Yvonne Thomson and Gail Mair are Burgesses who are members of the Civic Team at Aberdeen City Council supporting our Lord Provost.
They also provide valuable assistance to the Lord Dean and Garry Stevens and last week they represented the Burgesses at a graduation ceremony at The Robert Gordon University. Here they are with the Lord Dean whilst at lunch at HMT.
The Lord Dean also wishes to thank all Burgesses who attended both University Graduations and hope you all enjoyed the experience.
Welcome to the following new Burgesses admitted on Monday 24th June 2019 In order from top:
Julien Brown – Chartered Engineer, Proposed by Ronnie Watt OBE and seconded by Gail Watt.
Graham Guyan – Company Director, Proposed by David MacDermid, and Seconded by Colin Johnston.
Rt Rev Bishop Hugh Gilbert – Bishop of Aberdeen.
Pamela Snape – Retired schoolteacher, Proposed by Irene Cormack and Seconded by Marjorie Bosomworth.
Kevin McCormick – Managing Director and Charity Volunteer, Proposed by John Michie and Seconded by Joe Mackie OBE.
I am sure all Burgesses would welcome the news that the following have been honoured in the Queen’s recent birthday honours list, links to each recipient below:
The Lord Dean and Assessor Joe Mackie were present on Friday 3rd May to present a new defibrillator part funded by the Aberdeen Burgesses of Guild to the Aberdeen Street Pastors.
The link below gives more information
https://www.stjohnscotland.org.uk/news/523-aberdeen-s-street-pastors-ready-to-save-lives
Our Industrial Heritage
Plans are being formulated to create a Heritage Museum in the City to celebrate the North East of Scotland’s wide ranging and far reaching industrial past.
This will be a hands-on interactive facility for both locals and visitors alike and will help preserve the historical relevance these industries have played in shaping the City we live in today.
Given the current economic climate, it will be some time before anything concrete happens.
In the meantime, a database of sources of information and artefacts is being compiled, which can be used as part of the planning and funding process – so your help is required.
Do you, or someone you know, have a box of documents or photographs in a loft, or a rusting piece of machinery or old tools in a shed, which would not look out of place in a museum?
If so, please send basic details to Sam Murray at sam.murray@btinternet.com
Professor George Boyne became Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen on 1 August 2018.
Professor Boyne has spent the majority of his academic career in Wales. He was Pro Vice-Chancellor, Head of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and a member of University Executive Board at Cardiff University since 2012.
He was previously Dean of Cardiff University’s Business School, and is a world-leading expert on the performance of public sector organisations. Professor Boyne has been a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences since 2010.
The lunch will take place at RNUC at the usual time of 12.14 pm. Cost is £14, If you wish to attend please email Clerk Garry Stevens at:
clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com
Payment can be made by cheque made payable to Burgesses of Guild of the City of Aberdeen and sent to Garry Stevens, Clerk to the Burgesses, 6 Craigarbel Crescent, Inverbervie, Montrose DD10 0SJ. Or you can pay online to Sort Code 826011, Account Number 50325609 Ref Surname/Lunch.
We are pleased to assist a local charity, SEABANK HOUSE, and share this notice to encourage interest from individual Burgesses. Anyone interested and wishing further information can make direct contact with LIZ STEWART at STRONACHS liz.stewart@stronachs.com
Please see below for more information:
Aberdeen and the Great War
Where – Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
When – Tuesday 19th February – 6.30pm start
Cost of event – £10 per person and guests are invited to attend as well.
Join fellow Burgess Dr Chris Croly of the University of Aberdeen as he explores some of the ways in which the Great War, 1914-1919, interacted with Aberdeen.
Buffet supper included.
Anniversary Event
Where – Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
When – Wednesday 27th – 7 pm start
Cost of event – £20 per person and guests are invited to attend as well
Something different, a bit of history with enjoyable entertainment, learning and listening, and an opportunity to participate; together with supper and free parking! An altogether unbeatable package!
The Burgesses of Aberdeen have a long history much of which is coming to life through the Aberdeen Burgh Records Project which is a collaboration between the University of Aberdeen, the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives and the National Records of Scotland. This has been in place since 2012 and a Leverhulme-funded project ‘Law in the Aberdeen Council Registers 1398-1511’ has focussed on the first eight volumes of the Aberdeen Council Registers. It might be considered that these are the Burgesses’ records.
One of the matters of interest brought to our attention is that in the 1490’s the town employed two Minstrels and ‘the Council assigned £10 to these Common Minstrels to be taken from the Deans of Guild to pay for their passage to a feast where they may play to the pleasure of His Majesty’.
Fast forward 500 years or so, bring Guests, and join Fellow Burgesses in an evening with a difference. This promises to be an evening like no other.
Dr. Claire Hawes and Dr. William Hepburn from the University will set the scene before we introduce two modern-day Minstrels who will play for you, to entertain ‘right royally’.
Aberdeen City Council Budget Briefing
Where – Council Chamber, Town House Broad Street
When – Tuesday 19th March – 6.30pm start
Jonathan Belford, Chief Finance Officer at Aberdeen City Council will present the budget plans for the Council for the coming and future Financial Years.
Doorways to Drumorty
Where – Aberdeen Arts Centre
When – Friday 19th April- 7.30pm start
Cost of event – £15 per person guests are invited to attend as well
Burgess Mike Gibb has a national tour of his play Doorways to Drumorty. The play is an adaption of the book of short stories (which was banned for fifty years in Strichen as everyone recognised themselves!) in the imaginary Drumorty (based on the birth place of writer Lorna Moon). It is by turns funny and sad and moving and was very well received by audiences around Scotland on its two previous tours. We have secured a block booking for Burgesses and guests.
The play will begin at 7.30 and should finish at 9.30 with a 20-minute interval. Refreshments will be served immediately after the show with members of the cast attending.
Burgess AGM
Where – Town & County Hall, Town House
When – Tuesday 14th May – 12.00 noon start
Information and papers will be issued in due course, we are pleased to advise that Michelle Handforth, Chief Executive at Aberdeen Harbour Board will be guest speaker at conclusion of business, when she will give an update and overview of the harbour project underway and plans moving forward.
Sleep better and live longer. Talk by Dr Olga Runcie
Where – Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
When – Thursday 10th October – 6.30pm start
Cost of event – £10 per person, guests are invited
to attend as well.
Sleep remains a scientific enigma. It is the only physiological process for
which there is a lack of scientific agreement concerning its function. Why do
we need to sleep? What happens when we asleep? In this talk Dr Runcie who currently
works at Albyn-BMI hospital and ROC Private clinic in Aberdeen, will discuss
advances in sleep neurobiology answering questions about sleep functions and
mechanisms of sleep and wake control. You will learn how to use this knowledge
to improve your sleep.
A buffet supper will be served at conclusion of the talk
We are working on other events for the year, details of which will be posted to the website once arranged.
If you wish to attend any of the events please email Garry Stevens, Clerk at:
Payment can be made by cheque made payable to Burgesses of Guild of the City of Aberdeen and sent to Garry Stevens, Clerk to the Burgesses, 6 Craigarbel Crescent, Inverbervie, Montrose DD10 0SJ. Or you can pay online to Sort Code 826011, Account Number 50325609 Ref Surname/Events
You may think this is about the well-known hit by Pink Floyd, in fact it’s to do with a local initiative which I fully support and now call upon Burgesses to follow the lead and contribute to an Appeal for funds which will make a difference to many lives in our City.
Last June I joined with a number of Burgesses on a visit to the Neurological Care Centre at Dee View Court in Kincorth which cares for up to 24 people at any one time. This was an ‘eye-opener’, I was hugely impressed by the facilities, the staff and most of all the achievements of this Sue Ryder organisation, and I’m sure that the others felt the same way. We came away having made a modest donation to the #DEEVIEWAPPEAL which is targeting £3.9 million ‘brick by brick’ to extend Dee View Court with specially adapted rooms and apartments to provide for greater flexibility in the care of an additional 20 people.
The Appeal deserves our support, this is an excellent centre of care in the heart of our community and I believe this is an excellent opportunity for individual Burgesses to donate just £10 each to raise £1,000 to buy a brick to help to build a bigger Dee View Court. (Larger donations could enable us to donate 2 or perhaps even 3 bricks.)
I do hope you will donate to this special appeal and you can do this by either sending a cheque made payable to Burgesses of Guild of the City of Aberdeen to the following address (marked ‘Dee View’):
Garry Stevens, Clerk to the Burgesses, 6 Craigarbel Crescent, Inverbervie, Montrose, DD10 0SJ
or
by making an online payment to:
Sort Code 826011
50325609
Reference Dee View Donation
Our Annual Xmas Quiz took place at Aberdeenshire Cricket Club last night. As always excellent hospitality and buffet provided by Marie Durno and her staff. Nine teams of 4 battled through 9 rounds of questions and picture boards with the eventual team winners being headed up by Alan Towns, well done! Past Dean of Guild Fred Dalgarno was quizmaster setting some challenging but fair questions covering a multitude of topics. At the end of the quiz Fred advised that after many years this is his last one as quizmaster he wants to take part next year! So we are on the lookout for a replacement. Lord Dean gave his thanks to Fred and also all the staff at the cricket club for their hard work in making the quiz a success.
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