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Old views of Port Gordon


Gordon Street
(formerly called Gollachy Village)  Circa 1920.  The second house on the right was Mary Ann Garden's shop.
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Looking along length of High Street (24504 bytes) Looking along length of High Street (from Elswick House)
Shows in the foreground the Church of Scotland and in the middle the large house is Oran House, home of Mrs David Reid (Senior).
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
High Street West (40139 bytes) View along West High Street
Taken from the Richmond Arms Hotel
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
The railway station (37347 bytes) The railway station, looking west towards Spey Bay
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Gordon Castle (32955 bytes) Gordon Castle
5 miles from Port Gordon, seat of the Lairds, the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon
Source: Local Heritage Centre, Moray Council
Copyright: The Moray Council
Lennox Place (23633 bytes) Lennox Place
Looking along Lennox Place before the construction of the sea wall defences.  The smoke rising from the house in the centre of the picture is from 'barking' the fishing nets (tarring them).  The barking yard belonged to John (Jock) Reid Gug
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Sunday School Picnic (19240 bytes) Sunday School Picnic
Coming along Lennox Place on the way to Gordon Castle
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Morrison's on Stewart Street (27331 bytes) Morrison's on Stewart Street
The shop was owned by Morrisons until the early 1980s
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
General view looking east towards Buckie (50635 bytes) General view looking east towards Buckie
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Gordon Square (23704 bytes) Gordon Square
Circa 1920.  Showing the Post Office run by Betsy Nichol.  The car belongs to her husband Beal Geddes, the Shipbuilder.  It was the first car owned by a Port Gordon resident.  
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
View of the harbour (47021 bytes) View of the Harbour
Circa 1900.  Note the nets drying on the fence.
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council
Men and boys working at the harbour (11477 bytes) Men and boys working at the Habour 
Circa 1908
Source: Mrs Mairi Dick, Secretary, Port Gordon Heritage Group
Copyright: The Moray Council

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New views of Port Gordon


View to the west of Port Gordon (20594 bytes) View to the west of Port Gordon (along to Spey Bay)
Source: Mrs Morag Slapp
Copyright: Mrs Morag Slapp
View to the east of Port Gordon (37421 bytes) View to the east of Port Gordon (along to Buckie)
Source: Mrs Morag Slapp
Copyright: Mrs Morag Slapp
Port Gordon railway station today (6409 bytes) Port Gordon railway station today
Source: Moray Coast Railway (GNSR)
Page editor : Ewan Crawford
Time Capsule (17401 bytes) Burial of time capsule
Commemorative time capsule buried on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the village.  Picture depicts James McPherson, CBE, HM Lord Lieutenant for Banffshire unveiling commemorative stone and plaque.
Source: Cathleen Thomson
Copyright: Cathleen Thomson 
Millennium Night (14104 bytes) Millennium Night
Piper, Andrew Reid, piping in the Millennium
Source: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Copyright: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Millennium Night (18166 bytes) Millennium Night
The lighting of the Millennium beacon shows.  Left to right: Janet, Niall, Patrick and Lilly Geoghegan, Lesley Keenan, Michael Burnett, Joe Geoghegan, Peter Reid.
Source: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Copyright: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Millennium Night (9134 bytes) Millennium Night
Fireworks
Source: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Copyright: Mrs Lesley Keenan
Port Gordon from Moray Firth (27540 bytes) Port Gordon from the Moray Firth
Taken from Buckie RNLI Lifeboat, Charles Brown, 28 April 1998
Source: Mr Kenny Gunn
Copyright: Mr A Farquhar

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