Aberlour Orphanage Memorial Panel

On Sunday 12th November, the Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, Mrs Clare Russell, unveiled a panel in the church depicting the life in the former Aberlour Orphanage. This was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Orphanage in 1967. It also conceded with Remembrance Day.

Mrs Russell unveils the panels

Mrs Russell chats with former Orphanage residents and their families

Visitors look up entries in the church records

The Last Post is played

 

The war memorial with wreaths laid by the Lord Lieutenant, local Scouts and the congregation

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Memories from orphans as researched by pupils from Speyside High School:

'If you were very bad you were told to clean all the brass in the church'

'If you sang a wrong note, you were sent behind the organ to pump air into it'

'One real complaint of mine was the church and all of the prayers. You had them at breakfast, dinner, tea, supper and bedtime. You had to learn a verse of a psalm and if you could not say it off by heart, you got the belt'

'The services were often conducted by "Wolfie" (Canon Wolfe, the Warden of the Orphanage for over thirty years). He had two black labrador dogs, Spey and Lour. They attended every service and on arrival headed for the altar where they lay for the duration of the service'