Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives

✨ To conclude our celebration of the work our volunteers do with our Archives team, here is a document that our volunteer Jane located while bundle listing 🤓

It is a document for Dr William Dyce purchasing land on Marischal Street and agreeing to build a house of stone and lime on the said land. His son, renowned artist William Dyce, was born in that house, no. 48 Marischal Street. He studied medicine and theology at Marischal College in Aberdeen and, after artistic training at the Royal Academy Schools in London, became a successful painter throughout Britain during the 1840s. There are many pieces of his work in the Art Gallery & Museums collection, as well as a plaque dedicated to him on the wall of no. 48:

🎨 https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/203/plaque037.

Our volunteers complete bundle listing tasks to create more detailed archive catalogues and improve collections' information 🥰

Will you be attending Stonehaven's 51st Annual Feein' Market today??

🔗 http://www.feeinmarket.org.uk/

Our service holds a wonderful farmer's account book, which provides a written record of feeing in Aberdeenshire, something that was very rare! Most feeing contracts were agreed verbally.

You can see the catalogue entry for the diary here: https://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=PD5&pos=1. View it in person by making an appointment to visit our search room!

(Reference PD5)

It’s a sunny, summer afternoon and you fancy a walk, when a deliciously intoxicating scent permeates your nostrils 👃🏼 Suddenly, you find yourself floating through the air like a cartoon character, following the smell of an old favourite…

FISH & CHIPS!!!

Check out these two building warrants for illuminated signs for fish and chip shops in Aberdeen. As if a chipper isn’t alluring enough, these sign would definitely catch our attention 🤤

Happy National Fish & Chips Day 🐟🍟

(Reference: CA/10/5/172 & 376)

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Sometimes our volunteers assist us with digitisation work. We have a small flat bed scanner in our volunteer workroom, which our volunteer Ian used to scan Aberdeen Harbour Board images for our 'Before the Boom' digital exhibition ⛵

We were very grateful for Ian's hard work on this project, especially as scanning can become a bit repetitive 😆

You can view the digital exhibition here:
🔗 https://beforetheboomaberdeen.wordpress.com/

[Image reference AHB/11/3/5/13]

This pocket book is a members card for Ballater Cycling Club, c. 1896. It includes road rules as well as rules for the club! 🚵‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴🚵

(Reference DD3353/D/4)

🚲 Aberdeen may not always have the weather for a leisurely bike ride, but many prefer it to other modes of transportation. It is sustainable, encourages physical fitness, allows exploration of less trodden paths, and a little excitement for those with a competitive nature.

In our collection we have a folder of photos from the National Cycle Network that showcases an event and people wheeling their way through town in 2002. Happy World Bicycle Day - get out there and explore 🚴

(Reference: DD783/98)



For more information on the National Cycle Network please visit their website at www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk

✨ Continuing our celebration of our Archive volunteers for , here are Elaine and Ian, who are indexing two volumes from the Voluntary Services Aberdeen (VSA) - the Aberdeen Sick Man's Friend Society Payments Books (1822-1829 and 1841-1850.

You can view the collection level catalogue for the VSA recorsd we hold here:
🔗 https://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=VSA+. Permission from the VSA is required to view their records. They can be contacted in advance here: https://www.vsa.org.uk/.

This week is ! We love celebrating our volunteers - they do a phenominal amount of work for us including sorting, listing and repackaging tasks.

In March, our volunteer Ken listed a collection of glass plates that had been deposited with us by Ruthrieston West Church. This collection included images of the Boys' Brigade, one of which is shown here!

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📆 This month, our Archives Team Leader Phil Astley will be at the Maritime Museum for a lunchtime talk on 17th June! 🧐

Phil will be talking about Parson James Gordon (c. 1617-1686), or the Parson of Rothiemay, who was a Scottish historian, geographer, and cleric, most famous for his detailed 17th-century maps, including the 1661 plan of Aberdeen. This was the first accurate representation of the two burghs of Old and New Aberdeen. Phil will be taking a closer look at the map’s features, its historical context and the man who produced it.

Visit the Aberdeen Maritime Museum for the talk on Wednesday 17th June, 12:30-13:15!

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/events/1926514345409308/

To celebration 🍪here is a receipt from 1810 for goldsmith George Roger's biscuit and cake purchases from William Shepherd (reference DD748/1/4/51). In total this haul cost him £1 12s and 7d (over £100 in today's money)