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Aberdeenshire / Re: 8 York Street Peterhead
« on: Tuesday 18 August 09 03:52 BST (UK)  »
Hello again Marg,

What a coincidence, my grandfather was also a cooper. Perhaps he heard of the flat through your FIL. I've been trying to imagine the likelihood of them working together. I must go to the museum and see the coopers exhibit there and look at the old photos.

Weren't families prolific in those days, my grandmother had about a dozen siblings also.

I live a couple of hours drive away from Peterhead and like to visit now and then. I's a terribly cold place, maybe the climate change will make it more agreeable. :)


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Aberdeenshire / Re: 8 York Street Peterhead
« on: Sunday 16 August 09 11:27 BST (UK)  »
Hello Supernova!
          This is so exciting. Thanks for the pic of #8. Is the church still there? My father in law may have attended there when he was a boy....
 

Hi Marg,

Peterhead Old Parish church is still going strong: http://www.mucklekirk.co.uk/ and is used as the main place of worship by schools and organisations. That is where I got the photo, it's just a pity that no. 8 is just out of shot on the left but it was just identical to the flat and shop that is
in the photo. My sister would be able to tell you more about the interior, I just recall the rooms being very small and a big old fire range.

I always loved the smell of Crosse & Blackwell probably because it was my first breath in the world. :)

To the left hand side of the church there's still a pub called the 'West End Bar' that would have been there when your husband's family were at York Street, I must have a look at the history of that, I'm sure it would be fascinating.

I wondered if you still had relatives in the area, I know of a few Massons although not very well. I no longer live in Peterhead but I'm due to visit in a couple of weeks time so anything you want to ask just let me know.

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Aberdeenshire / Re: 8 York Street Peterhead
« on: Sunday 16 August 09 11:22 BST (UK)  »
hi all  :)

had a look at the 1881 census
.....

http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/peterhead.html

ev

Fascinating discovery for us newbies ev - thanks for that! 8)

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Aberdeenshire / Re: 8 York Street Peterhead
« on: Friday 14 August 09 12:41 BST (UK)  »
Hi Marg,

I haven't found out when it was built but it was a Draper, Haberdasher's shop with flats above. I believe the shopkeeper may have owned the whole block.

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-map-490452-map_of_peterhead-i

If you visit the above link you'll find a street plan of Peterhead, keep double clicking to zoom in closer.

Follow the pink line that is West Road, leading to Kirk Street you will come to the yellow line and the first grey triangle was the site of 8 York Sreet. The little triangle is no more as it integrated with St Peter Street and number 8 has been reassigned across the road to the the house on the corner to the left, York Sreet stretches all the way up to Peterhead Academy.

Here is an old photo I found on the web, you can see the shops underneath and the flat upstairs is the one to the right of no.8

York Street was always a very busy place for the view your husband would have had was harbour traffic, town centre traffic and laterly Crosse and Blackwells canning factory directly opposite although I don't know when that was build, certainly before my time pre 50's.

I just found a site with a lot of old photo's of Peterhead
http://comments.fotki.com/Bluetoonser/ which are taken round about that corner.

Another strange fact was that my grandparents lived at 31 Queen Street before they moved to York Street - or maybe not strange at all! :) Happy searching.


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Aberdeenshire / Re: The Sands Bar, Peterhead
« on: Thursday 13 August 09 14:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi Windsor87,

The Sands Bar is Ware Road as the previous poster points out. Ware Road is in Buchanhaven which used to be seperated from Peterhead. It's quite a poor area now and the bar was built perhaps 30 years ago. Buchanhaven is very old so there could possibly have been a Ware Lane at one time (It sounds like a trading area). Apart from local authority housing, it's mainly fisherman's cottages which have been upgraded. Down at the bottom of Ware Road there is a little harbour
and a little further along the shore you'll find Scotland's oldest Salmon smokehouse.

You'll still find loads of 'Strachan's' in Buchanhaven. :)

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Aberdeenshire / Re: 8 York Street Peterhead
« on: Thursday 13 August 09 14:17 BST (UK)  »
Hello Marg,

York Street was named after the York Buildings Company who owned Peterhead 1720-26

The corner of York Street as we knew it ceased to exist when it was pulled down in the 70's. It was merged into St Peter Street and 58 flats were erected on the site that looked like souless cement buildings, a terrible eyesore to the people of the town. They were fraught with problems and were finally emptied in 2003 and are now in the process of being pulled down. I don't think any decision has been made about the future but it's bound to be a commercial site as it's been proved that it wasn't ideal for residential living.

I was born at number 8 too (Hazel's sister) and even though I left when young I can still envisage the flat about Neish's shop and the smell of bleach in the outside washhouse. Renovation isn't always progress, they should have kept the character of that corner.

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Technical Help / Re: Photographing a small item close up
« on: Saturday 01 August 09 03:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello my friends
I know that some one is going to help me .This is the site I always turn to in time  of technical trouble !!!
I am trying to photograph a small old brooch so that it is shown at its best.

Hope you've had some success with tips on your macro setting. Have you tried scanning the brooch? This is sometimes a good option.

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Aberdeenshire Lookup Requests / Re: Daniel Robertson
« on: Saturday 01 August 09 03:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi,I checked out the "Aberdeen Weekly Journal" for mentions of a Daniel Robertson.Between October 24 1887 - December 24 1894 there are 5 articles which may refer to your ancestor.Are you aware of the website of free to view 19th century British Newspapers?The address is
http://access.gale.com/newstrial/
flst

I keep trying this URL but in order to register you need to be an 'organisation' - how do you you overcome this?  ???

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Rolls for the Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918
« on: Friday 31 July 09 17:00 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if I should post this here, or at the Armed Forces section. I will post it here because it is of local interest.

I came across this site while searching for Connon ancestors in Turriff.

http://gordonhighlanders.carolynmorrisey.com/index.htm

Came in very hany for me. According to the site, my great grandfather (Robert Cassie Connon was discharged from the army deemed 'Medically Unfit'.
There are some holes in the database, but still. It's free.
Hope it can be of use to fellow Rootschatters.

Coincidentally, I just found the link this morning and saw my grandfather mentioned as injured in the German/Spring Offensive. It's such a strange sensation to dip into moments in history, very sobering.

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