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Flashback: Step back in time with images from our archive

1949: Capt. P.S. Wadsworth shows the fuse pocket from which he extracted yesterday the fuse in a live bomb that lay for eight years in the ground near Fraserburgh Maternity Hospital. Picture taken 21 November 1949.
1949: Capt. P.S. Wadsworth shows the fuse pocket from which he extracted yesterday the fuse in a live bomb that lay for eight years in the ground near Fraserburgh Maternity Hospital. Picture taken 21 November 1949.
Callum Main By Callum Main

From youth shows to Aberdeen events, our archives are full of snapshots into the past.

Here are images featuring north-east residents from 1948 to 1991 along with their original captions from time of publication.

1986: Annette Hailwood adds a touch of glamour as the roustabouts launch their rig-raft in preparation for the Peterhead Scottish Week Raft Race in July 1986.
1991: The Tapsalteerie Theatre Company, get set for their play A Place in the Sun which was being performed at Aberdeen's Station Hotel in 1991. Pictured left, Brian McBride, Paul Mutch, Caz Taylor. Back, Hannah Oldman, Iain Campbell, John Sangster, Dorothy Taylor.
1948: Admiral Sir Lionel Wells K.C.B., D.S.O., inspecting the standard bearers at the British Legion Drumhead Commemoration Service at Hazlehead on Sunday.
1966: These children waved off a BEA Herald as it left Aberdeen Airport for Shetland in 1966.
1949: Capt. P.S. Wadsworth shows the fuse pocket from which he extracted yesterday the fuse in a live bomb that lay for eight years in the ground near Fraserburgh Maternity Hospital. Picture taken 21 November 1949.
1966: Lovely Sylvia Lamont, of Glenbervie Road, is crowned Aberdeen's Floral Queen in February 1966 by the outgoing queen, Mrs J. Winning, at the St. Valentine's Mod Ball in the Beach Ballroom. A pupil of Aberdeen High Schools for girls, Sylvia was chosen from a shortlist of six girls.
Children collecting coppers in 1986.
1991: Abbotswell Primary School girls show their display for the Safe Journey to School competition. From left, Laura Sweaney, Suzanne Hillcote and Ann-Marie Caie. Back, Jill Mason, Jennifer Morrice and Claire Burbridge.
1991: A busy day of fair exchange at Stonehaven's Feein' Market held annually on the first Saturday in June in Market Square.
1980: Aberdeen Football Club players celebrating their success with Champagne in the bath. From bottom left, clockwise, Doug Rougvie, Alex McLeish, Andy Watson, Roland Arnott (physio), John McMaster, Gordon Strachan, Stuart Kennedy, Drew Jarvie, Bobby Clark, Doug Bell, Ian Scanlon, Mark McGhee, Willie Miller.
1974: Disc jockey Dave Fraser and some dance-goers at the Palace Ballroom, Aberdeen, in 1974.
1979: Pedestrians can once again enjoy a walk in safety across scenic Park Bridge which joins Durris and Park over a beautiful stretch of the River Dee.

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