Tour Scotland Video Tony Carson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Tony Carson singing a cover version of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride

Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride

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Tour Scotland Video MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band City Centre Dundee

Tour Scotland video of MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band playing in the City Centre on visit to Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Daniel Docherty Singing Let Her Go Dundee

Tour Scotland video of Daniel Docherty singing a cover version of Let Her Go by Passenger outside the Overgate shopping centre in the City Centre on visit to Dundee, Scotland.

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
'Cause you loved her too much
And you dived too deep

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
Will you let her go?

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

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Old Photograph Pearsie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pearsie House located North of Kirriemuir, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built at the turn of the century and was originally the property of Lord Granville.



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Old Photograph Levenwick Scotland

Old photograph of Levenwick located seventeen miles south of Lerwick, on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. In the literature of the isles this area is associated with George Stewart, author of the pioneering Shetland Fireside Tales, who lived here in his youth.



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Old Photograph Hermitage Calderwood Glen Scotland

Old photograph of The Hermitage, Calderwood Glen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby is a marked grave that the hermit who lived here had died in 1722, and the building appears to have been built to keep his legend living on.



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Old Photograph Old Rayne Scotland

Old photograph of Old Rayne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The word Rayne comes from the Scottish Gaelic Raon meaning a field of good ground. In the area around Old Rayne are other settlements including Kirton of Rayne, Rayne North and Potts of Rayne. Once a burgh of barony, Old Rayne has a 17th century mercat cross, market cross. In days gone by this served as a meeting place for farm workers looking for employment. The bishops of Aberdeen who owned the parish of Rayne once held residence.



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Tour Scotland Video Emirates Airbus A380 Passenger Jet Flying Above Glasgow

Tour Scotland video of an Emirates Airbus A380 passenger jet flying above Glasgow, Scotland. This is the world's largest passenger airliner. The Airbus A380 is a double deck, wide body, four engine jet airliner manufactured by European Union manufacturer Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large aircraft market. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Bagpiper Ross Ainslie Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Bagpiper Ross Ainslie playing the pipes on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ross is one the finest traditional musicians and composers, highly sought after on the Scottish contemporary folk scene for his skill on pipes. Born in Perthshire in 1983, Ross began his career as a member of the Perth and District Pipe Band, before joining the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, where he was mentored by piper Gordon Duncan. Hugely influenced by Gordon’s fearlessly innovative spirit and ground breaking compositions, Ross began exploring his own abilities as a composer and writing his own tunes, and in 2002 he was a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition.

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Tour Scotland Video Gavin Munro Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Oh the Summer time is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

I will build my love a bower
Near yon pure crystal fountain
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

If my true love she were gone
I will surely find no other
Where wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

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Old Photograph William Gorrie Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of William Gorrie a Doctor in Lochee, Dundee, Scotland.

In 1700 the Cox family set up as linen merchants in Lochee. By 1760 the firm had 300 weavers and after using steam power and moving into the jute industry the family built Camperdown Works in 1864, said to be the largest factory in the world, with over 5,000 employees. Many immigrants were attracted to the area by the prospect of employment in the city's jute mills. By 1855, there were 14,000 Irish immigrants in Dundee, most of whom stayed in Lochee, or Little Tipperary as it would come to be known.



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Old Photograph St Margaret's Convent Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of St Margaret's Convent in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ecclesiastical history of the site goes back to 1834 with the founding by Bishop James Gillis of the first post-Reformation convent in Scotland. For over 150 years it was well known in Edinburgh as St Margaret's Convent and School under the ministry of the Ursulines of Jesus. In the 1830s, the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland was not yet established. James Gillis as Apostolic Vicar of the Eastern District of Scotland wanted a convent and school built there to cater for the Catholics in Edinburgh. The Ursulines were asked to start a convent and funds were provided for a chapel. In 1863, this chapel went on to house a relic, given to them by Bishop Gillis, of St. Margaret of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Kinloss Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Kinloss Abbey located three miles East of Forres, Moray, Scotland. This Scottish abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187. The abbey went on to become one of the largest and wealthiest religious houses in Scotland, receiving the valuable salmon fishing rights on the River Findhorn from Robert the Bruce in 1312, subsequently renewed by James I and James IV. During its history the abbey has received many royal visitors, including Edward I in 1303, Edward III in 1336 and Mary, Queen of Scots.



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Old Photograph William Fergusson Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of William Fergusson in Edinburgh, Scotland. William, born on the 20th of March 1808, died 10 of February 1877, was a Scottish surgeon. He was the son of James Fergusson of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. In 1828 Fergusson became a licentiate, and in 1829 a fellow of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons. In 1840 he accepted the professorship of surgery at King's College London, and established himself at Dover Street, Piccadilly, whence he removed in 1847 to George Street, Hanover Square. His practice grew rapidly, and the fame of his operative skill brought many students and visitors to King's College Hospital. In 1849 he was appointed surgeon in ordinary to the prince consort, and in 1855 surgeon extraordinary, and in 1867 sergeant-surgeon to the queen. On the 10 of October 1833 he married Helen, daughter and heiress of William Ranken of Spittlehaugh, Peeblesshire. They had two sons and three daughters.

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Old Photograph Theodore Martin Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Theodore Martin in Edinburgh, Scotland. Theodore born 16th of September 1816, died 18th of August 1909, was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. He was the son of James Martin, a solicitor in Edinburgh, where Theodore was born and educated at the Royal High School and University. He practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh from 1840 to 1845, after which he went to London and became head of the firm of Martin and Leslie, parliamentary agents. His first contribution to literature was the humorous Bon Gaultier Ballads, written along with W.E. Aytoun, which remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845.



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Old Photograph Devil's Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of The Devil's Bridge near Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. On the coast at Holborn Head a shaft in the roof of a cave has broken through to the surface forming a blowhole and caves on either side of a headland have united to form a natural arch. A walk around the headland can be accessed through a gate next to the Principal Lighthouse Keeper's House. There are stiles and bridges, which allow access to the unfenced off promontory of Holborn Head itself. There are clear views over to Dunnet Head and to the Orkney Islands. The name Holborn appears Norse in origin, meaning hill fort.



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Old Photograph Baxter Park Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Baxter Park in Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish park was laid out in 1863, a gift to the people of Dundee from linen manufacturer Sir David Baxter and his sisters Eleanor and Mary Ann. The park was designed by Victorian landscape architect Sir Joseph Paxton, one time gardener to the Dukes of Devonshire and designer of London's Crystal Palace.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Piper Ross Ainslie Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Piper Ross Ainslie playing the bagpipes on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ross is one the finest traditional musicians and composers, highly sought after on the Scottish contemporary folk scene for his skill on pipes. Born in Perthshire in 1983, Ross began his career as a member of the Perth and District Pipe Band, before joining the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, where he was mentored by piper Gordon Duncan. Hugely influenced by Gordon’s fearlessly innovative spirit and ground breaking compositions, Ross began exploring his own abilities as a composer and writing his own tunes, and in 2002 he was a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition.

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Tour Scotland Video Ross Ainslie And Friends Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish musician Ross Ainslie and friends playing on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Jenna MacDonald Dancing Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Jenna MacDonald dancing to the music of bagpipes on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Jenna, originally from Ullapool, is presently living in Perth, Well, done for getting up and dancing !

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Old Photograph Lyon Playfair Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Lyon Playfair in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lyon, born 1st of May 1818, died 29th of May 1898, was a Scottish scientist and Liberal politician. He was born at Chunar, Bengal, the son of George Playfair, Inspector General of Hospitals in that region, and Janet, daughter of John Ross. He was named after his uncle, Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, and was educated at the University of St Andrews, the Andersonian Institute in Glasgow, and the University of Edinburgh. After going to Calcutta at the end of 1837, he became private laboratory assistant to Thomas Graham at University College, London, and in 1839 went to work under Justus Liebig at the University of Giessen. In 1868, Playfair was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, being sworn of the Privy Council and made Postmaster General in Gladstone's government in 1873. He left the House of Commons in 1892 and was ennobled as Baron Playfair, of St Andrews in the County of Fife.

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Old Photograph James Colquhoun Campbell Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of James Colquhoun Campbell in Edinburgh, Scotland. James, born in 1813, died on 9th of November 1895), was a Scottish born Welsh Anglican bishop. He was born at Stonefield, Argyllshire, the son of James Campbell and his wife Wilhelmina, the daughter of Sir James Colquhoun. He was educated in Chester and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1836 and a Master of Arts three years later. In 1859, he received a Doctor of Divinity. He then became vicar in Roath in 1840 and was subsequently appointed rector in Merthyr Tydfil in 1844. He was nominated Archdeacon of Llandaff in 1857 and was consecrated 70th Bishop of Bangor in 1859.After more than forty years in this post, Campbell retired in 1890 and died at Hastings five years later. In 1840, he married Blanche, the daughter of John Bruce Pryce.

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Old Photograph John Pettie Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of John Pettie in Edinburgh, Scotland. John, born on the 17 of March 1839, died 21st of February 1893, was a Scottish painter who spent most of his career in England. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1866. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Alexander and Alison Pettie. In 1852 the family moved to East Linton, Haddingtonshire. When he was sixteen he entered the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh, working under Robert Scott Lauder.

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Tour Scotland Video Caledonian Classic Historic Motorsport Club Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Caledonian Classic and Historic Motorsport Club on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Vintage and classic cars arriving after their tour of the Kingdom of Fife.

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