Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
War in Europe: The long-forgotten suffering of north-east men in Greek prison camps during WW2
February 21, 2024
On This Day 1915: Aberdeen local hero commemorated with memorial in England
February 19, 2024
REVIEW: Tom Stade, Natural Born Killer at Eden Court
February 18, 2024
Scotland’s oldest known tartan: Can you help identify the men who found it in Glen Affric 40 years ago?
February 14, 2024
Tears of joy as Mariana in Brazil united with mum’s long-lost teenage penpal from Nairn
February 13, 2024
On This Day, 1983: When Dennis Nilsen was first charged with murder
February 12, 2024
Review: Something about George, The George Harrison Story, Eden Court, Inverness
February 9, 2024
On This Day 1939: Madame Scotia, the Port Appin woman who spent her life performing Hebridean music around the world
February 5, 2024
Alness Calling: The Easter Ross man who broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War Two
January 31, 2024
On this Day, 1929: When the new Aberdeen sick children’s hospital opened and gave more kids access to healthcare
January 29, 2024
On This Day 1929: When a huge steamboat stranded at the Beach Ballroom and Fittie residents had their fill of coal
January 22, 2024
Can you help Mariana from Brazil find her mum’s Nairn penpal?
January 21, 2024
On This Day: Culloden miracle as Inverness escapes tragedy from the air in 1964
January 15, 2024
Watch: Join the crowds at Aberdeen’s society wedding of the year, 1937
January 14, 2024
On This Day 1964: Moray murder with a sting in the tail
January 8, 2024
The 18-year-old Highland woman and her friend who saved countless lives close to the killing fields of Ypres
January 7, 2024
In pictures: Were you ever at Aberdeenshire pre-history park Archaeolink?
January 3, 2024
Happy Handsel Monday! Remembering an inebriated and ancient Scottish tradition
January 1, 2024
How north and northeast suffragettes gave their all for their cause — but to no avail
December 26, 2023
A very nostalgic Christmas to you! Revisit Aberdeen’s department stores through their adverts from decades past
December 24, 2023
In photos: Do you remember getting your festive trees from Kirkhill Forest near Aberdeen in yesteryear?
December 21, 2023
‘Distinctly sinister’ and a ‘horror show’: Revisiting Santa Claus Land in Aviemore
December 20, 2023
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On This Day 1939: Fraserburgh trawler bombed in North Sea
December 18, 2023
On This Day 1992: Princess Royal wedding blunder in Ballater
December 11, 2023