Another Anchor

Yesterday evening I went on a walking tour in the Rosemount area of Aberdeen. This is part of the city centre and one of the parts of Aberdeen which goes back about 700 years, unlike some other areas which were developed more recently. The tour was of "Aberdeen's Industrial Heritage".

The tour which lasted a shade over two hours is organised by Hidden Aberdeen Tours. It was a tour of some of the former industrial sites which used to be in central Aberdeen, and where in most cases there are now city centre apartments. Some of the sites still exist in some form, and the extra shows the Broadford Works, a textile mill which finally closed in 2004, and which has been left to deteriorate in an ever more dilapidated condition ever since, and until recently was frequently subject to vandalism. A short history of the mill can be found here.

The extra photo shows the Broadford Works as seen from Hutcheon Street. The tower at the left of the photograph was used in the manufacture of fire hoses. There is work being undertaken on the site at present and there are plans to redevelop the area. Given the state of the property market in Aberdeen following the oil price collapse I might have some scepticism regarding the outcome of such plans. Hopefully some of the buildings can be preserved.

It was an interesting, though in some ways slightly depressing tour as all the business covered are no more. There was a fair bit of walking so I easily achieved 10,000 steps. Maybe not a walk for a wet evening. Yesterday was fine so I was lucky, though it was starting to get a bit cool by the end of the tour at 9:30 pm.

Nothing so exciting today. I walked through Rubislaw Terrace Gardens and found another anchor. This one was painted by Howard Butterworth.  Apparently it is inspired by the June borders in the walled garden of Crathes Castle.