Aberdeen bombings: 80 years since the night of the Luftwaffe blitz
Under the cloak of darkness, on a calm, clear evening as the people of Aberdeen went about their business, a fiery storm from the east was brewing.
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Under the cloak of darkness, on a calm, clear evening as the people of Aberdeen went about their business, a fiery storm from the east was brewing.
The night of the Aberdeen Blitz wreaked a terrible price for all those who lost loved ones and had their homes destroyed.
An icon from Aberdeen's golden age of cinema reached its final reel in April 1967 when the historic Astoria was reduced to rubble.
Updated: May 24, 2021, 8:36 am © DCT Media Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up When the Art Deco Capitol cinema was unveiled in the midst of The Great Depression, it was dedicated to the people of Aberdeen. The 1930s were characterised by astronomical unemployment, and widespread financial ruin and despair, in what came to be known as “the devil’s decade”. But in dire times, cinema provided escapism from the hardships of d...