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Gallery: Archive photos of north-east’s Girls’ Brigade groups through the years

by Reporter
02/12/2018, 10:00 am
1987: Come and join the conga was the message from the 1st Stonehaven Girls’ Brigade as the group aimed to complete 16 different events ranging from milking a cow to climbing a mountain as part of a national challenge
1987: Come and join the conga was the message from the 1st Stonehaven Girls’ Brigade as the group aimed to complete 16 different events ranging from milking a cow to climbing a mountain as part of a national challenge

We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images of the north-east’s Girls’ Brigade events over the past few decades.

1993: Lyndsey Oman and Lyndsey Ingram show off the old and new Girls’ Brigade uniforms at the Music Hall, Aberdeen
1979: Elaine Forsyth receives her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award from Edith Mowatt, president of the Aberdeen Division of the Aberdeen Division Girls’ Brigade
1988: Former members of the 19th Aberdeen Girls’ Brigade at a reunion in Denburn Church hall to celebrate the group’s 70th anniversary
1988: Daisy Clark gives Kimberley Raita lift at an open night for former members of the 11th Aberdeen Co Girls’ Guildry/Brigade
1982: 1st Ellon member Moira Robertson, left, and Pamela Wyness, 9th Aberdeen, make sure the sports gear is safe as they get ready to pack their coach
1985: Emma MacAulay was all smiles with former leader Chrissie Slessor at the diamond jubilee of the 20th Co Girls’ Brigade, John Knox’s Church, Mounthooly
1985: Sara Smith, Angela Brown, Caroline Clarkson and Gillian Pearson of the 31st Middleton Park Church Girls’ Brigade get ready to entertain visitors to their open night at Middleton Park Primary School
1979: Checking the colours before the Girls’ Brigade parade are Jean Holmes, Doreen Nicoll, Audrey Ironside, Agnes Duncan, Pearl Corstorphine and Roseann Thomson
1973: The 3rd Aberdeen Girls’ Brigade team scored a runaway victory over the 6th Dundee Boys’ Brigade in Top Team
1987: Come and join the conga was the message from the 1st Stonehaven Girls’ Brigade as the group aimed to complete 16 different events ranging from milking a cow to climbing a mountain as part of a national challenge
1979: Girls’ Brigade members pose for a picture in Marischal College Quadrangle before their national annual meeting parade to the North Church of St Andrew, Aberdeen
1979: A reunion held by the 13th Aberdeen (St Machar’s Cathedral) Girls’ Brigade Company in Scotstown Primary School to mark their 70th anniversary
1987: Torry Church 24th Girls’ Brigade rehearsing with pianist Bess Watkins for the divisional choir competitions
1988: The 9th Aberdeen (Tillydrone) Girls’ Brigade and the 31st Aberdeen (Bridge of Don) Girls’ Brigade combined forces to leave for a week’s camp at Abernethy
1988: Inspecting the 24th Aberdeen Company Girls’ Brigade at their 60th anniversary display in Tullos School Hall is Chief Supt David Beattie
1992: Myra McDonald, left, and Isabel Davidson of the 19th Company Girls Brigade get to grips with some equipment which was around in their younger days