Newspapers

 

On this page we'll collate all the mentions of Glen Albyn distillery from across the decades. These entries from the press - far and wide - give us additional context and information. 

For a distillery such as Glen Albyn, which is rarely mentioned beyond a few nuggets of facts, this is a valuable resource. And we'll do these in the order of publication:

1 December 1849

This article from the John Bull newspaper, gives us a sense of the devastation and carnage of the Glen Albyn fire. The full article is here.

17 June 1985

The fate of the Glen Albyn site is debated and reports of vandalism and glue sniffing on the premises are recorded in this article from the Aberdeen Press & Journal.