopmill). All my family have passed on now, but I still visit as often as I can, each time I go there I feel a bolt of pride as I walk down the High Street, happy days.
A memory of Elgin contributed by hamish innes
steamin at the square
thot id better leave a memory ciz nae other has left ane 4 newmill,poor show.1999 was the 1st time i got steamin,i remember it well,drinkin at newmill square wee the old boys.i drank about a quarter bottle o mince rennies frosty jacks cider an fell asleep in a ditch walkin back hame 2 the good old glen o newmill.happy days fae the only lad ever 2 survive in a place like newmill we the nickname baby!!!!!!!!!!
A memory of contributed by brian maclean
Kingussie holidays
Kingussie always was one of my favourite places as a young boy. My aunt and uncle lived in King Street, near the sawmill and I can still remember the smell of the wood shavings burning.
I loved going down to the station and watching the steam trains, especially the mail expresses as they roared through the station. They dropped off and collected the mail pouches using special equipment on the side of the Royal Mail coach. It was always exciting seeing the postman (sometimes my uncle Donald) arrive and watching the mail being hung from the hook. I knew to expect a fast train and it was sometimes hard to decide whether to stand ...read more here
A memory of contributed by Alistair Dunsmore
Extracts From Forres & Morayshire books
The Water House was designed by John Smith (1830). The top storey was a cistern, supplying water to the city, all of which was below it at this time. No longer required in the more sophisticated days at the end of the century, it became what it had always appeared to be, a rather superior tenement.
An extract from from"Aberdeen - A History and Celebration".
The modern city is still based on the viaduct streets of the 18th and 19th centuries.
An extract from from"Aberdeen - A History and Celebration".
From a compact site in the middle of Aberdeen, this company sent machinery all over the world. As this advert suggests, they specialised in food processing plant.
An extract from from"Aberdeen - A History and Celebration".
The narrowing of the river at this point shows clearly why the bridge was built here. By the time this photograph was taken, the muddy Inches were entirely reclaimed and the growing city occupies all of the horizon. Officially the Wellington Suspension Bridge, it has always been called locally, the Chain Brig.
An extract from from"Aberdeen - A History and Celebration".
Sailing vessels are seen here at Regent’s Quay. They were still dominant well into the 19th century.
An extract from from"Aberdeen - A History and Celebration".