1982 - Eight members of the Aberdeen Division Girls’ Brigade received either Duke of Edinburgh or Queen’s Awards, handed over by president Margaret Donald, left. The eight were, from left, Patricia Eddie, Adele Park, Alison Gray, Margaret McIntosh, Helen Shiach, Irene Stewart, Jacqueline Christie and Gail Brechin.
For this edition of The Aberdonian, join us in taking a look at June days through the decades.
From people looking for news from the front in 1944 to crowds gathering to greet the Queen during the typhoid pandemic, this week’s gallery is truly going to be a journey back in time.
Do you recognise any familiar faces?
Were you there? Let us know in the comment section below.
The gallery
1944 – Members of the public gather in front of a news vendor for the latest news on the war.
1957 – David Taylor, organist of West & East St Nicholas, conducts a children’s choir in a festival of praise
1964 – Crowds gather outside Aberdeen Town House to greet the Queen during the typhoid epidemic.
1966 – Traffic heading along Holburn Street in 1966.
1983 – Members of Deeside Thistle Cycling Club gather to hear the times of their evening 25-mile run on the horseshoe course – from Mannofield to Durris and back – from timekeeper Nobby Clarke, left.
1984 – Railway guard Martin Quinn and stick-bearing Michael Gove take centre stage as pupils of Robert Gordon’s College and St Margaret’s School for Girls get set for their production of Arnold Ridley’s comedy thriller Ghost Train.
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1985 – Lord Provost Henry Rae, centre, pictured with blood donors who had each donated blood 100 times, after he presented them with awards at Foresterhill.
1989 – The new Culter Gala Queen Heather Paterson along with princesses Clare Byiers, left, and Sarah Cooper.
1990 – Some of the cast of Attic Theatre’s production of Applause during a break from rehearsals at Aberdeen Arts Centre.
1992 – Lindsey Hill, 6, Kevin Fiddes, 9, and Jody Hall, 15, all won cycling safety helmets for correctly guessing the weight of a mountain bike in a National Bike Week contest.
1993 – Phil Leitch, 17, box office assistant with Chipperfield’s Circus, advertises the group’s first visit to Aberdeen for 30 years
1998 – Members of the Scottish Mental Survey 1932, pictured at Aberdeen Music Hall, returning after 66 years to sit the same test they had taken at age 11.
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