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Stretching back into the past with Mintlaw pictures

1989 - Stretching towards fitness are, from left, Mina Booth, Lena Gerrard
and Betty Gilmour, at their aerobics class in Mintlaw’s Burnside Court sheltered housing complex
1989 - Stretching towards fitness are, from left, Mina Booth, Lena Gerrard and Betty Gilmour, at their aerobics class in Mintlaw’s Burnside Court sheltered housing complex

For this edition of The Aberdonian, we have searched through our archives for photos of Mintlaw through the decades.

Home to Aden Country Park and Aberdeenshire Farming Museum, Mintlaw is known as one of the most green spaces in Scotland.

From factory workers to farmers, we’ve collated photos of Mintlaw and its residents to celebrate the village’s community.

Can you spot any familiar faces in the photos below?

Gallery

1977 – Mintlaw and District Community Association receive a special trophy for winning the title of best-kept village in Banff and Buchan District
1991 – Teacher Patricia Ramsay reads to pupils at Mintlaw Primary School
1991 – The parent volunteers in charge of the children’s library every week at Mintlaw Primary School, from left, Frances Watson, Deirdre Bruce, and Elma Coutts, pictured with young borrowers and their books
1981 – Pupils busy in a lesson in one of the science rooms at the new Mintlaw Academy
1982 – Jim Johnston, centre, head of Mintlaw Academy’s English Department, gets National Children’s Book under way at the school
1987 – Margaret Cordiner, left, and Diane McKirdy at the main bar at Traks, a new nightclub which had just opened its doors in the village in November 1987
1983 – Keep Grampian Beautiful Campaign chairman Councillor Paul Miller presents the Chevron Trophy to Mintlaw Academy, which won the award for the best-kept secondary school in the Banff-Buchan division.
1990 – Frances Adam arranging one of her beautiful floral displays at the Happy Plant Garden Centre
1964 – Driving Cheviots belonging to AEM Taylor, Balring, Mintlaw Station, in 1964
1984 – Teddy Bear party-time fun for, front, from left, Amanda Calder, Leanna Gray and Kirsty Conway, and the rest of the Mintlaw Playgroup members
1984 – Mintlaw Playgroup’s young gardeners were busy planting crocus bulbs
1987 – Debbie Lumsden, left, and Carol Bain sort out of the fish at Mintlaw’s Abacus Frozen Foods
1987 – Ann Marie Rydlewicz, 16, busy on the production line at Abacus Frozen Foods fish processing factory

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