Archibald Reith Memorial
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Archibald Reith Memorial
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 9 Jun 2010
This part of Aberdeen was massively redeveloped in the 1960s in the name of "slum clearance." Almost nothing remains except this memorial to Archibald Reith, a 19th Century cleric who established a (now demolished) school in the area. It reads: To / the memory of / Archibald Reith MD / founder and superintendent of this school / who entered into rest 30 December 189X / in his 58th year. / Consecrating in early manhood the gift(?) / of a rich and generous nature to the service / of his lord. He devoted himself for 34 years to / the spiritual and moral well-being of the young / people of this neighbourhood with single hearted / enthusiasm and self-sacrificing love. / By his exertions and according to his / plans this building was erected in 1874. A brass tablet on the base of the memorial notes that it was resited here in 1960 when Porthill Sunday School was demolished. Note added: I believe that it also marks the approximate location of the demolished Gallowgate United Free Church.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.15132
Longitude
-2.098656