Mother’s Day: Celebrating Aberdonian mums with 14 pictures from the past
1994 – Mum Linda Webster with Jack, 2, and Christie, six weeks, who were both ‘sugar bag’ babies, weighing just over 2lb when they were born, 11 weeks early in both cases, at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
Mother’s Day has been celebrated across the world since the early 1900s, with Aberdeen and the north-east no exception.
We buy flowers and cards, take them out to dinner and treat the women who hold that very special place in our lives and hearts.
And it doesn’t have to be limited to those who birthed us, grandparents, aunties, step-mothers and even in-laws deserve to have their hard work and dedication in raising the next generations recognised.
And when we look back, we can also spend time reminiscing about those we’ve lost and remembering them.
From cradling newborns in the maternity hospital to mum makeovers and playtime, we’ve searched our archives to celebrate Mother’s Day. Can you spot any familiar faces?
2001 – Asda event co-ordinator Maureen Stewart, right, presents Mother’s Day gifts to Maria-del-Mar Martinez-Gill, holding baby Quincey, as dad Ato Aidoo and midwife Lizzie Wilson look on.
1992 – Two-year-old Lynn Caird admires the early spring blooms during a visit to Duthie Park with her mum Kelly, baby brother James and the family dog, Joss.
1999 – Mother’s Day winners of a M&S makeover and clothes change, from left, Tracey Thom, Irene McCombie and Mary McAllan.
1985 – Dropping off a cheque for the Special Nursery Appeal is Capt Geoffrey Williams of Brymon, in Aberdeen. The cheque was received by Tamsin Henderson, 3, and her mum Caroline, as Quentin Tweedie of Aberdeen and Deeside Round Table looks on.
1987 – Bonny baby Amanda Campbell, pictured with her mum Hughina Campbell, came out top in a photographic portrait competition sponsored by Boots and the Citizen and Advertiser.
1967 – New mums and staff at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital in June 1967.
1987 – New mum Dianne Donald, of Tarves, and baby Cristopher were at the centre of Aberdeen Maternity Hospital’s 50th-anniversary celebrations.
1992 – Four-year-old Wayne Anderson gets a hand from gardener Philip Roger to choose a plant for a Mother’s Day present at Duthie Park.
1990 – 13-month-old Megan Robertson, of Kemnay, winner of the Evening Express Babies of 1989 competition, pictured with her mum, Jackie.
1982 – Snow time means fun time for Kemnay brothers Alan and Paul Cook, pictured with their mother, Jenny.
1995 – Giving mum a break for Mother’s Day were youngsters Jayne, 5, and two-year-old Lynsey Irvine, of Westhill.
1980 – 11-month-old Simon Grant’s drawing of mum Shirley won him a piggy-bank and Easter egg in a competition
1992 – The first baby born at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital under the new NHS trust, Yoran Farquhar, with her mother Jayne, receives a christening mug from NHS Trust chief executive James Barbour, left, and chairman Bryan Bloomfield.
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Mother’s Day: Celebrating Aberdonian mums with 14 pictures from the past
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