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Torphins around 1866
Looking out from where Platform 22 now stands you would see no evidence of today's village. The land where the village is soon to be built is largely uncultivated heathland On the other hand you would see many prosperous looking farms in the area, particularly in Easter Beltie, Mid Beltie and Wester Beltie, but also at Annesly and Inchley adn craiggmyle . Closer at hand is "Turfins Farm" which later changed its name to be the "Village Farm".TxYould see "Turfins Farm" which later became the"Village Farm" there is also a school serving the population of around 2,000 people living in the surrounding farms. the original Learney Arms Hotel is nearby,
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