Old Photograph Spinningdale Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland. Spinningdale is possibly named from the Norse for round valley, and is a hamlet on the north shore of Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands.

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Memories of this most north-westerly corner of mainland Britain, from the closing years of Queen Victoria's reign until the Second World War, spill from the pages of Chris Uncles' latest book which contains over 190 carefully selected and meticulously researched images never previously presented in this format. Sutherland is a unique landscape - fashioned during a distant Ice Age, settled by the Vikings and subsequently turned into a 'man-made desert' by the notorious early nineteenth century Clearances which systematically removed a population to make way for Cheviot sheep. The range of subjects featured includes: the old 'green' drovers' roads, change-houses and inns, the early mail services, 'Big Houses', sporting lodges and hotels, the establishment of ports at Lochinver and Kinlochbervie, days at Cape Wrath lighthouse, memories of an upbringing on a croft during the Second World War, and of HMS Hood in Loch Eriboll. Highland ferries have all but disappeared, but photographs of small working ferries (including that at Kylesku) and narrow, rough roads in the early days of motoring, together with a brief history of the fondly remembered Sutherland Transport and Trading Company, will rekindle memories for many. Across this landscape strode figures who influenced the course of life for many: Thomas Telford, the Revd Norman MacLeod, the hated Patrick Sellar, the Dukes of Sutherland, William Wallace of Lairg and Robert Garden of Orkney. Set amidst the savage beauty of Sutherland's unforgettable and awesome mountain and coastal scenery, this absorbing book fulfils a long overdue need, and is one that provides essential reading about this relatively little-known part of mainland Britain. Memories of North and West Sutherland.

Old Photograph Bo'ness West Lothian Scotland

Old photograph of Bo'ness in West Lothian, Scotland. Bo'ness has important historical links to the Roman period and marks the eastern extent of the Antonine Wall which stretched from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick on the west coast of Scotland. Bo'ness was a site for coal mining from medieval times. Clay mining was carried out on a smaller scale. The shore was the site of industrial salt making, evaporating seawater over coal fires.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset Perthshire January 30th

Tour Scotland Winter photograph shot this afternoon at sunset just outside Perth, Scotland. The days are slowly getting longer now in Scotland. Shot these photographs at 4.30pm today.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph shot this afternoon at sunset just outside Perth, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video The Ferryland Sealer Folk Night Wheel Inn Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Andrew Gordon singing The Ferryland Sealer at the Wheel Inn in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Andrew singing at a Folk Night, Burns Night in my village of Scone.

Oh, our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
They are already rigged to be bound for the ice
All you lads of the Southern we will have you to beware
She is going to the ice in the Spring of the year

[Chorus:]

Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day

Our course be east-north-east for two days and two nights
Our captain he cried out "Boys, look ahead for the ice!"
He hove her about standing in for the land,
And 'twas in a few hours we were firm in the jam.

Oh our captain he cried out, "Come on boys and lend a hand!"
Our cook he gets the breakfast and each man takes a dram.
With their hats in their hands it was earlye for to go,
Every man showed his action 'thout the missing of a blow

Some were killing some were scalping, some were hauling on board,
Some more they were firing and a-missing of their loads.
In the dusk of the evening all hands in from the cold,
And we counted nine hundred fine scalps in the hold.

We are now off Cape Spear and in sight of Cape Broyle
We will dance, sing, carouse, my boys, in just a little while.
We will soon enjoy the charms of our sweethearts and friends,
But it will not be long before we're down to the bend.

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Old Photograph Delivery Cart Scotland

Old photograph of a Delivery Cart in West Lothian, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Comrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Galston Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Tour Ayr and Kilmarnock. The name Galston means " place of the strangers " from the Gaelic word Gall, a stranger, and the Toun or Ton was a farm and its outbuildings.

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This wide selection of photographs includes Ayr's old ice rink, Codona's funfair during a visit to the Esplanade, tramcars being dismantled at the Bellesleyhill Road depot and the Ayrshire Agricultural Show at the racecourse. Many aspects of the town's history are represented here with a pleasing mixture of vanished landmarks and features still recognisable today. John Colquhoun, rag and bone man, pictured perched on his cart, is particularly evocative of an age long-gone. The Ayr United football team of 1921-22 is lined up, while an aerial view of the town shows the former Beresford Park football pitch (on which the Odeon was built) with sheep grazing on it. Old Ayr.

Tour Scotland Photographs Reflections Dusk Perthshire January 29th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of reflections at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Trees and cloud reflected this afternoon in the River Isla, South of Blairgowrie.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today reflections at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Road Menders In Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of road menders North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. In the old days roads in Perthshire were maintained by road menders. Heaps of stones for that purpose were kept in various locations near each road.

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Old Photograph Of Young Scots In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of young Scots in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Of Black Watch Soldier In Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Black Watch soldier in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

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All the main streets including the Bonnygate, Crossgate and St Catherine Street are featured in this book, along with many pictures covering social history subjects such as the fair, floods, markets, the jail, the barracks and Houston's Hillside Foundry. There are half a dozen photos from the First World War era including ones showing Voluntary War Workers and billeted Polish troops. The human interest pictures are the strength of this title and convey a real feel for the atmosphere of the town in the 1900 to 1920 period. Old Cupar.

Old Photograph The Black Watch In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of The Black Watch in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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The Black Watch. A Concise History. The Black Watch was formed at Aberfeldy in Perthshire in the early eighteenth century as an independent security force, or 'watch', to guard the approaches to the lawless areas of the Scottish Highlands. Instantly recognisable due to the famous red hackle cap badge and the traditional dark blue and green government tartan kilt from which it got its name, The Black Watch was renowned as one of the great fighting regiments of the British Army and served with distinction in all major conflicts from the War of Austrian Succession onwards. In a highly controversial move, the regiment served under the operational control of the US Army during the counter-insurgency war in Iraq in December 2004. The Black Watch prided itself on being a 'family regiment', with sons following fathers into its ranks, and this new concise history reflects the strong sense of identity which was created over the centuries. In 2006, as part of a radical review of the country's defence policy, The Black Watch was amalgamated into the new Royal Regiment of Scotland. This new account of the famous regiment is therefore a timely memorial to its long and distinguished history. The Black Watch: A Concise History.

The Black Watch Regimental Archives contain many thousands of photographs graphically illustrating the history of this famous Highland regiment since the first images were recorded some 150 years ago. Over two hundred of these pictures have been selected for this volume to represent different aspects of regimental life both home and abroad, in peace and at war. From the days when the infantry still practised forming squares to the hand over of Hong Kong, the last significant remnant of the Empire, in 1997, this collection provides a fascinating insight into the activities of the Regiment. Naturally, many of the Regiment's great heroes and characters appear in these pictures but so do many other famous people, members of the royal family, Presidents of the United States of America and other heads of state. The collection of photographs also covers the Territorial battalions of the Black Watch from their early days as Rifle Volunteers through the two World Wars during which they won such renown for the Regiment. Black Watch (Blach Watch Photography Arcive).

The Black Watch is one of the finest fighting forces in the world and has been engaged in virtually every worldwide conflict for the last three centuries. Named after the dark tartan of the soldiers' kilts, its unique formation - raised from loyal Scottish clans in the wake of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion - make it the oldest Highland regiment. As part of the British army, their first battle abroad was in Flanders in 1745 but the regiment soon moved to North America to fight the French, and then shared the capture of Montreal, the Windward Islands and Martinique. The American War of Independence saw the regiment once again in America, fighting horrific battles and eventually storming Fort Washington in 1776. Since then the regiment has held its own from Egypt to the Napoleonic Wars, from the Crimea to the Indian mutiny, from both World Wars to Iraq. The Black Watch is the UK's most decorated regiment, combining the proud history and tradition of an organisation that has been soldiering for over 250 years. Black Watch: The Inside Story of the Oldest Highland Regiment in the British Army.

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