Description of Fetterangus in 1917.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.166.B1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Description of Fetterangus in 1917.
When Lucy Stewart came to Fetterangus, it mostly consisted of thatched cottages, with a chemist's shop, two souters [shoemakers], a baker and three masons. She agrees that it was largely a community of farmservants. Eddie Gray's factory started c. 1935. Many people worked on the Pitfour estate.
How Fetterangus came to be called 'Fishy': the Laird of Pitfour started a canal from Peterhead, with the intention of making Fetterangus a depot for fish, but work stopped when the railway came.
Item Subject/Person
Gray, Eddie
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good