Across the world the words of Rabbie Burns kick off the year with a wee singalong to Auld Lang Syne – and celebration of the bard continues throughout the month with the annual Burns Supper.
The month marks Burns Night on the the bard’s birthday of January 25 with many an ode to a haggis being held in the north-east throughout the years.
Away from Burns, our gallery of pictures from Aberdeen throughout the decades stretches all the way back to a Dutch royal visit of the RAF during wartime in the Granite City can be seen below.
In sport, we see a packed Pittodrie for January fixtures – and a snow-covered pitch as the Dons net against Partick Thistle in 1959.
The cold temperatures also get more people thinking about winter sport with images of skiing and ice skating sure to resonate with many.
What are your favourite January memories? Are you in our gallery below?
1941 – Prince Berhnard of Netherlands visit to R.A.F. station Dyce. Picture taken January 25th 1941.
1959 – The Dons score a third against Partick Thistle at a snow-covered Pittodrie.
1984 – Girl Guides Patrol Leader Tracy Smith, 14, being presented with her Queen’s Guide certificate by District Commisioner for Albyn Girl Guides Miss Jean Park.
1987 – Dons legend Alex McLeish and his 5-year-old son Jon present a cheque for £1172.17 raised by staff at Legal & General for the Linn Moor School.
1992 – Jill Robertson with Stephen Paterson, 5, and Gary Stevenson, 7, at Stoneywood Ice Rink.
1985 – Dyce Academy pupils Julie Jones, Simon Bayliss, Joanne Travers and Fiona McClure hit the Kaimhill slopes.
1941 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inspects servicemen at the RAF station in Dyce.
1959 – J Thomson and A Taylor in a table tennis doubles semi final against J Milne and D Sinclair.
1980 – A packed Pittodrie watch on as the Dons march towards a Premier Division title win.
1967 – Apprentices turning lathes in the training section of John M Hendersons.
1981 – David Owens of Save and Prosper presents a cheque for £150 to Bridge of Don boxing club.
1986 – Students from the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture show arts ball mascot Artie-Arch some support.
1991 – Louise Mitchell, Paul Cuthbertson and Steve Roberts cross-country skiing in Braemar.
1992 – Co-ordinators Simon Cowan and Claire Broadfoot look over some of the items at the Gray’s School of Art exhibition.
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GALLERY: January in Aberdeen through the years – hitting the ski slopes, a packed Pittodrie and celebrating Rabbie Burns
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