Tour Scotland Photograph Video RNLI Reindeer Run Glamis Castle



Tour Scotland video of the RNLI Reindeer Charity walk and run on visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. This Scottish castle was the childhood home of HRM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the ancestral home of the Earls of Strathmore for over 600 years. The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Fireworks Coupar Angus Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of the 2013 Fireworks Display and bonfire in Larghan Park on visit to Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Another great show by John Kettles, the best Fireworks display in Perthshire.

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Old Photographs Newseat Scotland

Old photograph of Newseat, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was closed to passengers in 1965.



Old photograph of Newseat, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Occumster Scotland

Old photograph of Occumster located between Wick, and Lybster, Scotland. This Scottish train station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed on 3 April 1944.



Old photograph of Occumster located between Wick, and Lybster, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Sheep Shearing Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters sheep shearing on the Island Of Harris, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fairnilee Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Fairnilee located three miles South West of Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Alison Cockburn was born on 8 October 1712 at Fairnilee House. In 1765 she published her lyrics to the traditional Border Ballad the Flowers of the Forest. She was the daughter of Robert Rutherfurd of Fairnalee. She married an impoverished advocate, Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston in 1731. Unable to afford a home of their own they lived for 4 years in the house of her elderly father in law. On the death of the old man they moved to Edinburgh. Her husband died on 29 April 1753, and left her a small income. She continued to mix in artistic and intellectual circles from her home in Bristo Street, on Castlehill, Edinburgh. She died on 22 November 1794. She is buried in the kirkyard of The Chapel of Ease of Buccleuch Parish Church in Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Manse St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of the Manse on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The church and manse were established for a resident minister early in the 19th century. A manse (/ˈmæns/) is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called "sons (or daughters) of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse " or some other acceptable variation. The intended result is that " The Manse " refers to a working building rather than simply applying as a name.



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Old Photograph Auchendinny Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, houses and people in Auchendinny village near Penicuik, Scotland. This Scottish village had a paper mill at Dalmore which is now closed. The Penicuik branch of the Peebles Railway once served the mill. The village had a station on the same line, which opened in 1872 but closed in 1951. Nearby Auchendinny House was the last and smallest example of the work of Sir William Bruce. Built by 1707, it is thought to have been built on the site of an earlier castle.



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Old Photograph Milltown of Rothiemay Scotland

Old photograph of Milltown of Rothiemay located eight miles East of Keith, Moray, Scotland. The 17th century cartographer James Gordon, born 1617, died 1686, was from Rothiemay. It was the birthplace of James Ferguson FRS, born 1710, died 1776, instrument-maker and astronomer. This Scottish village formerly had a railway station by the River Deveron.



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Old Photographs Riccarton Scotland

Old photograph of Riccarton situated across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. The river Irvine divides the parishes of Riccarton and Kilmarnock and the river used to form the boundary between the districts of Kyle and Cunninghame. The origin of the name Riccarton is from a corruption of Richard's town. This Richard was Sir Richard Wallace, uncle of William Wallace. The village had a railway station by this name on the Gatehead and Hurlford branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. It closed officially on 5 July 1965.



Old photograph of Riccarton situated across the River Irvine from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Mount Melville Scotland

Old photograph of Mount Melville train station near St Andrews, Scotland. The section of the Fife Coast Railway from Anstruther to St Andrews contained some steep gradients, the greatest of these being 1 in 50 between Mount Melville and St Andrews.

The Melville name originates from England and Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish surname. It is also the name of a Scottish noble family. The surname though has two different origins: Scottish and Irish. In Scotland, it originally of Norman origin, derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Ó Maoilmhichíl, which means " descendant of Maoilmhichil ". The Gaelic personal name Maoilmhichil means " devotee of Saint Michael.



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Old Photograph Philorth Scotland

Old photograph of Philorth Station, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was near Philorth House, south of Fraserburgh. Passenger trains through Philorth were withdrawn in 1965 and the track lifted following the withdrawal of freight trains in 1979. Philorth House was built by Lord Saltoun in 1666 and it remained the seat of the Lords Saltoun till it was burned down on the 25th March 1915. The Frasers of Philorth are a Scottish lowland family, originally from the Anjou region of France. Their family seat is in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since the time of Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, the heads of the Philorth family are the Lords Saltoun. The current head of the Frasers of Philorth is Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun. The Chiefship was in dispute between the Frasers of Philorth and another branch, which also came from Tweeddale, the Frasers of Muchalls.In the reign of Charles I. The peerage expired with the fourth Lord Fraser, who died in 1716 while on the run as a result of his participation in The Fifteen. The first two sons of Andrew, the 2nd Lord Fraser were thought to have died in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, however in reality they were taken prisoner and sent to America, where they were placed into servitude. James and William Fraser changed their name to Frissell to protect themselves from Oliver Cromwell. James Frissell was placed in Roxbury and William in the Carolinas. Together, the two of them are responsible for almost all of the Frissells in America.



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Old Photographs Delny Scotland

Old photograph of Delny village located beside the north end of the Cromarty Firth, Scotland.



Old photograph of Delny village located beside the north end of the Cromarty Firth, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Abercorn Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Abercorn railway station in Paisley, Scotland. The station was built by the Glasgow and South Western railway it opened on 1 May 1866, it replaced the earlier terminal station at Paisley Hamilton Street. The station closed permanently to regular passenger services on 5 June 1967, when passenger services were withdrawn from the branch line. Freight traffic ceased in 1981 and the track was lifted in 1986.



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Old Photographs Achnasheen Scotland

Old photograph of Achnasheen in Wester Ross, Scotland. The village railway station was an important stop on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving a large area of Wester Ross. The railway still operates but all freight and mail, and most passengers, now travel by road.





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Old Photograph Advie Scotland

Old photograph of Advie in Moray, Scotland. This Scottish village was served by Advie railway station, on the Strathspey Railway. The station opened in 1863, but closed, along with the rest of the line, in 1965. The village is located to the south of the River Spey, and next to the A95 road, roughly half way between Grantown-on-Spey and Aberlour.



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Old Photograph Fairy Cave St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of the Fairy Cave on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. After the Battle of Culloden in 1746, it was rumoured that Prince Charles Edward Stuart and some of his senior Jacobite aides had escaped to St Kilda. An expedition was launched, and in due course British soldiers were ferried ashore to Hirta. They found a deserted village, as the St Kildans, fearing pirates, had fled to caves to the west. When the St Kildans were persuaded to come down, the soldiers discovered that the isolated natives knew nothing of the prince and had never heard of King George II either.



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Old Photograph Children Outside Cottage St Kilda Scotland

Old photograph of children outside a cottage on St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Numerous factors led to the evacuation of St Kilda. The islands' inhabitants had existed for centuries in relative isolation until tourism and the presence of the military in World War I induced the islanders to seek alternatives to privations they routinely suffered. The morning of the evacuation promised a perfect day. The sun rose out of a calm and sparkling sea and warmed the impassive cliffs of Oiseval. The sky was hopelessly blue and the sight of Hirta, green and pleasant as the island of so many careless dreams, made parting all the more difficult. Observing tradition the islanders left an open Bible and a small pile of oats in each house, locked all the doors and at 7 am boarded the Harebell. Although exhausted by the strain and hard work of the last few days, they were reported to have stayed cheerful throughout the operation. But as the long antler of Dun fell back onto the horizon and the familiar outline of the island grew faint, the severing of an ancient tie became a reality and the St Kildans gave way to tears.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Fireworks Display Guy Fawkes Night Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of the 2013 November 5th Fireworks Display on Guy Fawkes Night on visit to South Inch Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Cottage Perthshire



Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above a Scottish cottage on visit just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset Clouds Trees Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset, clouds and trees on visit just outside Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autmn Photograph Video Drive At Sunset Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland Autumn video of a drive at sunset on the road to visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Sunset And Clouds Scone Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland Autumn video of sunset and clouds above Scone village by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kirtlebridge Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Kirtlebridge village located five miles North East of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirtlebridge railway crash occurred at the former railway station outside this village on the 2nd of October 1872, and resulted in 12 deaths. An express passenger train ran into a goods train that was shunting; 11 people lost their lives immediately, and one further person succumbed later. The cause was a failure to communicate between the station master in charge of the shunting operation, and the signalman. Kirtlebridge station was nearly 17 miles north of Carlisle, England, on the Caledonian Railway main line to Glasgow and Edinburgh. North of the passenger platforms there was a trailing, in the northbound direction, junction from the Solway Junction Railway, and a signalbox controlled the junction; the points there were interlocked with the signals.



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Old Photograph Symbister House Scotland

Old photograph of Symbister House, Whalsay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Bruce family who came to Whalsay in the 17th century owned the entire island. They lorded over the island for nearly 300 years. They forced the local people to carry out fishing operations for commercial purposes and exploited them. Any person opposing them was exiled from the island. The Bruce family took up the ambitious project of building Symbister House in 1823 in a grand Georgian architectural style with brown coloured granite stones chiseled into square blocks. They employed forced labour for the construction. Ghost stories are also narrated of this place, including that of an old sailor who was murdered for arguing with the gardener of the house during a game of cards.





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Old Photograph Crofter Carrying Peat Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter carrying peat back to her cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Martello Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Martello Tower, South Walls, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Martello tower was built in 1815 to protect British ships in the bay of Longhope against attack by American and French privateers, during the Napoleonic Wars, while they waited for a Royal Navy escort on their journey to Baltic ports. The towers were rearmed for World War I.



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Old Photograph Crofter Harrowing Field Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter harrowing a field on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Aberuthven Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Aberuthven, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was populated by home weavers during the last century, most of the villagers being employed in the nearby Auchterarder textile mills after they were built in 1872, the weaving being done by hand looms previously. The cloth was exported as far afield as China, New Zealand and India as well as having a healthy local trade.





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