This is a massive fav for me, Dorothy! Can you believe that the old mill (Braemar) in the middle of this collage is the mill my dad bought in 1983 and developed into a house! We only sold it 3 years ago. I will try and find a photo or two of the house as it was when it was sold. Abergeldie Castle very nearly fell into the river in 2015 during the Storm Frank flood. The banks of the river have been shored up and the castle is once again safe from the river. The laird of Abergeldie Estate, John Gordon, died a few years ago and the estate was sold off by his widow. She kept the castle though, and still lives there. They have no offspring. And of course the final one - the bridge over the Garbh all river, where apparently The Duke of Edinburgh proposed the our dearly loved Queen Elizabeth, and which was ordered to be built by Queen Victoria so that 'people could share the scene from that spot'. You have made my morning by posting all these lovely old postcards! Thank you, thank you. x
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I’m chuffed too! I was thrilled when I saw Ballater and because of your photos ocasionally of your father’s house I included that one because it had the same feel. What a wonderful place to live!
@illinilass I was up in Braemar today, and en route I passed by so many of the places on your postcards. Abergeldie Castle, Balmoral, Crathie Kirk, Auld Brig o'Dee. I thought of you at each landmark!
I’m chuffed too! I was thrilled when I saw Ballater and because of your photos ocasionally of your father’s house I included that one because it had the same feel. What a wonderful place to live!
Not this trip, we return to US Tuesday so time is short. 😭