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Our Aberdeen: Gardening scenes always evergreen

06/05/2021

Workmen install a section of the original wooden foremast from HMS Victory with a hole in the middle made by a cannon ball during the Battle of Trafalgar (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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HMS Victory mast damaged at the Battle of Trafalgar to go on display

03/05/2021

1970: The Queen attended Hazlehead Academy for its official opening. Third year pupil Linda Williamson explains techniques of design to the Queen in the art department.

Gallery: Years of fun at Hazlehead Academy

28/04/2021

The flag mystery was vexing keen historian Lord Provost Barney Crockett.

Aberdeen Town House flag mystery solved – but answer is not what most people thought

28/04/2021

1988: Willie (left) and Lucky Lucy talk over their chances in tomorrow's competition being run by Aberdeen's Hayfield Riding School after being put through their paces yesterday by 15 year old Billy Grant (left), Bucksburn and their owner Kevin McDonald (15), Bucksburn, both Aberdeen.

Gallery: Hayfield Riding Centre

22/04/2021

A marble bust of Nero from Italy around AD 55 (Francesco Piras/MiC Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari/PA)

Nero exhibition to look at misogynistic treatment of women

22/04/2021

1985: In the plant house, manager Marion Frewing and plant house manager Jimmy McRae prepare a hanging basket assortment for a customer, against a backdrop of hundreds of bedding plants.

Gallery: Memories of Findlay Clark Garden Centre

21/04/2021

Edinburgh and the Lothians sites to open on Friday April 30 include Newhailes House (NTS/PA)

National Trust for Scotland sets out plans to reopen sites

21/04/2021

The battlefield viewed from Scottish lines (National Trust for Scotland/PA)

Culloden battlefield maps provide accurate picture of 1746 landscape

17/04/2021

The Mini has changed considerably over the years

20 years of BMW Mini: The highlights

16/04/2021

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Prince Philip: No-nonsense Duke of Edinburgh was Queen’s ‘strength and stay’

09/04/2021

1984 - Mrs Moira McLennan with her son Bruce (13) (fourth from left), and several of the neighbours children who would use a play area if the council agreed to building one in the background.

Gallery: Seaton through the years

02/04/2021

A 17th-century Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half real coin from 1727, right, on a table, in Warwick, Rhode Island (Steven Senne/AP)

Ancient coins may solve mystery of notorious 17th-century English pirate

01/04/2021

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Report on racial disparities in Britain ‘out of step with public opinion’ – NEU

31/03/2021

The report said ‘neither the banning of white authors or token expressions of black achievement will help to broaden young minds’ (Danny Lawson/PA)

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Commission chair accused of ‘putting positive spin on slavery and empire’

31/03/2021

April re-opening dates set for Scotland’s castles, cathedrals and museums

April re-opening dates set for Scotland’s castles, cathedrals and museums

29/03/2021

Scotland’s national museums set post-lockdown opening date

Scotland’s national museums set post-lockdown opening date

29/03/2021

The ‘snail man’ mount was found in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, in 2020 (Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service/PA)

Medieval ‘meme’ among recent treasure finds

22/03/2021

Half Pint Milk Bottle

Our Aberdeen: Zero waste and ‘cashback’ in days gone by

18/03/2021

Traffic begins to build on the M3 near to Winchester in Hampshire ahead of the bank holiday weekend. Drivers are being warned to expect delays as more than 14 million cars take to the roads for leisure trips between Thursday and Monday, according to the RAC.

The in-car motoring activities that could be lost to history revealed

11/03/2021

The torture device could distort features and cause lacerations to the tongue and lips (The National Trust for Scotland /PA)

18th century torture device a reminder of past misogyny, National Trust says

08/03/2021

1941: Pictured are the Auxiliary Territorial Service on march. Picture taken in 1941.

Gallery: Celebrating International Women’s Day

05/03/2021

1988: Lyric Musical Society hostess Mary Webster shows a leg to some of the cast outside the theatre.

Gallery: Look back at lyric musical society

05/03/2021

Presentation Gold Snuff Box with Agate Cover made by James Erskine

Our Aberdeen: Scotland’s gemstones

26/02/2021

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‘Another sad chapter in the Old Mill Inn saga’: Owner of former hotel looks to the future as historic premises burns down

22/02/2021

The tiny first century figure of a Celtic deity found at the National Trust’s Wimpole Estate (Oxford Archaeology East/ James Fairbairn/ PA)

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Statue’s haircut may have been popular in first century AD – archaeologist

19/02/2021

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Our Aberdeen: Ox-some objects for Chinese New Year

18/02/2021

1988: Gardeners at Johnston Gardens clear the paths after yesterday's mornings snowfall. They are Campbell Kelso, (right), 29 Bank Street, Aberdeen, and Graham Rennie, Lonard Cottage, Drumoak.

Gallery: Aberdeen’s Johnston Gardens

05/02/2021

The Rhynie Man.

Iconic Pictish stone could return home to north-east village

25/01/2021

Moreen is doing the Beach Crawl to Del Shannon's Kelly

Moreen Simpson: Social media’s shortcut leads into memory lane

22/01/2021