U-26
It’s 30th June 1940. Captain Heinz Scheringer had taken his vessel out to the southwest of Ireland, looking for cargo vessels to torpedo.
Entries by Ian Williams
Muckle Spate
In August 1829 the worst floods known around Banff occured; could have been much worse if it wasn’t for the Craigs of Alvah and the Duff House estate wall.
Macduff Harbour Lighthouses
Macduff Harbour has had four Lighthouses, the first installed between 1842 and 1845, and moved three times.
Duff House garden Vinery
The Vinery – the large glasshouse – that is seen by everyone coming into Banff, used to be part of the Duff House estate. A Diary, by an estate gardener John Donaldson, amongst lots of other interesting references, provides the information that the Vinery was built in 1873.