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Ports & Creeks - Stations & Wharves in the Aberdeen Division |
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THE STRUCTURE OF THIS SECTION |
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This is a gateway to the 'Pen Pictures' of the Waterguard's environment - unique to each Port, Creek, Station and Wharf - and is based on the post Second World War structure of the service. The Waterguard Divisions listed below have their own sub-pages to facilitate faster browsing and for ease of maintenance and can be viewed by selecting the appropriate 'button.' |
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Aberdeen Division - Page contents: | ||||
David Bowie was stationed at both Aberdeen and Inverness during 1968-1972 and recalls:
Aberdeen Division was the smallest in terms of staff but by far the largest in area. It covered mainland Scotland north of a line drawn between Montrose in the east and Fort William in the west plus the Northern Isles of Orkney & Shetland and the Northern Hebrides - Lewis, Harris & Skye.
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David Bowie was stationed at Aberdeen during 1968-1972 and recalls: |
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The only port of any size, was a busy general port and the largest deep sea fishing port in Scotland. In addition to a port rummage crew an 'outport crew' was stationed in Aberdeen to cover the rest of the Division. The Board refused them mobile rummage crew status, paying a 'Work and Wait' system when they were away from base.
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From time to time there were troop movements into RAF Kinloss or RNAS Lossiemouth but there were no Customs airports in the division until the "oil days" when two international airports were established at Sumburgh in the Shetland Isles and at Aberdeen to service the North Sea oil rigs. Helicopter traffic formed the largest business.
Coast Preventive Men patrolled the extensive coastline of the Division by motorcycle until the advent of Mini Minors in the late 1950s.
There were the ports of Montrose, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Macduff, Lossiemouth, Inverness, Invergordon, Wick, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Stornaway & Fort William.
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