Date: 02/10/2023

A saunter back in time takes us back to the P&J headlines on this day in 1970, where Banffshire's last rail link was brutally severed [Tillynaught was demolished, the line closed in 1968], an Aberdeen copper came a cropper when he was assaulted with a chip wrapper, and Aberdeen's uninhibited were urged to audition for controversial musical Hair.

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Remains at Tillynaught Junction in 1997. View north with the Banff line to the right and main line to the left. See image [[6684]]
Location: Tillynaught
Company: Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
//1997 Ewan Crawford

BR Standard tank 80121 prepares to leave Tillynaught Junction in the summer of 1960 with a train for Elgin via the coast.
Location: Tillynaught
Company: Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway
18/08/1960 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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