Alan Croxford This poem about Nethermill is another from Sylvia Munro’s book Lilts Frae Cruden Bay by James Ogston, published in 1911. FaceBook link THE PINKY BRAES O’ NETHERMILL. In leafy June when fields were gayI took a dander up the glen,Then crossed the...
Alan Croxford A poem by James Ogston about Whinneyfold, it mentions the shipwreck of the Xenia on the Scaurs in Feb 1903. Taken from Sylvia Munro’s book Lilts Frae Cruden Bay. FaceBook link WHINNYFOLD. Come a’ ye sturdy fisher chiels,And sonsie fishwives wi’ yer...
Elizabeth Oates Looking back at prices for a Golfing weekend in Cruden Bay 1932. Including a car to and from the station. FaceBook link 42 A GOLFING WEEK-END AT CRUDEN BAY DURING MAY & JUNE including : FIRST OR THIRD CLASS RAIL TRAVEL FULL BOARD AT L.N.E.R. CRUDEN...
The Railway Station at Cruden Bay ceased its Passenger Service in 1932, the Tram was then only used for the Laundry. To continue a way of passengers getting from Aberdeen to The Cruden Bay Hotel this Rolls Royce was used by LNER to transport passengers back and forth...
Thanks to Sylvia Munro for the loan of James Ogston’s 1911 Poetry Book “Lilts Frae Cruden Bay”. The book has poems of local interest as well as poems from further afield, such as Rothiemay, Huntly and Hill of Fare, Banchory. The book has a number of...
A RAILWAY POSTER EXHIBITION A delightful poster of Cruden Bay by Frank H. Mason. This was one of the exhibits at the L.N.E.R.’s recent exhibition of Railway Poster Art at the Burlington Galleries, Burlington Gardens, Piccadilly. This was the first exhibition of its...
