Hi
Yes i am still trying to find info on my Grans family in the Whitehills/Inverboyndie/Banff areas, i would love to see any photo's of the area.
I intend to go there when i retire & try to get the feel of what it was like in the past !!
Many Regards
Bill
I've only just come to this thread, but as a child in the 1970s used to visit Whitehills frequently.
I made a recent return visit there in July/August 2010, partly to attend a local history event in Banff, at Banff Castle, and while I was there took a few photographs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldnick/sets/72157624693849714/As to the comments about the two Kirkyards, they were pretty much sorted out accurately some way back up the thread. My experience is that the old yard (next to the farm) is very atmospheric, but pretty well useless due to the erosion of the stones. The new yard is well maintained, and slightly better protected and is well worth a visit. I have stood in it on bleak wet days for a couple of family funerals though.
Blackpots harbour is featured in one of the shots taken around the site of the old Blackpots brickwork, now sadly a static caravan site. By my time in the area as a child Blackpots Harbour was deserted, and the brickworks on its last legs. Whitehills harbour was then active as a fishing harbour. The fishing industry there died and the harbour was dead for a few years, it now seems much more lively again as a pleasure marina.
I hope the pictures are interesting. I'll keep an eye onthis board in case you have any questions.
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