In this week’s edition of the Aberdonian, we’re going back in time to look at photos of north-east fishing villages through the decades.
There truly isn’t anything better than going for a stroll down the beach when it’s not blowing a right hooley.
Scroll down to get a glimpse of what coastal living looked like a few decades ago. Do you recognise anywhere familiar?
1981 – Fish house owner Douglas Welsh, left, son of the harbourmaster, at work filleting haddock with assistants Valerie Craig and Gavin Smith.
1981 – Former box washer and scaffie James Stewart, 70, beside the lighthouse next to his house at Brae Road, Gourdon.
1988 – Catterline Primary pupil Claire Glennie hanging out bird food as part of a project.
1975 – Douglas Young standing on his fishing boat holding two crabs.
1970 – Agnes Stewart tending a spinning frame at Craigview Mills, Inverbervie.
1982 – 78-year-old Jim Stephen during a visit to the harbour at Catterline.
1981- Harbourmaster Alex Welsh with records of the Gourdon lifeboat Maggie Law.
1974 – John Watt had lived in the village of Catterline for 46 years when this photo was taken.
1981 – Members of the netball and football teams of Gourdon Primary show off their trophies for the season.
1988 – In the Catterline wildlife garden are teacher Kathryn Smith and, from left, Lynne Masson, Claire Glennie, Eve Thompson, Lincoln Coutts and Janice Gauld.
1980 – Low tide and sunny weather at Gourdon gave boat owners the chance to get on with a spot of painting.
1954 – Three men stroll alongside the harbour at Catterline.
1984 – Fishermen’s association salesman Kinnaird Turnbull, left, supervising fish selling at Gourdon.
1955 – A group of men gathered for the midday sale of fish at Gourdon.
1986 – Loading bottles of lotion in a St Cyrus factory are Christine Bruce and Sheila Brown.
The Aberdonian: Coasting around north-east fishing villages
