Old Royal Station Ballater Queen Victoria Scotland
old royal station ballater
Ballater Aberdeen Scotland - 2018
BALLATER ROYAL DEESIDE ABERDEEN SCOTLAND August 13, 2018. Just 50 miles from Aberdeen the quaint village of Ballater is worth a visit. Ensure the Royals are not in Balmoral Castle as the grounds remain closed. The Carriage Tea Rooms has recently opened in the Old Royal Rail Station.
Duchess of Rothesay visits newly opened Ballater Railway Station in Deeside Scotland
Aberdeenshire Provost Bill Howatson officially opens the rebuilt Ballater Railway Station in Royal Deeside, Scotland, on Monday 20th August 2018. A lone piper from Ballater & District Pipe Band welcomed visitors and after a speech Provost Howatson cut the ribbon to mark its opening. After the public ceremony and viewing there was a private viewing of the facilities, which include tourist information centre, library, tearoom, bistro and exhibition space, Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Rothesay and Cornwall.
Royalty on Holiday - 1952
Arriving at Ballater Station with her family, the Queen was received by the Marquess of Aberdeen before they started their holiday in Scotland.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
Find out more about AP Archive:
Ancestry Genealogy Photographs Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland
Ancestry and Genealogy photographs of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish Roots. There have been Highland Games held in Ballater since 1864. Balmoral Castle, the British Royal Family's holiday home is located close Ballater and the family has visited the town frequently since the time of Queen Victoria. Ballater railway station was closed in 1966. Ballater is a centre for tourism in Royal Deeside.
Deeside Railway Line 1966
Last journeys on the Deeside Railway line before closure in 1966.
St Peter's Heritage Centre is in Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland. The centre is open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday (2-4pm) from March to October. Website at culter.net for more details.
Places to see in ( Aboyne - UK )
Places to see in ( Aboyne - UK )
Aboyne is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 26 miles west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and golf course. Aboyne Castle and the Loch of Aboyne are nearby.
Aboyne has many businesses, including a supermarket (Co-op), two banks, several hairdressers, a butcher, a newsagent, an Indian restaurant and a post office. Originally, there was a railway station in the village, but it was closed on 18 June 1966. The station now contains some shops and the tunnel running under the village is now home to a firearms club. The market-day in Aboyne was known as Fèill Mhìcheil (Scottish Gaelic for Michael's Fair).
The locale was inhabited since very early times with the west wing of Aboyne Castle dated to 1671 AD. The siting of the castle itself is related to the limited number of the crossings of the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains to the south. In 1715 Aboyne was the scene of a tinchal, or great hunt, organised by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar, on 3 September, as a cover for the gathering of Jacobite nobles and lairds to discuss a planned Jacobite uprising. The uprising began three days later in Braemar.
Aboyne has a Temperate climate similar to all of the United Kingdom. Due to its high inland position in Scotland, Aboyne can record some very low temperatures and some high snowfall. In summer, when tourists visit, the number of people and vehicles increases dramatically. The Highland Games on the Village Green features in August. Aboyne is unusual in having The Green on which events are held, as the village was modelled by one of the first Marquesses of Huntly (inhabitants of Aboyne Castle) on a traditional English village with a green at the centre. The green includes facilities for rugby and football and a play park.
The British Royal Family are residents in nearby Balmoral Castle during the Summer. Outdoor pursuits include golf, walking, cycling, and gliding from the airfield just outside the village. Aboyne has become popular with gliding enthusiasts from Britain and Europe due to its suitable air currents (due to the surrounding terrain). The airfield has two parallel tarmac runways running east-west, a webcam and small weather-monitoring centre on its premises.
The close-by pass of Ballater is a rock-climbing area. The village of Dinnet is a few miles west and is the first being located inside the Cairngorms National Park. Walkers and cyclists can ascend Mount Keen by cycling as far as they can from Glen Tanar forest before walking to the summit. There are two schools, Aboyne Academy and a primary school. The academy has around 650 pupils, about a third from Aboyne itself, with the remaining two thirds from surrounding villages. The school has access to a full-size swimming pool and gym run by the adjacent Deeside Community Centre.
( Aboyne - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Aboyne . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Aboyne - UK
Join us for more :
Royal Family Arrive At Ballater (1946)
Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.
Ballater, Scotland.
M/S as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) arrive at Ballater station Balmoral for their holiday in Scotland. He is dressed in kilt and Highland costume. He inspects the Guard of Honour of a Scottish Regiment. The Queen watches with Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret. The King shakes hands with some of the men.
Possibly connected with 46/65 - MD.
FILM ID:1487.1
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Queen Victoria's 1897 Royal Saloon Coach Tour (12th August 2010)
a Tour of an Great Western Royal Saloon Coach built in 1897 for Queen Victoria, which was used on her Railway Travels, the Railway Coach its based in Swindon's Steam Railway Museum
Capt Sid Daykin visits Knowles and Abercrombie families in Royal Deeside area of Scotland during WW2
Sid Daykin of Calgary, a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces was stationed in the UK during World War Two.
He visited his wife's relatives in the Royal Deeside area of the Grampian Scottish Highlands while on recreational leave.
John Knowles (seen in a dark suit, waste coat and bow tie) was the proprietor of 'Knowles & Son' in Ballater.
James Abercrombie (seen at the end giving a walking tour of the estate) was the head stalker and gamekeeper at Balmoral.
A few snippets of footage were filmed on the street and train station in Aberdeen as he was greeted there and escorted into the Highlands.
Royal Occasions (1951)
Full title reads: Royal Occasions.
Buckingham Palace, London.
LV Crowds surge forwards to see royal car leave Palace.
LV King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother)'s car arriving at Station., they are accompanied by Prince Charles and Princess Anne. MV Crowd waving. MV King and Queen alight from car and are greeted by officials. SV King and Queen shake hands with officials. MV Crowd. SV Queen waves to crowd and walks into Station.
(Orig.Neg.)
FILM ID:1469.01
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Ballater Railway Station walk-through
We handed over a high-profile, multi-million pound project to restore Ballater Old Royal Station in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The company was appointed to the project through Aberdeenshire Council’s Main Contractor Framework after the original station was almost completely destroyed in a fire in May 2015.
The listed building is located near Balmoral Castle and was historically used by the Royal Family during their visits to the area. Although the station ceased operations in 1966, for the last 15 years it has been leased to Scotland’s national tourism agency, VisitScotland, for use as a tourist information centre and a museum celebrating the station's history.
We produced a short video walk-through pf the completed project, but you can also take your own interactive tour of the site here:
Balmoral Castle - Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company)
Balmoral Castle Ballater
Read more at:
Travel blogs from Balmoral Castle:
- ... Our next stop was the scottish home of the royal family, Balmoral Castle ...
Read these blogs and more at:
Photos from:
- Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photos in this video:
- Balmoral Castle by Elaqid from a blog titled Living like Royals!
Ballater Last Royal Steam Train & End of Deeside Line
The British Royal Deeside - Ballater, Scotland
Ballater Station - Royal Deeside
Ballater Station and Exhibition of Queen Victoria's royal coach.
Places to see in ( Arbroath - UK )
Places to see in ( Arbroath - UK )
Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland. Arbroath lies on the North Sea coast, around 16 miles ENE of Dundee and 45 miles SSW of Aberdeen.
While there is evidence for settlement of the area now occupied by the town that dates back to the Iron Age, Arbroath's history as a town begins in the High Middle Ages with the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178. Arbroath grew considerably during the Industrial Revolution owing to the expansion of firstly the flax and secondly the jute industries and the engineering sector. A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 20th century, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.
The town is notable as the home of the Declaration of Arbroath, as well as the Arbroath smokie. The town's football team, Arbroath Football Club, hold the world record for the highest number of goals scored in a professional football match. They won 36–0 against Aberdeen Bon Accord in the Scottish Cup in 1885.
Arbroath is located on the North Sea coast in eastern Scotland 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Dundee, within the Angus region. Geologically, Arbroath sits predominantly on Old Red Sandstone. Lower-lying parts of the town were below sea level during and immediately after the last ice age.
Arbroath is located 98 miles (158 km) northeast of Glasgow, 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Aberdeen and 77 miles (124 km) from Edinburgh. The neighbouring villages of St Vigeans, Carmyllie, Friockheim, Colliston and Inverkeilor are considered part of Arbroath for the purposes of council representation, and together with Carnoustie, share the 01241 telephone area code with Arbroath.
Tourism plays some part in the Arbroath economy, with Arbroath Abbey attracting over 14,000 visitors each year. Attractions during the summer months include the Seafront Spectacular, which includes an airshow, and the Seafest which is themed around Arbroath's maritime heritage. There is also a re-enactment of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
Arbroath is home to Kerr's Miniature Railway, the oldest miniature railway in Scotland, which has been operating since 1935 and which at its height, in 1955, saw 60,000 visitors. The town also features a multimillion-pound Harbour Visitor Centre, located close to the Town Quay.
The A92 road connects Arbroath to Dundee and Fife to the south west, and Stonehaven in the north east. Arbroath has a modest public bus transport system, with the Arbroath Bus Station serving as the town's main terminus.
( Arbroath - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Arbroath . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Arbroath - UK
Join us for more :
Strachans Buses Ballater
A Pictorial Story of Ballater's Strachans Bus Service from 1925. Showing vehicles & staff.
A 1950s BR era film of the Deeside line.m4v
RE-POSTED BY POPULAR DEMAND
A view of the Deeside line in the late 50s / early 60s taken on Super 8 film (silent).
The King At Ballater (1951)
Full title reads: The King At Ballater.
Scotland.
SV Towards Pipe band of the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders marching towards station. CU Guards marching past station. MV King George VI walking from station is greeted by officer. SV Guard of Honour lined up. LS Towards King inspecting Guard of Honour. SV Towards King inspecting Guard of Honour. MV Gathered crowd. SV. Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother), Princess Anne, King and Prince Charles (Anne is held by Nanny). MV Crowd wave. VS King and Queen drive away. GV Crowds outside station.
(Orig. Rota Lav.) (Orig. B.)
FILM ID:1469.13
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.