Past Times

The Aberdonian: Looking back at snowy days

1968 - Graeme McKay, Gordon Raitt and Simon Shepherd make for the sledging slopes in Hazlehead

By Reporter

December 26 2021, 11:45 am

December 26 2021, 11:45 am

Living in Scotland means there is little guarantee of having a white Christmas.

But fresh snow in winter can really make the season feel festive, so we’re taking a look back at snowy days.

Can you see anyone you know who was out and about?

1968 – Stewart Leslie and Brian Spence on the slopes near Springfield Road, Mastrick

1973 – Shoppers in the Mastrick district of Aberdeen struggle through blizzard-like conditions

1972 – Pupils battle their way back from classes at Lumphanan

1984 – Anna Hanks of High Street, Kemnay, is pulled along on her sledge by her mother, Maureen

1972 – A big traffic hold-up on the dual carriageway at Westburn Road, Aberdeen

1969 – Mr E Buchan and Mr E Knowles feeding sheep in a field at Cairntradlin Farm, Kinnellar

1968 – The Ruthrieston Hockey Club, Aberdeen, held its Hockey Carnival in the snow at Aberdeen Links

1984 – The Norco milkman in Craigiebuckler digs himself out of the deep snow as one of his customers lends a hand

1981 – Passengers had to get out and push when a heavy snowfall made Westburn Road, Aberdeen, difficult for traffic

1969 – Children struggle through five-foot drifts in Northfield during the winter of 1968/69

1984 – ‘Big Mac’, the snowplough, is flanked by driver Bill Brown, right, and Andy Wilson

1968 – Angus McLaren, 10, feeds a lamb at Cullaird Farm, two miles from Inverness

1985 – David Lomont checking for weather damage at the Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar

1969 – Locals at Hazlehead were rewarded with a winter wonderland of snow-laden fir trees and winter sunshine

1980 – Snow transformed the playground of Rothienorman School into a winter wonderland