Louisa Smiley and Kirsty Rae before the
junior Burns supper in St Cyrus. Picture by Jim Irvine
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With Burns Night quickly approaching, we’re taking a step back in time to remember celebrations from 1971 to 2009.
Grab your tartan, bagpipes and have a wee dram of whisky to have a look through the pictures of Aberdonian’s remembering Robert Burns’ fondly.
Are you in any of these pictures, enjoying your meal or perhaps even addressing the haggis?
1991 – Soviet visitor Leonid Litvinov, left, from Sakhalin Oil and Gas at the Moat House1990 – Dorothy Taylor toasts the haggis at Westhill and District and St Fitticks Rotary Clubs’ night1989 – Pupil Emma Cooper gets ready to address the haggis at the Burns event at Loirston Primary with Helen Peace, Arthur Reid and piper Marie Harcus1984 – Seamount Court resident Nessie Pirie gets ready to addresses the haggis at their annual gathering1981 – Chef Norman Mundie presents the haggis to Cdr John Murphy at the Royal Observer Corps’ Burns night1989 – Bert Burwood addresses the haggis at the Scottish Caravan Club North Centre Burns supper1987 – Elizabeth Still and Christine Mitchell welcome guest speaker Rob Ingram to Regent Court1978 – Carol Sim pipes in the haggis at the Evening Express event in the Beach Ballroom1987 – Stakis Tree Tops Hotel chef James Whelan and Lord Provost Henry Rae welcome the haggis at the Aberdeen <br />Burns Club’s anniversary dinner1982 – Jean Kilminster with the haggis at the DELTA club’s Burns event at the Music Centre, with piper Bobby Watson1987 – Retired Norco employees are treated to the last Burns supper to be held in the Norco House restaurant1989 – Chef Sandy Flett holds the haggis ready for Aberdeen Burns Club president Jim Smith at their celebration1971 – Ralph Stewart addresses the haggis at the Aberdeen and Deeside Joint Round Table celebration in Pharos restaurant2009 – Louisa Smiley and Kirsty Rae before the junior Burns supper in St Cyrus1991 – Delegates at the 13th World Seminar on Environmental Planning and Management get ready to celebrate the Bard1991 – Aberdeen Burns Club president Sandy Stuart, left, with George Taylor, Prof Hamish Keir and piper Bill Maitland at their annual gathering
