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Home Past Times

In Pictures: Oldmeldrum

By Scott Begbie
A view of the Meldrum Arms Hotel taken in December 1936.
A view of the Meldrum Arms Hotel taken in December 1936.

We’ve dug through our archives and found these incredible pictures of Oldmeldrum through the years.

A view of the Meldrum Arms Hotel taken in December 1936.
1991: The then Gordon District Council was commended for its recently-completed Wyverie Court sheltered housing .
Described as ‘a mini Balmoral’, Kirkhill House, set in two acres of land, went on the market in January 1988
1983: Members of Oldmeldrum Evergreen Club gather for a tree-planting ceremony at Slessor Place.
1968: St Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Oldmeldrum looks every inch the country parish..
1979: Glen Garioch Distillery manager Willie MacNeill toasts a dram of their malt whisky as under-manager Ian Fyfe, left, looks on.
1991: Leader Val Fowlie was seeking a successor to learn the ropes at Oldmeldrum Youth Club
1984: Captain Splosh (Duncan Naysmith), Idle Jack (Lesley Matthias) and Sleeping Beauty (Julie Brown).
1969: A resident outside her cottage in Oldmeldrum’s Southies Close.
1936: A horseman negotiates the King Street and Urquhart Road junction on a crisp December day.
1961: Barra Castle described as an ‘ancient testimony to the magic of stone’ stands at the foot of Barra Hill.
1993: Library assistant Angela Reid from Pitcaple sorts out books at the library headquarters in Oldmeldrum.
1990: Despite changes to the car park, Meldrum Square is virtually unchanged from this picture.
An aerial view of Oldmeldrum in the 60s.

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