IN the late 19th and early 20th century a world famous magician regarded Macduff as home.

YESTERDAY'S date brought back half a century of sad memories for Gardenstown man Dennis Watt.

A DUSTY and battered old suitcase discovered hidden away in an attic is ready and waiting to be reunited with its owner and take her on a trip down memory lane.

A DERELICT building in Macduff is soon to be swept away, to be replaced by a block of flats.

WHEN young evacuees were herded north to escape the air raids on Britain's cities during the height of World War II, most believed they were coming to a sleepy backwater untouched by the conflict.

A WAR hero's golf cup has returned to Duff House Royal, where it was won almost a century ago.

AFTER almost 275 years, an ancient Banff tradition was revived at the weekend.

A SELF-styled "history detective" has helped discover that an innocuous looking house in Banff was once used as a chapel for Jacobite worshippers.

A BRAND new DVD on the history of the former RAF Banff aerodrome at Boyndie goes on sale later this week.

A BANFF group is to revive the ancient tradition of the riding of the marches.

THE Book of Banff, compiled by members of Banff Preservation and Heritage Society, is published next month – but there's still time to get your name inside it.

THREE senior Royal Norwegian Air Force officers are coming to Banff this week to visit the wartime RAF aerodrome at Boyndie, and research the history of their squadron when it was stationed there.

ONE of the most amazing tales in the forthcoming Book of Banff is not from Banff at all, but Macduff.

THE first major history of Banff to be written in over a century will be published later this year – and you could have your name printed in it.

A MYSTERY about a lost Macduff soldier from World War I is holding up the publication of a book.

DEVERONVALE have made it to Hampden Park this year, the home of Scottish football, and the dream of every player.

THE PROUD history of RAF Banff has found a permanent home only yards from the wartime aerodrome – and brand new exhibition is now open to the public at the Boyndie Centre.

A WAR poem written by a North-east soldier to his beloved, and tucked away for decades has been re-discovered by his grandson in Banff.

A HUGE and valuable historical archive, including books, maps and plans relating to Banffshire, has been gifted to the Banff Preservation and Heritage Society.

WHAT connects Banff Academy to the most famous books in the world?

A NINETEENTH-century record of the gravestone inscriptions in St Mary's Kirkyard has been reproduced.

FISHER quines have been at the centre of a place they would never have been allowed near in its heyday – stately home Duff House.

MORE local Scout memories have been triggered by the celebrations for the centenary of the Scout movement.

THE history of the iconic Macduff War Memorial has been detailed in new interpretive board now placed beside the popular landmark at the Hill o' Doune.

A GOLF putter presented to the world famous and eccentric magician, ventriloquist and hypnotist, Dr Walford Bodie, when he opened the Royal Tarlair Golf Club in 1926, has been brought back to Macduff by one of his great grandsons.

A CATALOGUE of all the tombs and gravestones in the ancient St Mary’s Kirkyard in Banff is being compiled by the Banff Preservation and Heritage Society.

THE granddaughter of Macduff's most famous son has set foot inside his mansion home for the first time in 60 years.

A VICTORIAN clock that was presented to Foggie's first Lord Provost in 1882 has turned up in a house in Turriff on the centenary of his death.

THE restoration of the Foggie Jubilee fountain, the centrepiece of the town for the past 110 years, is to be celebrated in a public ceremony this Saturday, April 14.

SIX-year-old Grace Sutherland rummages through "Granny's Attic" at Portsoy Primary, helped by mum, Heather and dad, Iain, who is the minister in Portsoy.

BANFF'S Riverside Christian Church is set to celebrate 25 years of worship in the area with a number of special events this year.

AN "AWESOME" school reunion in Banff has been set up by a former pupil – in Canada.

A GOLF putter that was presented to the world-famous and eccentric magician, ventriloquist and hypnotist, Dr Walford Bodie, when he opened the Royal Tarlair Golf Course in 1926, is to make its way back to Macduff this summer, thanks to 'The Banffshire Journal'.

THE FAMILY of a long-dead admiral from Banff have joined forces with Aberdeenshire Council to refurbish his memorial in St Mary's Kirkyard.

A COUPLE who recently bought the Macduff home of famous music hall act Walford Bodie, who lived there in the early 20th century, are restoring it to its former glory.