Union Street Building History
A few years ago we assisted with an Aberdeen Code The City event (https://codethecity.org/). We looked at some of the buildings on Union Street, drawing together information about the residents and businesses across the 1900s. We decided that the research we did for this would be perfect as a blog! 11 1 – 119 Union Street Building History Located on the south side of Union Street, 111-119 was well known as Woolworth’s, which opened in 1926 and closed in June 1990. It is now the McDonalds . Aberdeen City Council Planning Photo Survey 1937 Our building warrant BW/11366 shows the property in 1925, with proposed alterations by Messrs F. W. Woolworth. The first plan shown really gives you an idea of the scale of the property. We took a look at our series of Post Office Directories for this property as well. The following residents were given for 1855 and 1922-1923: 1855: 111 – David Whyllie and Sons, booksellers to her Majesty 113 – William Hay, bootmaker...