May 1st Photograph Cherry Cake Scotland


May 1st photograph of Fiona Dale displaying the only cake left for sale this afternoon at Murrays Bakers in Perth, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Venison Stall


Tour Scotland photograph of a merchant selling venison at Perth Farmers Market, King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland. Venison can be used to refer to any part of the deer, so long as it can be consumed, including the flesh and internal organs. Venison, much like beef, is categorized into specific cuts, including roast, sirloin, and ribs. The word derives from the Latin venari, to hunt or pursue. This term entered English through Norman in the 11th century, following the Norman invasion of England, and the establishment of Royal Forests.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Vegetable Stall


Tour Scotland photograph of a merchant selling organic vegetables at Perth Farmers Market, King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland. Scottish cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions, practices and cuisines associated with Scotland. It has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own, but shares much with wider British and European cuisine as a result of local and foreign influences, both ancient and modern. Traditional Scottish dishes exist alongside international foodstuffs brought about by migration. Scotland's natural larder of game, dairy products, fish, fruit, and vegetables is the chief factor in traditional Scots cooking, with a high reliance on simplicity and a lack of spices from abroad, as these were historically rare and expensive.



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May 1st Photograph Anster Cheese Scotland


May 1st photograph of a merchant selling Anster Cheese at Perth Farmers Market, King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Handmade Oatcakes


Tour Scotland photograph of a merchant selling Handmade Oatcakes at Perth Farmers Market, King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland. Oatcakes have been documented as existing in Scotland since at least the time of the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, and likely before then. Oatcakes have also been described as being the " mainstay of Scottish breads for centuries. " They are prepared with oatmeal as a primary ingredient, and sometimes include the addition of plain or wholemeal flour as well. Oatcakes are cooked on a griddle, or girdle, in Scots, or baked in an oven.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Arbroath Smokies


Tour Scotland photograph of a merchant with Arbroath Smokies at Perth Farmers Market, King Edward Street, Perth, Scotland. Arbroath smokies are a type of lightly smoked small haddock with a particularly good flavour and texture. The bright yellow, coarsely flavoured smoked haddock sold in most supermarkets is not a very good substitute for the real thing.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Red MG Scone Palace


Tour Scotland photograph of a red MG sports car on a visit to Scone Palace, Scotland.



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May 1st Photograph Black MG Scone Palace Scotland


May 1st photograph of a black MG Sports Car at Scone Palace, Scotland.


May 1st photograph of a black MG Sports Car, and owners, at Scone Palace, Scotland.

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May 1st Photograph Moot Hill Scotland


May 1st photograph of Moot Hill, Scone Palace, Scotland. No Stone of Destiny on Moot Hill today as mystery surrounds the attempted theft of the replica Stone of Destiny from the grounds of Scone Palace.


May 1st photograph of Moot Hill, Scone Palace, Scotland.

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Stone of Destiny. This title is now a major Hollywood film starring Robert Carlyle and Billy Boyd. Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stewart, Gavin Vernon and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey and in doing so became a Scottish national hero. In England, however, the act had the opposite effect and a manhunt for the 'vulgar vandals' was started to satisfy the outrage of the English establishment and bring them to justice. In the end, the Stone was given up, but the gang were not charged. This solitary act set Hamilton on a path for the rest of his life from which he has not diverged. Although, it is now nearly sixty years since that fateful night, it is the actual events surrounding the taking of the Stone which hold people spellbound when Hamilton recounts them.In this book, Ian Hamilton has set down the chain of events which led to his decision to go to London, remove the Stone and a minute-by-minute account of the act and the aftermath. But this is not simply a retelling of a stunt that made nationwide news, it is a book about how a nation's conscience was stirred by a symbolic act that changed lives of many. Stone of Destiny.

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April 30th Photograph Afternoon Scone Scotland


April 30th photograph of late afternoon in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland


April 30th photograph of late afternoon in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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April 30th Photograph Horse Scotland


April 30th afternoon photograph of a horse near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.


April 30th afternoon photograph of a horse near Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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April 30th Photograph Clouds Perth Scotland


April 30th morning photograph of blue sky and clouds above Perth, Scotland.

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April 30th Photograph Perthshire Scotland


April 30th morning photograph shot just East of Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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April 30th Photograph St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Scotland


April 30th morning photograph of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, Scotland. St Ninian's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St Ninian is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Royal burgh of Perth. It is the see of the Anglican Bishop of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, who is the ordinary of the Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane. The cathedral was built on the site of an older Dominican monastery and was the first to be built in Britain since the Reformation, being consecrated in 1850. It was designed by the English architect William Butterfield.

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Street view of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Osgaig


Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Osgaig, Achiltibuie, by Ullapool, Wester Ross, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Glencarse Scotland


Old photograph of Glencarse, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated seven miles to the east of Perth on the A90.

Old photograph of Glencarse, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Dalbeattie Scotland

Old photograph of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.


Old photograph of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.


Old photograph of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Old photograph of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Old photograph of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Great Western Bridge Glasgow Scotland


Old photograph of the Great Western Bridge, Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland. Kelvinbridge is a district in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The name derives from the popular name for what is officially Great Western Bridge, a cast iron road and pedestrian bridge built in the 19th century to carry the Great Western Road, the A82 road, at a high level across the River Kelvin.



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Old Photographs Caledonian Canal Scotland


Old photograph of the Caledonian Canal near Inverness, Scotland. The Caledonian Canal was originally cut to link Scotland's east and west coasts by men with an eye to trade. Among its many users were herring fishermen who followed fish migrations coast to coast using the canal as a short-cut. There was also a thriving tourist trade through the canal. Holidaymakers from as far south as Glasgow would sail down the Clyde and the Crinan Canal, then up the west coast and through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness. Thanks to use by Queen Victoria, this became known as the Royal Route.



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Old Photograph Harbour Dunbar Scotland


Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour at Dunbar, Scotland. The long awaited Victoria Harbour, built in the shelter of the castle ruins, was opened in 1842.



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Old Photograph Burns Memorial Tower Mauchline Scotland


Old photograph of the Robert Burns Memorial Tower, near Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Coach And Horses Scotland


Old photograph of coach and horses in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Largs Scotland

Old photograph of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. Largs evolved from the estates of North Cunninghame over which the Montgomeries of Skelmorlie became temporal lords in the seventeenth century. Sir Robert Montgomerie built Skelmorlie Aisle in the ancient kirk of Largs in 1636 as a family mausoleum. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Ben More Coigach


Tour Scotland Photograph of Ben More Coigach, Scotland. This is a long, table shaped Scottish mountain in the far north west of the Highlands of Scotland. It dominates the Coigach peninsula, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, seven miles north west of the town of Ullapool.

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Old Photograph Old Golf Course Moray Scotland


Old photograph of golfers on the Old Moray Golf Course, Lossiemouth, Scotland. The old course is considered to be one of the finest links courses in Scotland. A classic links designed by Old Tom Morris of St Andrews, Fife. Golf Scotland.



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Old Photographs Harbour Stornoway Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. By the 1850s, Stornoway was fast becoming a town of some commercial importance, based on its reputation of having an excellent harbour. It had a major shipbuilding and repair facility and its harbour also catered for the lucrative shipping trade in Atlantic waters.


Old photograph of the harbour, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

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Old Photographs High Street Banchory Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on the High Street in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. John Macqueen Cowan, born 1892, died 1960, was a prominent Scottish botanist in the mid 20th century. He was born in Banchory in northern Scotland in 1891 or 1892. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. He then attended both Edinburgh and Oxford University training as a botanist, specialising in trees, receiving a postgraduate doctorate from Oxford in 1927. From 1927 to 1929 he worked with the Indian Forest Service and conducted many studies of tree species throughout India.


Old photograph of the High Street, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of the High Street, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Women Shetland Scotland


Old photograph of women carrying baskets of Peat on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Shetland ponies and carts were used to transport the peat back to their cottages. The local way of life reflects the Scottish and Norse heritage of the isles, including the Up Helly Aa fire festival, and a strong musical tradition, especially the traditional fiddle style. The islands have produced a variety of writers of prose and poetry, often in the distinct Shetland dialect of Scots. There are numerous areas set aside to protect the local fauna and flora, including a number of important sea bird nesting sites. The Shetland pony and Shetland Sheepdog are two well-known Shetland animal breeds. Other local breeds include the Shetland sheep, cow, goose, and duck. The Shetland pig, or grice, has been extinct since about 1930.



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Old Photographs West Bay Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of boats, children and adults at the West Bay, Dunoon, Scotland. For many years Dunoon and the Cowal peninsula was a favourite destination for people on holiday from Glasgow, in the days when tourists were delivered by steamers rather than car ferries, and when a paddle in the sea and a promenade along the pier were all the ingredients needed for a great holiday. Apart from Dunoon itself, many of the Cowal villages were popular including; Kirn, Hunter's Quay, Ardnadam, Sandbank, St Catherine's Well, Strachur, Millhouse, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Glendaruel, Colintraive, Innellan and Bullwood.






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Old Photograph Fish Market Scotland


Old photograph of the Fish Market in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Old Photographs River Ness Scotland


Old photograph of the River Ness at Inverness, Scotland.

Old photograph of the River Ness at Inverness, Scotland. Photographic Print of Friars Shot Pool Fishing from Mary Evans.

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Walks Inverness and Loch Ness includes walks near the city of Inverness, in the hills around Loch Ness and in the glens to the north. The 27 walks featured range from 0.25 miles to 25 miles (0.5-40km). Routes include: the towpath by the Caledonian Canal, around Loch Affric and Foyers to Inverfarigaig. Walks Inverness and Loch Ness (Hallewell Pocket Walking Guides).

April 27th Photograph Evening Snack Scotland


April 27th photograph of my Evening Snack in Scotland. In the foreground is a Gypsy Cream, and behind is a Caramel Tiffin. Scottish Cooking.

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