Posts Tagged: Aberdeen City Council

Amalgamating dormant funds is sensible, even if it means Aberdeen’s aged virgins lose out

Last week, Aberdeen City Council announced plans to amalgamate 41 charitable funds, including one established in 1634 for the benefit of “aged virgins” and another set up in 1718 to aid “persons deprived of the use of reason” –  a brilliant phrase indicating that political correctness was alive and well in the 18th century. These… Read more »