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St Mary’s Kirkyard, Banff:- Visit, useful resources and some tips

20/08/24

Hi, welcome to my first blog for Hame and Hearth...

Tilting at windmills in Banffshire - the story of the Glassaugh Windmill

20/11/24

I love to find out about local history, so when the opportunity to find out more about a strange looking building...

Miss Isabella Paul Dow: An Aberdeenshire nurse who served with the Scottish Women’s Hospital, during World War One.

21/11/24

I attended a local church to take part in their service for Remembrance and afterwards went to visit...

Louise Esson Sinclair: An Aberdeen City nurse who served with the Scottish Women’s Hospital during World War One.

06/01/25

Today I’m going to blog about the life of an Aberdeen city nurse...

A World War One Love Story

14/02/25

I thought I would celebrate Valentine’s Day by telling you about a love story that...

St Brandon’s Kirk, Inverboyndie, Banffshire.

10/07/25

I’d like to take you on a wee tour of St Brandon’s Kirk, Inverboyndie and is found on the Banffshire coast.

Commonwealth War Graves at St Brandon's, Inverboyndie.

10/11/25

Commonwealth War Graves at St Brandon's, Inverboyndie. A short blog on the CWG graves in the small kirkyard ...

Mackie Academy War Memorial

14/11/25

Looking through the list of former pupils, my eyes were drawn to matching surnames, on further research there are two set of brothers who fought and died during the Great War...George and Frederick Annandale ...James and George McWilliam

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