This is Princess Beatrice (Youngest of Queen Victoria’s Children) and her Husband Prince Henry of Battenberg. Their wedding day was 23rd July 1885. On the 18th September 1885 they came and stayed for two nights with Lord Erroll at Slains Castle, Cruden Bay. They...
The Scaurs at the Whinnyfold end of Cruden Bay Beach have claimed many Ships and Boats in the past. Here is one such casualty on 18/01/1907, The Star of the Isles. The Crew were saved. At the time of loss it was valued at £5500 but it was only insured for £4800. The...
Alan Croxford Does anyone possess a wishing rock or stone? There was one at Slains Castle in the days of The Earl of Erroll. At the Castle’s deplenish sale the stone was bought by James Cruickshank owner of the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel, Cruden Bay. FaceBook...
Alan Croxford Back in the days when the LNER owned the Cruden Bay Hotel, Cruden Bay apeared on sets of playing cards in the Beautiful Britain series. I remember back in the 1960s /1970s my parents Charlotte and Denis were in the Cruden Bay Whist Club. They stored the...
Alan Croxford I like this old fashioned advert for Crosse & Blackwells. My Dad Denis Croxford was a Transport Manager for the Firm in Peterhead from 1963 to 1987. My Step Mother Isobel Coutts was also one of the Industrial Nurses at the Factory. She left Crosse...
Bill Phillips I’ve no info on this one at all, it was among some Cruden Bay photos that were given to me a few years ago. The building behind them looks very much like the village hall. Martha Wells I have this photograph. That’s my mother, second row from...
