About Auld Arbroath
a selection of old photos, prints, postcards, maps and other random things relating to arbroath
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Ponderlaw & Barbers Croft around 1900
West Abbey Street 1905
Abbey Green 1903
Abbey Tower 1900c.
Repairing the Round O
Another view at the front of Abbey around 1895
Abbey gates around 1895
St. Vigeans in 1905
An ancient monastic site, pre dating the Abbey. The church was rebuilt in the 12th century, altered in the 15th, followed by major reconstruction in the 19th century. The earlier rebuilds incorporated older Pictish stones found in the area.
A Swan on the old Wardmill Dam
Demolition of the Wyndies
And the loss of a large part of Arbroath’s social history.
St Vigeans in 1941
Pre Kirkton, Cairnie & Warddykes housing schemes, a brand new Strathmore & Airlie, and the remains of the Wyndies in the foreground.
Postcard from 1908
St Thomas Tavern & Abbey Tower 1890c
The Wyndies 1930s
Elliot Street around 1900
The corner of Guthrie Port & West Mill Wynd around 1890
Repairing the Round O