Echoes 27 2021
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Joyce Marchant {1929- 2021} – Joyce was a founder member of CHG and contributed to almost every issue of Echoes
Margaret Anderson’s Museum at the Culsh – A very rare postcard showing the interior of this once famous museum
The Roch Tykes o’Tarland – PaulAnderson explores Tarland’s combative reputation
When Tykes Were Bold – The complete epic poem by HamishComyn
“Ane o’ the auldest an’ maist respectable hills in the hale warl” – Liz Cooper looks into the history of the name Pressendye
The ‘Gordon Baby’ – The story of an Edwardian Scandal and a World War II Tragedy told by Simon Welfare
Cradle Roll, St Moluag’s – Listing one hundred baptisms between 1968 and 1982
Aucholzie,the Lost Settlement on the Muick – RonFletcher shares his researches into the life of another of his Cromar ancestors
The Ravages of Time – The Mill of Aucholzie 200 years later – A close look at Aucholzie as it is today by Peter Craig
Double Take -who cloned our war memorial? – Gillian Needham discovers that ‘our soldier’ is not unique
Carved Stone Balls in and around Cromar – These enigmatic links with the past intrigue Lindsay Mair
Connections:McCombies in Tough, Patersons in Midmar – Jim Forbes uncovers a complex network of local family connections
Smiddies in 19th-Century Cromar:Some Additions – There were more local smiddies than Jim Forbes originally thought
A Reflection on the life of Dorothy Black – Part Two – Andrew Wilson completes his account of the life of this author with localconnections
Feudal Days in Tarland – Researches into local land ownership by Joyce Marchant
Abandoned Aberdeenshire – James Davidson searches for the reasons why people abandoned their homes in this area
World War 1 Ambulances and the Red Buses of Deeside – Sheena Cooper corrects an earlier article and discovers new connections
Mary Bella Esson {1888-1970) – Part Two – Recent archive acquisitions provide Peter Craig with more insights into Mary’s life
Craiglich Hut Circle – Lindsay Mair urges us to re-evaluate this local archaeological site
Snippets and poems from Sheena – A compilation of items from Sheena Blackhall
Readers’Corner – Another compilation- this time of information supplied by you
Tarland Square in the Late 1930s – Peter Craig takes a close look at some new photos of the Square
Aberdeen Arms as it was in 1888 – Some observations on a wonderfulphoto by Allan Hepburn
Macfarlane is ma Darlin’and Pirn-Tae’t Loonie – Shona Donaldson shares the lyrics of two bothy ballads,one with Tarland connections
Back to the Beginning – A newspaper cutting from 1992 describes the early days of the Tarland Community Project