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The Railway Rolls Royce

The Railway Rolls Royce

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...
“Lilts Frae Cruden Bay”

“Lilts Frae Cruden Bay”

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...
Railway Poster

Railway Poster

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...
Sunday School Picnic – early 1900’s

Sunday School Picnic – early 1900’s

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...
Cruden Bay – By Alex. Inkson McConnochie.

Cruden Bay – By Alex. Inkson McConnochie.

Alan Croxford Cruden Bay. By Alex. Inkson McConnochie. CRUDEN Bay! How strangely the name sounds to one who knew it when, in a manner, it did not exist. True, there has been, of course, “time immemorial” a bay at Cruden, but the Cruden Bay of holiday resort is a...
Isobel Gregory Illustrations

Isobel Gregory Illustrations

Elizabeth Oates I have been looking back at some watercolours by my friend Isobel Gregory. We sold all the original paintings then produced the first Cruden Bay Calendar 2009. Isobel Gregory Art & Crafts Grandma Griggly seashore...