Drumoak is a village lying on the A 93 between Peterculter and Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Its War Memorial consists of a bench, pillars and cross. Left hand pillar here inscribed, “1939 – 1945” plus names.

Fronts of pillars inscribed “1914” and “1919” with names for Great War below. The wording on the pillars from side of left-hand pillar round to side of right-hand pillar is, “Their name liveth for evermore. The(y) died for us, Through Sacrifice to Peace, Their lives they gave.” When I photographed it the “y” of “They died for us” was missing:-

Pillars and Cross. Right hand pillar inscribed “1939 – 1945” plus names:-

Reverse of pillars:-

Cross. Inscribed “Peace”

After Banchory we headed for Aberdeen and passed through Peterculter.

I spotted this former cinema, now a Chinese Restaurant:-

The ridging in the stonework is good as is the curved stepping.

Across the road and up a bit there was the building below, which may once have been a bank but is now a funeral director’s. Strong horizontals and verticals and a hint of a canopy:-

Then there was Café Bombay:-

Not a bad haul of Deco for what is effectively a village.

At the end of October we had a trip up north and stopped at Banchory for an hour or so.

The Banchory War Memorial is very unusual in shape yet extremely elegant with a square cross-section but edge-on to the main road rather than side-on, flaring out a little at the base and surmounted by a pyramidal top with a samll cross. The lower portions contain names for WW2. The main columns commemorate WW1.

This view from the other side shows the memorial gardens and the cross a bit better:-