Old Photograph Barshaw House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the early 1800s by Robert Smith, and later reconstructed by wealthy Paisley businessman James Arthur. The estate was sold to Paisley Town Council in 1911, with the park officially opening the following year. The mansion house became an infirmary, and in 1917 a military hospital for wounded soldiers.



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Old Photograph Barshaw Park Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw Park in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In the early years of the 20th century, Paisley Burgh Council was looking for a site for a park which would be suitable for use by the public for recreational purposes. Extensive grounds at Barshaw, which covered some 55 acres, were bought from the Arthur family in December 1911. The Arthur family was well known in Paisley and owned several firms in Glasgow. Work was carried out on the park to bring it up to a suitable standard before its official opening on 15 June 1912.



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Old Photograph Auchencorlie House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Auchencorlie House to the East of Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1910, the Paisley Parish Council took over a large property known as Auchentorlie House on Seedhill Road to the east of Paisley. The house was used as a children's home and for maternity cases and had a total capacity of 77 inmates. The buildings consisted of two floors, plus attics, and included dormitories for boys and girls, a day room and dining-hall for the children, a waiting room for maternity cases, an accouchement, delivery, room, probationary wards, bathrooms and lavatories, kitchens and outhouses, and staff quarters. The children's home was intended for to prevent children of good character from coming into contact with the ordinary inmates of the poorhouse. Neglected and under-fed children were sent to a separate children's home at Largs.



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Old Photograph Clark Town Hall Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Clark Town Hall in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Paisley Town Hall, adjacent to the Abbey, was funded by the will of George Aitken Clark, one of the Clark family, owners of the Anchor Mills. In competition, Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, also in a neo-Classical style. The Clarks and Coats families dominated Paisley industry until their companies merged in 1896.



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Old Photograph Glen House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Glen House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was built around 1859 by William Fulton, Laird of Glenfield. who owned the nearby dyeing and finishing Works not far from Glasgow.



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Old Photograph The Haining House Scotland

Old photograph of The Haining House near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The Haining is recorded in the 15th century as a property of the Scott family. In 1625 Lawrence Scott sold it to Andrew Riddell, of Riddell, who built up the estate in the 17th century. In 1701 the estate was bought by Andrew Pringle of Clifton for his second son John Pringle, a lawyer. That first house may have been commissioned by John Pringle, or it may have already been in place when he arrived. The designed landscape was begun by John, and extended during the 18th and 19th centuries, with extensive tree planting carried out. In 1754 it was passed by Andrew Pringle's older son to John Pringle, merchant in Madeira, a younger brother of Andrew. It was passed in 1792 to the merchant's great nephew Mark Pringle. In 1794, Mark began construction of a new classical-style house, adjacent to the older house on the north shore of the loch. This new building has been attributed to Kelso-based architect and builder William Elliot. Mark died in 1812 and around 1820, his son John Pringle, who had inherited, rebuilt the new house with an Ionic portico and loggia, to designs by architect Archibald Elliot. Further extensions were planned to replace the old house, but these were never carried out. Marble statues were installed on the garden terrace at this time, and several estate buildings including the stables were erected. Captain John Pringle kept a menagerie on the estate, including a bear, wolf and monkey, whose cages still stand. On John's death in 1831, the estate passed to his brother Robert, also a soldier, then their sister Margaret. Her daughter Anne Pringle-Pattison left The Haining to a relative, Andrew Seth, born 1856, died 1931, a philospoher at the University of Edinburgh, who subsequently took the name Pringle-Pattison. During these years the house was leased, until 1939, when the estate was split up and sold. The house was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War, and was occupied by Free Polish soldiers, including their mascot, Wojtek the bear. The old house burnt down in 1944, and was demolished in the late 1950s.



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Old Photograph Byre Theatre in St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Byre Theatre in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This small Scottish theatre was originally founded in 1933 by Charles Marford, an actor and Alexander B Paterson, a local journalist and playwright, with help from a theatre group made up from members of Hope Park Church, St Andrews.



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Old Photograph Lifeboat Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of the lifeboat pulled by horses on the beach in Montrose, Scotland. Montrose Lifeboat Station is part of the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. Find out about the station, its history, its lifeboats, its crew and its latest rescues.



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Old Photograph Wishing Stone Glen Nevis Scotland

Old photograph of the Wishing Stone in Glen Nevis, Scotland. The Wishing Stone, known as Samuel's Stone, Clach MicShomhairle, and the Counsel Stone, Clach Chomhairle, has many legends associated with it. It was said that the Wishing Stone would answer questions asked by elders who consulted it at certain times of the year when it supposedly revolved. Nowadays, people hop round it three times and make a wish. Legend has it that if you can make the stone turn your wish is granted.



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Old Photograph Johnstounburn House Scotland

Old photograph of Johnstounburn House near Humbie in East Lothian, Scotland. The current house was built in 1623 as a coaching Inn on the stagecoach route from Edinurgh to London. It became known as Highwayman's Haunt as it was a meeting place for thieves who robbed the coaches as they slowly moved up nearby Soutra Hill. The house was bought and expanded by Edinburgh whisky baron Andrew Usher in 1884 who entertained shooting parties there until his death in 1898. Another owner was John Hunt who climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.



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Old Photograph Jean Armour House Mauchline Scotland

Old photograph of the Jean Armour house in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. The upper window on the left of these two cottages is where Jean Armour and Robert Burns lived in 1788. Born in Mauchline, Ayrshire in 1765, Jean Armour was second oldest of the eleven children of stonemason James Armour and Mary Smith Armour. She met Robert Burns on a drying green in Mauchline around 1784 when she chased his dog away from her laundry. According to Armour's testimony in 1827, she met Burns again at a local dance and they subsequently " fell acquainted ". Her marriage to Robert Burns was registered on 5 August 1788 in Mauchline, the parish records describe them as having been " irregularly married some years ago. " Jean Armour and Robert Burns had nine children together ( he had at least another four by other women ), the last of whom was born on the day of his funeral in July 1796.



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Old Photograph Castle of Old Wick Scotland

Old photograph of Castle of Old Wick in Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in the 12th century when the Norwegian earldom of Orkney included Caithness, and was united under Harald Maddadsson. The castle is thought to have been his stronghold on the mainland of Britain. There is evidence that the site was occupied before the present castle was built. During the 14th century it was owned by Sir Reginald de Cheyne who was a supporter of King Edward I during his attempt to establish John Balliol as King of Scotland, although there is no evidence of a battle having taken place there. It was abandoned in the 18th century. The castle was built to the same plan as Brough Castle, which is about 20 miles to the north west, on the Pentland Firth coast of Caithness.



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Old Photograph Bucholly Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Bucholly Castle in Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish castle also known as Buchollie, or Bucholie, dating from the period 1400 to 1542, stands on a peninsula 100 feet high, cut off from land by a trench. The castle was once known as Freswick. The property belonged to the Mowats from the time of King Robert I, until 1661, when it passed to the Sinclairs.



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Tour Scotland Video Lochgelly Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland video of the Lochgelly Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. Each year, on the second Sunday of June, a truly Scottish event takes place in the beautiful grounds of Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Arbroath Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland video of the Arbroath Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. After a period of having no band in the town, members of previous bands came together to form a new Aberbrothock band in 1972. The band under the leadership of Pipe Major Tom Dear, undertook fundraising and along with support from Arbroath Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland, purchased uniforms and instruments. The affiliation with the Arbroath Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland was strengthened in 1974 when the band changed its name to Arbroath RBLS Pipe Band.

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Tour Scotland Video Lathallan School Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of the Lathallan School Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. 2014 saw the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Lathallan School Pipe Band, and the Band remains a tradition, which is at the heart of the school.

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Tour Scotland Video Vale of Atholl Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band is a competitive grade one pipe band. The band has placed highly in the Major Scottish competitions and the World Pipe Band Championships.

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