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Chamber 2

Portsoy's trade and industry have enjoyed a remarkably varied history. This chamber illustrates the fascinating story of Alexander Brebner's hey day in the late 1700s with his legitimate and illegitimate business interests.

Rather more recently there was the world wide commerce successfully developed by the MacDonald Brothers, the ubiquitous canvas buoys produced by Cruickshanks, and the inauguration of the distillery at Glenglassaugh.

And of course, Portsoy Marble, found as far afield as Edinburgh and Versailles

 

MacDonald Brothers Foundry from Loch Soy


weights and measures


getting your pound of fish flesh