Broad Street is exactly what it says on the sign. It's the main thoroughfare through Lord Saltoun's planned town. As the fishing industry brought prosperity, many businesses moved from the harbour. They left the pervading aroma of fish for this and other new streets. They built elegant premises of dressed stone, designed by architects and constructed by skilled masons.

The building diagonally opposite is a good example of commercial success. Lewis Chalmers was a prosperous merchant and banking agent. He commissioned this A-listed house with its classical columns. Its rounded frontage is echoed at other street corners in the town. You'll see some of these when you take your Footsteps through Fraserburgh.

In the early part of the nineteenth century, the Harbour Commissioners installed gas lighting on the town's main streets. It replaced the burning of smelly fish-oil lamps.

As Fraserburgh got wealthier, it smelt sweeter!