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Rare Find Offered ToAA Box 472by John Holley on behalf of Team 472As most of you will be aware AA Box No472 located at the Cambus O’ May was ‘saved’from completely disappearing through neglect,by five Ballater residents in 2009. Come Julythis year it will be 4 years since this task wascompleted.The box was then transformed into a ‘minimuseum’ that offers historical pictures of the boxand local places of interest, as well as local mapsand tourist information for travellers to the area.Even the Ballater Eagle is made available topassing motorists. The two most popular items(apart from the Eagle!) are the original oil lamppulley system in the roof space and the ‘Visitor’sBook’ that has attracted literally hundreds ofsignatures from around the world.33turn off some 150 yards from the current site. Mr.Robertson, whose father worked for AberdeenshireCouncil, found the map in the loft, searchedthe internet, found our web site and made contact.The item was an AA prepared map ofthe mileages to other destinations in Scotlandemanating from Box 472 itself. In fact it is adedicated map that was tailored specifically forBox 472. It would probably be giving the mileagesto other AA boxes rather than the town or villageitself. Initially there were over 1000 boxes dottedaround the UK.It is very difficult to date the map but aftersome investigation it is thought that it is probablyaround 80 to 90 years old as the AA introducedthese boxes throughout the UK in the 1920s. Themap is in very good condition and in the very nearfuture will be added to the ‘mini museum’ in thecurrent Box 472.NPCMOLE & PESTCONTROLBPCA AccreditedRecently, we were contacted by email by Mr.Scott Robertson of Banchory who stated he wasin possession of an extremely rare item that wasoriginally housed in Box 472 when it was locatedat the junction of the A93 and the Burn O’ VatCrathie01339742001Mbl 07746556883
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