Kilspindie Castle, Aberlady – not the most exciting ruined castle to visit, and only two definite facts are known about it. Yet it was directly involved in some of the most dramatic episodes in Scotland’s history … The ruins of Kilspindie Castle stand in the Glebe Field, between the church and Aberlady Bay. They consist …
The castell toure and fortalice biggit be Patrik Dowglas of Kilspindie Read More »
Well done every one for lighting up Aberlady!!! The drone shots went really well, thank you. Next Sunday, December 13, at 1600 will be our facebook live event. Find out more here…
News • September 14, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady Angus, Elodie, the new Gala Queen, and Martha who performed the crowning ceremony. ABERLADY’S GALA QUEEN for 2020–21, Elodie Kauffmann, was crowned by her predecessor, Martha Blacklock, at a unique ceremony in the village’s secluded Memorial Garden on Sunday August 30, 2020. Elodie was attended by …
The Carmelite friary of Luffness gives us the earliest firm date in Aberlady’s history, November 30, 1293. It also offers a mystery – who was the knight in chain mail and surcoat represented in an effigy in the ruined church? The east end of the friary church at Luffness, with the ‘arched tomb’ containing an …
Listed at Grade B in 1993 and almost 200 years old, this tall stone tower is missing its original arcaded parapet at the top and the pump that helped it to fulfil its function. But it’s a reminder of a time when the gentry splashed out on luxuries such as running water and gardens growing …
A dull-looking legal document recording the sale of a property tells the story of a particular day in the lives of people who lived in this village almost 300 years ago – and how the landscape they lived in was changing around them ‘Instrument of Seisin’ written by George Heriot, notary public, recording the ceremony …
In December 1929, greenkeepers at Kilspindie were digging a new bunker when they found human remains. The police were called, and then the archaeologists – and it turned out they had found Aberlady’s earliest known resident… Artefacts of the early bronze age in Scotland, from an article written by J Graham Callander in 1923. ON …
News • August 21, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady Main picture: Ross Searle outside Aberlady’s post office in June 2020. THE POST OFFICE in Aberlady will close its doors for the last time at 1pm on Friday September 11, 2020 following the sale of the premises and the retirement of co-owner Ross Searle. Meanwhile, a …
Campaign for ‘adequate’ service after post office closes in September Read More »
News • June 29, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke2V870nB-8 Aberlady Primary School’s filmed record of thoughts and feelings during lockdown. IN THE SECOND to last week of term, from June 15, 2020, the children and staff of Aberlady Primary School took part in a whole-school project to make a film that described their experience …
School’s lockdown film is charming and inspirational Read More »
News • June 29, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady Mrs Unwin’s presentation from grateful parents and children was made by Damien Noonan, chair of the school’s Parent Council. ABERLADY PRIMARY SCHOOL parents and children said thank you to Mrs Unwin on Friday (June 26), the last day of the 2019–20 school year, as she retired …
Holly, courtesy of the Walker family
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