BRIAN Ewen, who contributes some excellent photographs and content to Stonehaven folk on Twitter, found this article about Jimmy Nicol, the farmer who donated the care home to the Church of Scotland, in their magazine Life and Work https://www.lifeandwork.org/features/looking-back-the-benefactor-of-boganlochy
AN INTRIGUING film donated recently to the Maggie Law Museum in Gourdon features a boat fishing from Stonehaven and a rather surprising customer waiting for the catch. The video, made in 2001, takes the viewer on a creel fishing trip aboard the Shamarnic, skippered by the late Alexander Malcolm who also narrated the film. The […]
A glimpse of a piece of pottery in the fading evening light two years ago led an archeologist to a find now recognised as evidence of early Neolithic settlement at Stonehaven. Robert Lenfert of Cameron Archaeology was working on land adjacent to Fetteresso Cemetery in advance of the housing development there. He told The Bellman […]
A fascinating video based on research by archaeologists from Aberdeen University shows their interpretation of a Pictish settlement at Dunnottar. Read a full account of their work – that required the assistance of experienced mountaineers – and watch the video here https://www.historyscotland.com/articles/scottish-history/video-shows-how-4th-century-pictish-fort-near-dunnottar-castle-might Image by Stephen Fraser
THIS is now the official video of the World’s Largest Ceilidh Band, held at the annual Stonehaven Folk Festival on July 6, 2018. The performance is certified by Guinness as a World Record. Some 288 Musicians and 22 Dancers plus a whole host of support crew took part.
WHEN the doors close later this month as John Briggs’ Persian Rug Shop moves premises, it may feel like the end of an era – but it won’t be the end of his fascination with the rugs, carpets and culture of Iran. When he bought the distinctive red-brick building back in 1995, John was the […]
The Bellman reported recently on funding received by the Tolbooth from the North East Scotland Fisheries Local Action Group towards the predevelopment costs of an extension. Andrew Newton has kindly provided the background to the museum’s planned iconic development. The Tolbooth museum was run by the Council until March 2011 when, due to budget cuts, […]
A BELLMAN reader on her travels was entertained to spot one of Burns’ poems in an unlikely setting. We wonder how many London travellers could understand the Bard’s romantic lines in the ode to life-long romance, John Anderson My Jo. And since the photo is a wee bit out of focus, here are the lines […]
By John Cruickshank SOME 145 years ago to the day, four crewmen were lost from Stonehaven lifeboat St.George as she entered Aberdeen Harbour having attempted to provide assistance to the sailing ship Grace Darling which was in distress. The following is an extract from the information plaque near the headstone which was erected in […]
By the Officer-in-Charge, Mr. K. W. Foster First published in Signal, November -December 1964 We are very grateful to Deputy Station Officer at Stonehaven Coastguard, Graham Mitchell, for the following article about Stonehaven Radio “GND” which closed on 30th June 2000. In its day, it was famous around the world. At the end of service, […]