Past Times journalist for DC Thomson Group. Loving digging up the past after many years in news and current affairs.
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
Elgin composer working on musical about feisty Jacobite, Colonel Anne Mackintosh
December 8, 2023
On This Day 1963: Aberdeen churchmen agreed to ask Scottish Secretary why he didn’t reprieve mentally-ill Henry Burnett from hanging
December 4, 2023
The night Shane MacGowan and The Pogues raised hell at a rowdy Aberdeen gig in 1988
November 30, 2023
We look back at Winston Churchill’s popularity in Aberdeen and Inverness
November 30, 2023
In photos: Winter memories of Inverness and surrounding areas
November 28, 2023
On This Day 1971: Tragedy on Cairngorm Plateau
November 27, 2023
Benbecula dress historian finds out what it’s like to walk in Bonnie Prince Charlie’s shoes
November 21, 2023
On This Day, 1976: What it was like on day nine of Renee MacRae search
November 20, 2023
From Ringo to Robbie: Nairn photographer’s 50 years capturing music legends
November 16, 2023
On This Day: How Aberdonians celebrated the first Armistice in 1918
November 13, 2023
How Inverness-born sculptor faced the wrath of WW2 veterans over his Bomber Command national memorial plans
November 10, 2023
On This Day 1967: Bee Gee in train crash and Dundee vows to topple Granite City
November 6, 2023
Photos: Halloween at Aberdeen schools in 60s, 70s and 80s
October 30, 2023
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