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Zoom into Aberdeenshire

20th July 202120th July 2021 Paula Williams

Collated by Alison Leslie. Modern Aberdeenshire encompasses historic Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire and part of Banffshire.  To the south it borders Angus and Perth & Kinross, to the west Highland and Moray, and to the east Aberdeen City.

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Nan Shepherd on the new five pound note

29th April 201629th April 2016 Andrew Martin

Good news this week for Scottish literature. Nan Shepherd, one of our best and most interesting 20th century writers will feature on a new £5 note from the Royal Bank of Scotland. Who exactly was the commanding figure on the new note?   Nan Shepherd (1893-1981)  lived in Aberdeenshire all her life, and published only […]

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