Community spirit has always been the bedrock of Aberdeen, making it such a great place to live, work and play.
We have trawled through our archives to share some moments in time from the Granite City over the past decades, from having fun to working hard. See if you spot any familiar faces and places.
Kincorth
Radio Scotland DJ Tom Ferrie, centre, presents awards to Kincorth Academy band Column E, from left, John Milne, Amanda Lyon, Ian Gray, Fraser Adams, Michael Robertson and Martin Duncan, after they reached the UK final of the TSB Rock contest in 1986.
Kittybrewster
The Astoria Cinema with its art deco facade in Kittybrewster was one of only two city cinemas with a theatre organ, the other being the Capitol. The Astoria opened in 1934 and closed in 1967 after four months as a bingo hall.
Cults
Keep-fit instructor Eddie Campbell gets the members in his class into top shape during the last meeting of their session at Cults Community Centre in 1984.
Market Street
A policeman directs traffic at the Union Street/Market Street junction in Aberdeen in 1930. As you can see, he didn’t exactly have his work cut out for him in those days.
Mastrick
An offshoot of the famous Holburn Cafe on Holburn Street, this popular meeting place in the Mastrick Shopping Centre was hugely popular in 1960, when this photo was taken.
Bucksburn
The Queen Mother is pictured admiring the new police HQ at Bucksburn after she officially opened it in 1964. When she planted a commemorative tree in the forecourt of the handsome new building amid the cheers of well over 1,000 people, including 700 flag-waving school-children, she remarked that she was throwing on three spadefuls of earth “for luck.”
Beach Esplanade
Some of the competitors in the 24-hour pedal car marathon line up before the start of the event at the Beach Esplanade in 1986. The race winners were Vertec with Grampian Fire Brigade second.
Rose Street
Go-Go dancers came to Aberdeen in 1966 with the opening of a controversial new disco, The Place, in Rose Street. The former Melville Church at the corner of Skene Street opened with a claimed 3,250 members to a storm of criticism from councillors. The club closed after less than a year.
Torry
A quiet day in Old Torry believed to be around 1900. The group of men on the right are showing a keen interest in the herring drifters berthed at the quay.
Forresterhill
A Royal Navy helicopter lands at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, as part of a training exercise in 1956 as a large group of children watched over by police look on.
