Plaque commemorating 150th anniversary of Aberdeen ship's success in tea clipper race unveiled
A plaque was unveiled commemorating the anniversary of Aberdeen's Thermopylae clipper ship beating the Cutty Sark back with her cargo of tea.
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A plaque was unveiled commemorating the anniversary of Aberdeen's Thermopylae clipper ship beating the Cutty Sark back with her cargo of tea.
Updated: 28/04/2021, 11:49 am © Supplied by Lord Provost Barney The flag mystery was vexing keen historian Lord Provost Barney Crockett. The identity of a mysterious flag found in the town house attic by Aberdeen’s lord provost has been uncovered – and the solution is not as simple as many thought. Earlier this week, Lord Provost Barney Crockett asked for help to work out the origins of the flag, which he found during a lockdown tidy. A number of e-mails and Facebook comments correctly pointed out that the St George’s Cross with a star-laden design in the canton area is the flag of the...