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Events during 2023


Next meeting Wednesday 22nd February, Westhill Library 6pm-7pm
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Meetings are just an informal chat and anyone is welcome
 

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Local History walks and talks on Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Chairman Jim Fiddes is available to give talks on the following subjects to interested groups. The talks are all profusely illustrated and some can also be done as walks for the more active!
1/ The Granite Men : :the history of the granite industries of Aberdeen and North East Scotland up to World War I
2/ The Granite Men : Part 2 : the 20th Century decline
3/ Craigievar Castle and the family who lived in it
4/ The Old Skene Road, through the parish of Skene
5/ Skene House and some of the people who lived in it
6/ Queen's road to Holburn Junction : history and architecture of Aberdeen's West End
7/ Through Old Aberdeen
8/ Through Rosemount and Gilcomston : history and architecture
9/ From Marischal Street to Rosemount Viaduct in Aberdeen
10/ Tommy Scott Sutherland :architect, entrepreneur, character
11/ Pitfodels and the early history of Garthdee
12/ The Duthie Park and Ferryhill

In preparation
12/ The Green to the Castlegate : the old route into the heart of Aberdeen

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