Events during 2017

BA Stores Vintage Country Fair, Lyne of Skene 20/21st May 2017


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.
1/ The rise of the granite industry in the North East
2/ Craigievar Castle and the family who lived in it
3/ The Old Skene Road, through the parish of Skene
4/ Skene House and some of the people who lived in it
5/ Queen's road to Holburn Junction : history and architecture of Aberdeen's West End
6/ Old Aberdeen
7/ Through Rosemount and Gilcomston : history and architecture
8/ From Marischal Street to Rosemount Viaduct in Aberdeen

In preparation
9/ The Duthie Park and Ferryhill
10/ The Green to the Castlegate : the old route into the heart of Aberdeen

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Meetings

We normally have several meetings a year held in the Westhill Library on a Wednesday evening from 6 - 7 pm. At the meetings we conduct any business but also spend some time reminiscing about days gone by, people and places in the parish of Skene. Occasionally we have also held walks along the Old Skene Road from Brodiach to Kirkton of Skene, describing the history of the parish as we go. At the coffee mornings and other events we try to display photographs, old maps etc.

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