Aberdeenshire

[Raven]

If anyone wishing any photographs within the Aberdeenshire Area. I am willing to cover up as far as Huntly and Keith.

[sailor]

Hi Raven.
Any chance of a photo of Hillfoot Cottage, Oyne, it's at the foot of Bennachie. I used to live there in the late 70s.

Regards

Sailor :)

[Raven]

Hi Sailor,

That'll be no problem. Will see to it this week

[Suzi Robertson]

Hi, im also interested in hillfoot my great great grandparents lived there from 1891-1931. I went up but at the end of the road on the left there is a cottage called hillfoot. This did not match the photo i have of what i think is hillfoot cottage. However the road forks and if you carry on there is a house called nursery cottage. In some info i have come accross on the internet it says nursery cottage formely hillfoot?? So im not sure what house is what. Sailor can you give any info on hillfoot and its history? I have a pic but like i say it may not be hillfoot. And can you copy me into any recent pics you get og it.xx suzi.

[Suzi Robertson]

Hi sailor can you read my thread about hillfoot.x

[Raven]

Hi Suzi and Sailor,

will get up that way as soon as the weather clears up a bit...been awful here... xxxxxxxx

[sailor]

Hi Raven & Suzi.
Sorry about the delay in answering but I am in the process of moving house from Spain back to Co. Durham, so I am sure you will appreciate the demands on my time and attention. As soon as we get in and the computer set up I will respond and thanks Raven for the offer of photographs. I have a booklet of poems by someone called Fordyce ( I think) who has some connection to "Hillfoot Cottage" so when I dig it out I will share that with you.

Regards

Sailor

[sailor]

Hi Raven & Suzi.
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Here is a photo taken from the book of poetry I mentioned earlier,as you can see it was taken in 1895 and that stone wall was still there when I lived in the cottage.

Regards

Sailor

PS Sorry about putting multi pictures in the post, I will try to do better next time.

[jim chippington]

hi this is jim chippington i was brought up in nursery cottage 19 40 / 1948 grd son of tibby mcintosh ,,i think u are derek? havent seen u was it 1960ish i auchinairn rd is it u that keeps the headstone ok in oyne ps the photos are nursery cottage i have returnd home well close insch u can get me on skype or e mail email address removed .com all the best jim .

[Elaine ..Spain]

Hi Jim,
Welcome to Family Tree Forum.
I have had to edit your post as we don't allow email addresses to be posted on the open forum.
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[jim chippington]

hi suzi i am new to this was ur gran a forsyth ? ,macintosh ,nursery cottage is the one strait on at the t junction hillfoot was the croft on the left it was rented by the laird to jock smith died 1940 ish then edie grassick went in my gran died 1946 nursery cott my uncle sandy same place 1948 the laird would not pass it on to my mum dad his plumber went in to the cottge with his wife the farm on the right is or was named horndyne rented by the donald family just after that the laird went bust the cottage was sold to the station master,the lairds shepard bought horndyne ect hin name was harry nicol i dont know when my gran went in to the cottage but it before 1931 she was prior to the first w war was ur gran maggie my grans sister sounds like it we should talk can u get me on skype all the best jim chippington now living in insch .. all the best jim...