Ferry Rd & Fore Close

[hallturner]

Hi, I am trying to work out where Ferry Rd & Fore Close were in the 1930's. Have found my Dads family living there, but they no longer exist. Thanks.

[Isabel H]

They appear in Directories on the National Library of Scotland website.

http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=86271746
http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=86271722

[heymin]

Hi, Both these roads no longer exist as the old fisher peoples homes were demolished to make harbour space for the oil industry. The part of South Esplanade East mentioned in the post by IsobelH has long gone too. I don't have the information to hand but I think Ferry Road was in line with Mansfield Road(still there) and carried on to the water. Fore Close(or Chase) was parallel to Ferry Road. All of course in Torry, Aberdeen. I've found a picture of Fore Chase, found if you scroll to near the bottom of the page of http://www.mcjazz.f2s.com/TorryOld.htm
Brian

[GR2]

I have a copy of the 1957-58 Aberdeen Post Office Directory and they are described in it as follows:

Ferry Road, from 127 and 129 Sinclair Road to South Esplanade East

Fore Close, from Sinclair Road to South Esplanade East

[hallturner]

Thanks all, what a result. Whats really weird is that in the picture of Fore Chase the door is number 3 and thats where my Dad was living in 1939! Thanks everyone for the quick response. Dave

[patrober]

Thanks all, what a result. Whats really weird is that in the picture of Fore Chase the door is number 3 and thats where my Dad was living in 1939! Thanks everyone for the quick response. Dave

Hi there - do you think that "Fore Chase" is a typo for "Fore Close"?

Also, more interestingly - I have family staying at "3 Fore Close" at that time as well! Same family or unbelievably crowded? Is your family Adam/Adams?

Pat

[patrober]

Thanks all, what a result. Whats really weird is that in the picture of Fore Chase the door is number 3 and thats where my Dad was living in 1939! Thanks everyone for the quick response. Dave

Spoke to my mum about the flat at 3 Fore Close. She had visited it when she was a child to visit her grandmother. Said it was pretty run down, only 2 rooms. Outside toilet underneath the stairs, a shared sink between 2 flats at the top of the stairs!

[Morvenwalker]

Thanks all, what a result. Whats really weird is that in the picture of Fore Chase the door is number 3 and thats where my Dad was living in 1939! Thanks everyone for the quick response. Dave

Spoke to my mum about the flat at 3 Fore Close. She had visited it when she was a child to visit her grandmother. Said it was pretty run down, only 2 rooms. Outside toilet underneath the stairs, a shared sink between 2 flats at the top of the stairs!

[Morvenwalker]

My mother in law came from Ferry Road. Her family name was Gray. I used to stay with a great aunt there. I believe she had been there since the 1920's. She was one of the last to leave when the street was demolished. She lived on the ground floor in two rooms. You went out of the front door, and up the street  to access the Back area  where the toilets ,washouse and drying green was situated.