In January 2013, I returned to Aberdeen, UK, after having stayed 18 months in the US. I had lived here for one year as a researcher at the University of Aberdeen, and I thought that it would be easy for me to come back and settle. It didn’t. Still in the US, getting a flat […]
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Try looking in the monthly archives. May 2015
What is Torry?
Torry, from ‘Torraidh’, is Gaelic for ‘hillock’/’knoll’: looking over the Torry Battery, one appreciates that there was a prominent elevation to this part of Aberdeen, which matched the one at the Union Street level, on the other side of the harbour waters: however, the battery came in centuries later than, say, the mediaeval church of […]
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A wee introduction about the area of Torry and its future plans
Hello, Naoko here! Since this is I believe the first proper post for the Members’ blog on Torry, I will try to contribute something introductory that would help all of us – including those who live outside of Aberdeen – to get to know a little bit more about the area of Torry, based on my […]
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