In photos: Memories of the community in Kincorth in the 1980s

Originally part of the parish of Nigg, the history of Kincorth stretches back to ancient settlements and bloody battles.

While our archives don’t quite stretch that far back, we’ve selected some photos of the happy community in the 1980s.

But we can’t overlook the rich history surrounding the settlement.

A brief history of Kincorth through the ages

Nearby Tullos Hill has several prehistoric burial cairns, including the Bronze Age Baron’s Cairn on the summit.

1987: Pupils at Abbotswell Primary School, Kincorth, look on as a nursery pupil David Urquhart and Susan Morrice of P7 help plant a maple tree, the first of around 30 trees which Aberdeen Leisure and Recreation Department were planting around the school in 1987. Image: DC Thomson

But in Kincorth’s more recent history, Peterseat on the south side of Tullos Hill was used as an anti-aircraft battery during the Second World War.

After the war, it became a German Prisoner of War Camp until 1948, where the prisoners lived, spent time working in the community and played football with the locals.

Only the concrete bases of the huts visible today give any indication of the wartime history.

But there are other clues as to the people and places of Kincorth in days gone by.

A section of the map which was in the office at Nigg Hostel (the POW camp) indicating the farms on which prisoners were working – you can see the pin-holes still in it. Image: Submitted

Kincorth and Nigg were heavily quarried from the 18th Century onwards, and old quarry workings are still dotted around Tullos Hill, along with old test pits and cut granite blocks.

And like much of the north-east, the land round about was cultivated by farmers for centuries.

Kincorth community we know today was established after WW2

Although, much of the long-established farming community was built over when the community of Kincorth we know today was established during the Second World War.

The housing in Kincorth was first proposed in 1937 to meet the needs of an expanding city, but work was delayed until after the war, in 1945.