Tour Scotland Videos Vintage Cars Arriving Scottish Transport Extravaganza Glamis Castle



Tour Scotland video shot today vintage cars arriving at the Scottish Transport Extravaganza, Glamis Castle, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video shot today of vintage vehicles arriving at the Scottish Transport Extravaganza, Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Forfar Pipe Band Scottish Transport Extravaganza Glamis Castle



Tour Scotland video of Forfar Pipe band on visit to the Scottish Transport Extravaganza, Glamis Castle, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kelvingrove Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Speech By Queen Elizabeth Royal Visit Tay Street Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland video shot today of the speech by Queen Elizabeth on Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Queen at the viewpoint on Tay Street for the ceremony at which she was presented with the keys to the city and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh was also given the freedom of the city.

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Tour Scotland Video Band Royal Regiment of Scotland Visit Of The Queen Tay Street Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland video shot today of the Royal Regiment of Scotland playing at the visit Of Queen Elizabeth to Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of Dunbar, Scotland. Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the south east coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second oldest RNLI station in Scotland. Dunbar gained a reputation as a seaside holiday and golfing resort in the 19th century.



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Old Photographs Arrochar Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Arrochar, Scotland. A Scottish village situated near the head of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute. It is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, and in particular by the distinctive rocky summit of The Cobbler. For over five centuries this area, the feudal barony of Arrochar, was held by the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane.



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Old Photograph Interior Crofters Cottage Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of a Crofters cottage on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Scottish Soldier Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish soldier and his wife from Edinburgh, Scotland. John Brown and his wife, Moira, both from Edinburgh.

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Old Photographs Burrafirth Unst Scotland

Old photograph of Burrafirth, island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. A small settlement northwest of Haroldswick between Loch of Cliff and the southern end of Burra Firth. Burrafirth is where the shore station for the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse was located.





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Old Photograph King Edward VII Braemar Highland Gathering Scotland

Old photograph of King Edward VII at the Braemar Highland Gathering, Scotland. Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Old Photograph Church Kilmore Scotland

Old photograph of Kilmore Parish Church on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. A former Minister Rev. John Forbes born 1811, died 1863, was a noted Gaelic scholar who wrote a Gaelic grammar and investigated the deaths of three girls from the parish who were taken to the cotton mills of Manchester as forced-labour and published his findings in a book Weeping in the Isles, published in 1853.



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Old Photograph King Edward VIII Edinburgh Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of King Edward VIII on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936. Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay. Edward became king when his father died in early 1936. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American socialite Wallis Simpson, who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second. The prime ministers of the United Kingdom and the Dominions opposed the marriage, arguing that the people would never accept a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands as queen. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as head of the Church of England, which opposed the remarriage of divorced people if their former spouses were still alive. Edward knew that the government led by British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have dragged the king into a general election and would ruin his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. Choosing not to end his relationship with Simpson, Edward abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother Albert, who chose the regnal name George VI. With a reign of 326 days, Edward was one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history. He was never crowned.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Queen Elizabeth Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of Queen Elizabeth on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Photographic Prints of Scottish General Assemlby Opening from PA Photos.

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Old Photograph Crofter Reading Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter reading in her cottage on Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Wedding Inversnaid Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish Wedding at Inversnaid on the East bank of Loch Lomond, Scotland. The Inversnaid Hotel is situated on the banks of Loch Lomond, next to Arklet Falls and on the West Highland Way. The hotel was built in 1790 for the Duke of Montrose as a hunting lodge. Its cafe is visited by hikers on the West Highland Way. The hotel has had many distinguished guests including Queen Victoria.

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Old Photograph Post Office Unst Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office at Baltasound, the largest settlement on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Unst is the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. The village lies halfway along the island's east coast on a sheltered bay called Balta Sound.



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Old Photograph Flower Show Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the Flower Show in Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Bakers Shop Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a Bakers Shop in Paisley, Scotland. The Industrial Revolution based on the textile industry turned Paisley by Glasgow, from a small market town to an important industrial town in the late 18th century. Its location attracted English mill owners; immigrants from Ayrshire and the Highlands poured in to a town that offered paying jobs to women and children. However, silk fell out of fashion 1790. The mills switched to the imitation Kashmir, cashmere. shawls called " Paisley. " Under the leadership of Thomas Coats, born 1809, died 1893, Paisley became the world centre for thread making.



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Old Photograph Butchers Shop Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a Butchers Shop in Paisley, Scotland. The Industrial Revolution based on the textile industry turned Paisley from a small market town to an important industrial town in the late 18th century. Its location attracted English mill owners; immigrants from Ayrshire and the Highlands poured in to a town that offered paying jobs to women and children. By the middle of the 19th century weaving had become the town's principal industry. The Paisley weavers' most famous product were the shawls, which bore the Paisley Pattern made fashionable after being worn by a young Queen Victoria. The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 cut off cotton supplies to the textile mills of Paisley. The mills in 1861 had a stock of cotton in reserve, but by 1862 there was large scale shortages and closures.



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Old Photograph Sheep Shearing Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters sheep shearing on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Shearing was very labour intensive. Apart from the shearers who hand clipped the sheep there were catchers to bring the sheep in from the field or pen. There were also people to roll the fleece once it was off the sheep, and then fold them before they were tied and bagged. Clipping could only be done in good conditions as fleeces had to be bagged whilst dry. Neighbouring crofters would help each other at busy times.



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Old Photograph Of Lochy Bridge Scotland

Old Photograph of a motorcycle and sidecar crossing Lochy Bridge, Fort William, Scotland. Lochybridge, also known as Victoria Bridge, spans the River Lochy on the northern edge of Fort William, providing the only real link to the town and beyond from the A830. Immediately to the east of the bridge, the A830 meets the A82 at the Lochybridge Junction. This crossing point of the River Lochy was originally established as the most important one by Thomas Telford when he was constructing his Highland Roads. The first road built, in 1805, as part of this commission was the Arisaig Road, which left the old military road at Lochybridge and headed west. However, Telford decided that a bridge at this location was not necessary, instead improving the ferry service across the river. Whilst the ferry may have been sufficient in the first instance, as the new road brought a lot more traffic that way a bridge slowly became essential.



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Old Photograph Cyclist Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of a cyclist in Glencoe, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Camping Glen Etive Scotland

Old photograph of people camping in Glen Etive, Highlands, Scotland. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the Herdsmen of Etive: Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag. Other peaks accessible from the Glen include Ben Starav, located near the head of Loch Etive, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the northern side of the glen. Glen Etive has been used as the backdrop to many movies, among them Braveheart and Skyfall. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Deirdre and her love Naoise founded Glen Etive after fleeing Ulster. The Fachen is also known as the Dwarf of Glen Etive.



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Old Photograph Camping Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of camping on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Curling Loch Leven Scotland

Old photograph of men Curling on Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. The most famous association of this area is Loch Leven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. Curling was invented in medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 uncovered, along with another bearing the date 1551, when an old pond was drained at Dunblane. Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716; it is still in existence today.



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Old Photograph Caravan Site St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a Caravan Site by St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Lower Largo Scotland

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of fishermen mending nets in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of cottages in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of a Paddle Steamer at Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.


Old photograph of the Court House, Greenock, Scotland.


Old photograph of Brachelston Square, Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

Old photograph of thw War Memorial in Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Greenock, Scotland.

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Old Greenock features a stunning collection of 170 photographs showcasing the town's historic past. There are fascinating glimpses of areas where overcrowding in the early twentieth century gave rise to living conditions unimaginable today. These neighbourhoods were swept away by a series of redevelopments; just one example of how this historic town has changed during its relatively short existence. Well-remembered local businesses such as Shannons and Mackays are also pictured, along with sobering images of the aftermath of the Blitz and pictures of Greenock's legendary docks highlighting its shipbuilding heritage. Joy Monteith has written an engrossing narrative to accompany the pictures, making this book a must for anyone who has any connection with Greenock past or present. Old Greenock.

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Tour Scotland Video Christian Medieval Marker Stone Collace Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of a Discoid Marker Stone in Collace Churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland. It is suggested that this is likely to be the disc head of a medieval marker stone. As the length of the shaft is unknown, it is impossible to tell whether it is the head from a churchyard cross or a gravemarker. The artefact is unusual in having complex decoration more akin to that found on medieval Basque gravemarkers and isolated examples from England and Ireland. Although there is a possible alternative interpretation of the design on the verso, as a flower, it is suggested that the design on both faces represents the Seal of Solomon. This is possibly the earliest use of this symbol in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Fair Maid of Perth Tugboat River Tay Perthshire July 2nd



Tour Scotland video shot today of the Fair Maid of Perth Tugboat clearing debris from the river by the harbour in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. After days of heavy rain a lot of debris has come down the River Tay, needing to be cleared before ships try to enter the harbour.

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Old Photograph Crofters Cottages Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofter cottages on the coast of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Crofting is a form of land tenure and small scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland. Crofting evolved from a turbulent period in the nineteenth century during the Highland Clearances. It was largely a means to sustain populations. The traditional crofting way of life was one of small scale mixed agriculture with animals and cultivation, often supplemented by income from other activities such as fishing.



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Old Photographs Fort George Scotland

Old photograph of Fort George, near Inverness, Scotland. This fort was built to pacify the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing an earlier Fort George built with the same aim after the 1715 Jacobite rising. The fortress has never been attacked and has remained in continuous use as a garrison.




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Old Photograph Crofters Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters on Fair Isle, Scotland. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands. It is famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting.

Old photograph of a Crofter on Fair Isle, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofter With Shetland Ponies Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter with Shetland Ponies on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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