Ravens and Crown Jewels grace Tower of London coin collection
A new coin collection commemorating the history around the Tower of London has been launched.
History
Aberdeen church looks back through history as it celebrates 200th anniversary
An Aberdeen church has celebrated its 200th anniversary.
Gallery: Archive photos of north-east’s Girls’ Brigade groups through the years
We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images of the north-east’s Girls’ Brigade events over the past few decades.
‘Heartwarming and beautiful’ stories of Aberdeen market traders told in nostalgic project
A project looking to document the lives and stories of people at an Aberdeen market has been launched.
Charles II artworks on display in Edinburgh
Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein feature in an exhibition of the art collection of Charles II opening in Edinburgh.
Gallery: Archive photos of Aberdeen university winter graduations through the years
We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images of Aberdeen’s university winter grads over the years. Do you recognise anyone in this gallery?
Gallery: Archive photos of Christmas lights in Aberdeen
We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images from Aberdeen’s Christmas Lights displays over the years. Do you recognise anyone in this gallery?
Win: 10 copies of our Aberdeen Memories 2019 calendar up for grabs
We have 10 copies of our best-selling Aberdeen Memories Calendar 2019 to give away!
Gallery: Archive photographs of Attic Theatre productions through the years
We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images from Attic Theatre productions over the years. Do you recognise any faces?
In Pictures: Archive images of five-a-side football in the north-east
These photographs, found in our archives, show five-a-side teams in the north-east over the past few decades. Do you remember any of these teams, can you recognise any faces? Let us know on Facebook.
Video: New technology reveals history and face of Aberdeen uni’s Ancient Egyptian mummy
Academics have used X-rays to visualise an Ancient Egyptian mummy that has been part of an Aberdeen university collection for more than 200 years.
Gallery: Archive photographs show north-east’s cubs and scout groups through the decades
These photographs, found in our archives, show cubs and scouts groups in the north-east over the past few decades. Do you remember any of these events, can you recognise any faces? Let us know on Facebook.
In Pictures: Aberdeen’s Music Hall through the decades
With Aberdeen’s Music Hall set to reopen within weeks after a £9 million transformation, we’ve taken a look through our archives to capture the venue through the decades.
Gallery: Archive photographs show Aberdeen’s old milkmen
These photographs, found in our archives, show milkmen from across the north-east in the 50s, 60s and 80s. Evolving from horse and cart to electric milk floats the archive images show how the trade evolved. Video: Doorstep milk deliveries to return to north-east town after schoolgirl’s bright idea to reduce plastic use
Gallery: The north-east’s WRI groups through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for images from events involving some of the north-east’s WRI groups.
Uncovered archives tell story of Union Street construction
A look at the original plans to widen a busy bridge sheds light on Aberdeen’s unusual two-level design of its main thoroughfare.
Gallery: Aberdeen university student life through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of the images of Aberdeen students making the best of university life hidden away in our archives.
In Pictures: 1066 all over again as Battle of Hastings re-enacted
History enthusiasts have re-enacted the 1066 clash between King Harold and William the Conqueror on the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Here is a taste of the historical action:
Gallery: The North-east’s young farmers through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for images of the north-east’s young farmers.
In Pictures: The north-east’s Brownies through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of the images of the north-east’s Brownie groups from our archives.
In Pictures: Aberdeen’s parks through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images of the Aberdeen’s stunning parks and green spaces taken through the decades.
Anti-slavery campaigner recognised in exhibition to mark 200th anniversary of his birth
An exhibition about “revolutionary” anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass is going on show at the National Library of Scotland to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth.
In Pictures: The north-east’s proud history of whisky distilleries
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images of the region’s many distilleries through the decades.
In Pictures: Historic Torry through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images of Torry through the decades.
A Twitter account is mapping the present-day age of Henry VIII
Ahhh, the internet. Surely one of the human race’s most remarkable breakthroughs, a tool with which the world became smaller, information became instant and a collective intelligence was born.
In Pictures: Tor-na-dee Hospital and Roxburghe House through the years
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images showing how Tor-na-dee Hospital and Roxburghe Hospital used to look.
In Pictures: Buckie Harbour through the decades
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images showing how Buckie’s harbour has changed over the years.
Lost village emerges from lake as water levels plummet at Wicklow reservoir
Pictures revealing part of a community which was flooded to create a reservoir have been captured from the air.
In Pictures: Aberdeen’s Broadford Works in it’s heydey
This week we’ve searched our archives for some of our favourite images showing how Aberdeen’s Broadford Works in its heyday.
How magic lanterns became 19th-century Netflix
Victorian families were able to enjoy their own version of Netflix by utilising an early form of “pay-per-view” entertainment to while away winter evenings, new research has found.