Ellon, Arnage Castle 1961

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1942/1976 - I am the son of Alex Stewart, brother to D.C. Stewart. I spent my early years at Arnage during and after the war. I was at all the Arnage gatherings and met many stars of stage and screen. Many the time the Rolls Royce would collect me and my sister at school to take us out to the castle for weekends. There were 6 brothers; Charlie, Bill, Alex, Frank, Davy and Donald. Both my father and mother ...see more

My mother was a niece of Donald Stewart (her father "Charles Stewart's" brother) She remembers being driven in his treasured Rolls Royce when she was a child.

Iris Hastie worked here as a children's nurse when she was about 14. She went on trips to Fairy House and to the Hill of Fare, as part of her job. My mum was a good artist and the owner thought that as there was a shortage of teachers she could go to art college and become a teacher, and he would finance her. She chose to look after her ill mum. Her dad worked at the piggery.

Arnage Castle belonged to Donald Charles Stewart from the early 1930s until it went out of the Stewart family at the end of the 1980s. D C Stewart as he was known was the largest privately owned housebuilder in the north east of Scotland.  One of six brothers, all but one were involved in the building firm. Arnage played host to stars of film and theatre from around the world.  A Jay Gatsby of his day, D C Stewart ...see more