Well done to Eileen McHardy and her team of Heritage Committee members, volunteers and friends. The Heritage Hall Tea, on Sunday 17th September, was held to raise funds for "Friends of Anchor". The final total came to £715.60. "My team were great and we were really pleased with the result" says Eileen.
Do you have a special charity which could benefit from a fund-raising event in the Heritage Hall? Get in touch and we will can give you details on how to arrange your event.
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ROB 1 was erected by Mr Walker, an engineer at the Paper works. This was a bust of Rob Roy with a Fog House". It was destroyed by a group of 17 scholars at Clovencraigs School around 1858. ROB 2 was a figurehead of a ship brought out by Mr John Irvine, proprietor of the Paper works. MrWilliam Marshall of North Lodge, Peterculter attached a body and legs. ROB 3 was unveiled on 2nd March 1867 by Mrs John Stephen. Itwas carved by Mr Wishart of Aberdeen and cost £25.
ROB 4 - "Rob Junior" / "Young Rab" was unveiled in July 1926 by Miss Jessie Thomson. It cost around £100 and was carved by Mr David K Graham, Hardgate, Aberdeen from a length of Quebec pine. ROB 5 was unveiled in 1991. It was created by Arnold Smith from polychrome carved wood. ROB 6 has been designed and created by Gray's School of Art graduate David Mitchell at a cost of around £50,000. Rob Roy will be unveiled at 10am on Saturday 16th September 2017 Congratulations to Doug Middleton and the Rob Roy Preservtion Trust for continuing the long tradition of Rob Roy's statue above the Culter Burn. Rob has not seen quite as many changes of face as Doctor Who - but I reckon the latest version, created by Gray's School of Art graduate David Mitchell will be Rob Roy Number 6.
ROB 1 was erected by Mr Walker, an engineer at the Paper works. This was a bust of Rob Roy with a Fog House". IT was destroyed by a group of 17 scholars at Clovencraigs School around 1858. ROB 2 was a figurehead of a ship brought out by Mr John Irvine, proprietor of the Paper works. MR William Marshall of North Lodge, Peterculter attached a body and legs. ROB 3 was unveiled on 2nd March 1867 by Mrs John Stephen. Itwas carved by Mr Wishart of Aberdeen and cost £25. ROB 4 - "Rob Junior" / "Young Rab" was unveiled in July 1926 by Miss Jessie Thomson. It cost around £100 and was carved by Mr David K Graham, Hardgate, Aberdeen from a length of Quebec pine. ROB 5 was unveiled in 1991. It was created by Arnold Smith from polychrome carved wood. ROB 6 has been designed and created by Gray's School of Art graduate David Mitchell at a cost of around £50,000.
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Take a look at Culter and the progress of the Aberdeen bypass from space. You will have to navigate to Aberdeen yourself- but you get the idea.
ABERDEEN At the mouth of the River Don. "Aber"- a confluence or river mouth. The name was recorded as "Aberdon" in the 12th Century and referred to Old Aberdeen, close to the Cathedral of St Machar.
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