Tour Scotland Video Scottish Canoe Association Tay Descent River Tay Old Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of paddlers at the Scottish Canoe Association River Tay Canoe and Kayak Descent at the Old Bridge on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Mountain Bike Airbag Jump City Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the mountain bike airbag jump in the city centre on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph War Memorial Braehead Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Braehead village located six miles North East of Lanark Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

Private, Archibald Aberdeen, Cameronians
Private, William Aberdeen, Cameron Highlanders
Second Lieutenant, John Blair, Cameronians, son of Mrs. Janet Prentice, 18, Parkhead Terrace, Ferguson St., Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
Private, George Burt, Gordon Highlanders, son of Mrs. Marion Burt, Croftlea Cottage, Braehead, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.
Gunner, J Burton, Royal Field Artillery
Lance Corporal, A Cairnduff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private, John Chapman, Cameronians
Lance Corporal, Alexander Donald, Cameron Highlanders, Son of Mary Donald, Ballochmorrie Farm, Pinwherry, Ayrshire, and the late John Donald.
Private, John Donald, Machine Gun Corps, son of Alexander and Catherine Donald, Braehead Mains, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.
Lance Sergeant, John Forrest, Royal Scots, son of John and Susan Forrest, Station House, Auchengray, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.



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Old Photograph Grouse Shooting Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of grouse shooting in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The name driven grouse shooting refers to the way in which the grouse are driven towards the hunters, otherwise known as Guns by beaters. A shooting party usually includes 8 to 10 Guns who stand in a line in the butts hides for shooting spaced some 20 to 30 metres apart, often screened by a turf or stone wall and usually sunken into the ground to minimise their profile to shoot the grouse in flight. There is a strict code of conduct governing behaviour on the grouse moor for both safety and etiquette. Grouse shooting can also be undertaken by walking up grouse over pointers, or by flushing the birds with other dogs.



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Old Photograph Harbour Perth Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The original harbour was further upriver, possibly at the end of High Street. Silt deposits, shifting of the river's bed and the increase in size of ships have led the harbour to be moved repeatedly downstream. In the 1840s, the tidal basin and quay that are currently in use were built on Sand Island at Friarton.



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OLd Photograph Auchencar Standing Stone Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of the standing stone at Auchencar by Machrie Bay on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Also known as the Druid stone. It is 5 metres tall. The area is most well known for its Standing Stones that are a local tourist attraction, along with the King's Cave which was believed to have been used by Robert the Bruce.



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Old Photograph Auchenhew Bay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Auchenhew Bay, Island of Arran, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Whitefarland Point Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, car and fishermen at Whitefarland Point, Isle of Arran, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Invercloy Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Invercloy by Brodick, Island of Arran, Scotland. There was a synagogue at one time in the Invercloy Hotel. Wartime evacuees swelled the numbers of the community. There were also wartime refugees in Ayrshire, including Susanne Schaefer and Lore Zimmerman, who came on the Kindertransport and were fostered by the Hamiltons of Rozelle House. In addition there was a refugee hostel, Birkenward in Skelmorlie.



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Old Photograph Bootmakers Kemnay Scotland

Old photograph of bootmakers in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The traditional boot maker would measure the feet and cut out upper leathers according to the required size. These parts were fitted and stitched together. The sole was next assembled, consisting of a pair of inner soles of soft leather, a pair of outer soles of firmer texture, a pair of welts or bands about one inch broad, of flexible leather, and lifts and top-pieces for the heels. The insole was then attached to a last made of wood, which was used to form the shoe. Some lasts were straight, while curved lasts came in pairs: one for left shoes, the other for right shoes. The 'lasting' procedure then secured the leather upper to the sole with tacks. The soles were then hammered into shape; the heel lifts were then attached with wooden pegs and the worn out sole was nailed down to the lifts. The finishing operation included paring, rasping, scraping, smoothing, blacking, and burnishing the edges of soles and heels, scraping, sand-papering, and burnishing the soles, withdrawing the lasts, and cleaning out any pegs which may have pierced through the inner sole.



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Old Photograph Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women at 69 Coplaw Street in Govanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. The hospital was opened in Hutchesontown in 1886 and relocated in Kingston three years later. The new hospital in Coplaw Street was built in the mid-1890s, designed by the architects Ninian McWhannell and John Rogerson. The design was an adaption of the 17th century Scottish Renaissance style and has just two storeys in the main. A dispensary was added in 1897 and two new wards were built in 1905 and 1924. The building with round towers in the foreground, on the corner of Victoria Road, was the Alice Mary Corbett Memorial Nurses' Home on the corner of Victoria Road. It was financed by Mrs Cameron Corbett of Rowallan and was built in 1904 and subsequently extended.



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Old Photograph Ardblair Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ardblair Castle near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish tower house was built by the Blairs during the Norman period, on the site of a fort. In the reign of King Robert III, born 1390, died 1406, the lands of Ardblair were granted to Thomas Blair of Balthayock, remaining with his family until 1792, when the estate passed to the Oliphants of Gask.

Prominent Blairs in Scottish history include: John Blair, chaplain to Sir William Wallace; Robert Blair, born 1699, died 1746, a poet best known for the epic poem The Grave; his son Robert Blair of Avantoun, born 1741, died 1811, Solicitor General for Scotland under King George III, and Lord President of the Court of Session, equivalent to Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; Doctor Patrick Blair, botanist and surgeon; Robert Blair, inventor of the aplanatic telescope; Eric Blair, a writer best known by his pen name George Orwell; Tony Charles Lynton Blair, born in 1953 in Edinburgh, educated in Fettis College, read law at Oxford University, in England, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Robin Orr Blair, appointed Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland by the Queen in 2001.

Blair is also a prominent surname in Ireland. These Blairs are primarily descended from Scots who settled in Northern Ireland in earlier centuries. Many moved on to the U.S. and the British Commonwealth, where they are found today, and were known as Scotch Irish.

The first Blair in America is thought to be Commissary James Blair, born in Edinburgh, educated in the University. of Edinburgh, who arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1685. He founded the second oldest college in America, William & Mary College, and served as president for 40 years and was acting Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1740 to 1741, while The Reverend John Blair, of Fagg’s Manor, helped found Princeton University. Other prominent Blairs in American history include John Blair, signer of the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Washington; Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor and confidante of several U.S. Presidents; Francis Preston Blair, Junior, Civil War General, U.S.Senator, and candidate for Vice President in 1868; Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General under President Lincoln; two state Governors, Austin Blair & James T. Blair, and a wife of a state Governor; numerous U.S. Congressman and Senators; John Insley Blair, a railroad magnate and philanthropist; Andrew Blair, Canadian Statesman, and Bonnie Blair of Champaign Illinois, Olympic Gold Medal winner for speed skating.



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Old Photograph Buchanan Retreat Bearsden Scotland

Old photograph of the Buchanan Retreat house in Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. Now known as Boclair House it was originally built as the Buchanan Retreat in 1890 by legacies from three Buchanan sisters of Bellfield, Ayrshire, to provide a home for elderly members of the Buchanan Clan. In due course the restriction to those called Buchanan had to be removed due to the lack of applications from people of that surname and, following an interest taken in the Institution by the Corporation of Glasgow, who were represented among the original trustees, it became a Home for elderly men. In 1960 the property was acquired by Bearsden Town Council and became the new Municipal Buildings. By 1975 the building housed the Administration and Finance Departments of the new Bearsden and Milngavie District Council.





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Old Photograph Broomhall House Scotland

Old photograph of Broomhall House near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is presently occupied by Lord Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine, hereditary chief of the clan Bruce, and the direct descendant of Thomas Bruce of Clackmannan Tower, appointed by the Bannockburn victor as his heir. The north frontage which incorporates the old house which was built about 1650. The south front was built by the 7th Earl of Elgin, born 1766, died 1841.



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Old Photograph John S Kennedy Memorial Kelvingrove Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the John S Kennedy Memorial in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This statue of a Tigress bringing a peacock to her cubs was presented by John S. Kennedy of New York, USA, to his native city in 1867. There is a copy in Central Park, New York. John Stewart Kennedy, born January 4, 1830, died October 30, 1909, was an American capitalist and philanthropist. He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club, also known as The millionaires Club, on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller among others. He was born near Glasgow, received a scant education in school, studied in his spare moments as a clerk, and at 20 was sent to America by an iron firm in London, England, in whose branch house in Glasgow he worked for four years. He was a manufacturers representative for tubing used in locomotives. Then he went again to New York and entered business with Morris K. Jesup. From this partnership he retired in 1867 and from active business in 1883, although he was still called upon after that date to aid in the reorganization of various financial concerns, notably in 1888, when he acted with J. S. Harris as receiver of the New Jersey Central Railroad. He died of whooping cough in 1909.



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Old Photograph Nisbet Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Nisbet Castle located South of Duns in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in about 1630 by Sir Alexander Nisbet, ancestor of the heraldic authority Alexander Nisbet, born 1657, died 1725. The Nisbet family built two fortified houses or pele towers in the 12th century, East Nisbet and West Nisbet. East Nisbet, now known as Allanbank, was located on the Blackadder Water near Allanton, although the original tower no longer exists. Wester Nisbet remains, and was extended in the 1630s to form the bulk of the present house. The laird at the time was Sir Alexander Nisbet of that Ilk, born 1580, died 1660. Sir Alexander Nisbet overextended his finances in supporting Charles I in the Civil War, and was forced to sell the property to John Ker in 1652. A square tower, with fine interior plasterwork, in the classical style of William Adam was added to the west end in 1774. The house remained with Ker descendants, latterly in the person of Lord Sinclair, until the 1950s, when the estate was sold to Lord Brocket. After partial modernisation, the house was sold again in the mid 1960s to a local farmer, and remained unoccupied until its recent and comprehensive restoration as a private residence.



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Old Photographs Blairfindy Lodge Scotland

Old photograph of Blairfindy Lodge, Glenlivet, Moray, Scotland. The Dukes of Richmond and Gordon built this building as a shooting lodge.

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Old Photograph Dalnaglar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dalnaglar Castle, Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland. Originally an early 19th century hunting lodge, the castle was commissioned by Lord Clyde, Queen Victoria's banker. Ian David Burke a Scottish Architect, born 5 September 1915, died 8 January 1999, restored Dalnaglar Castle, which was his home for 40 years.



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Old Photograph Purves Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Purves Hall, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the later part of the nineteenth century as a replacement for the peel tower to the north, which was recorded as being in a ruinous condition in the mid nineteenth century. A seventeenth-century window incorporated into the south-west wall of the house probably came from the older building, as it has a carved panel bearing the date 1675.



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Old Photograph Caprington Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Caprington Castle near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was originally a Tower House in the early 15th Century built for Adam Cunningham. The present building was erected about 1820 by Sir William Cuninghame. The tower which forms the South West part of the building is said to be of 15th century date, with 17th, 18th and 19th century alterations. Caprington Castle remains the private residence of the Cunningham Family.



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Old Photographs Drumkilbo House Scotland

Old photograph of Drumkilbo House near Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is located on the edge of the village of Meigle, about ten miles east of Blairgowrie, and adjacent to the estate of Glamis Castle. The first recorded owner of Drumkilbo was Robert the Bruce; he passed it to his liegeman Morice de Tiry in about 1300. For 300 years it was the home of the Tyree family, including Jesuit theologian James Tyrie, born 1543, died 1597, and Sir Thomas Tyree, race horse owner and associate of Charles I of England. In 1650 it became the property of the Nairne family. Lord Wharncliffe purchased Drumkilbo in about 1851; he sold it to Edward Cox in 1900. The Cox family at that time were the leading proprietors of the jute industry in Dundee. In 1951 Drumkilbo was sold to the 17th Lord Elphinstone, whose nephew inherited it in 1975, and sold off much of the estate in 1984.

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Old Photograph Allander Toll House Scotland

Old photograph of Allander Toll House cottage by Milngavie, Scotland. Located in East Dunbartonshire, on the Allander Water, at the North Western edge of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Pinkie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pinkie House, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Pinkie was formerly the country seat of the abbots of Dunfermline in Fife, and the tower house was built some time in the 16th century on the site of the Battle of Pinkie. In 1597, following the Reformation, it passed to Alexander Seton. He served as James VI's chancellor, and was created Earl of Dunfermline in 1605. The young Prince Charles, later Charles I, lived here as a boy, after his father's move to London at the Union of the Crowns in 1603. He slept in what is still known as The King's Room. In 1607 Seton married his third wife, Margaret Hay of Yester, and from 1613 set about expanding the house, adding a long wing to the south, and decorating the interior. In 1694 the property passed to the Hays, the Marquess of Tweeddale adding a door to the east front. In 1745, following victory at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Edward Stuart stayed here, as well as using the building as a field hospital. In 1778 the Hays sold the building to Archibald Hope of Craighall, who made further alterations, and added a stable block. Extensions were carried out in 1825, designed by William Burn. In 1951 Pinkie House was bought by Loretto School.



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Old Photograph Shops People Houses High Street Perth Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and houses on the High Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Ladykirk Church Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was originally dedicated as Our Lady Kirk of Steill, is said to have been built during the last years of the 1490s on the orders of King James IV of Scotland. On returning from the siege of Norham Castle in 1496, King James IV is said to have fallen from his horse into the Tweed. He attributed his survival to the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Ladykirk is a fine example of late Scottish Gothic architecture, grander than its location required because of its royal patronage, and now home to a bust of King James IV. It is one of the few stone roofed churches in Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Clunie Footbridge Over Loch Faskally Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Clunie Footbridge over Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. This bridge carries a footpath over Loch Faskally immediately West of Coronation Bridge. This Scottish bridge is unusual in being built of aluminium alloy.The consulting engineers were Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners and the contractors P. & W. McLennan Ltd, Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunnybrae Cottage Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Sunnybrae Cottage on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Once an inn, it was the scene in 1767 of a tragic accident involving cousins John Stewart of Bonskeid and Donald Stewart of Sheierglass. During a fight, Bonskeid was stabbed by Sheierglass' knife which was being used as cutlery during a meal. It is rumoured that, following the Highland belief that if a murderer could see light under their victims coffin, they would escape punishment, Shierglass hid until the funeral procession passed by, then fled to Holland where he stayed for many years before returning and settling back in Highland Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Wood Sculpture Faskally Near Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of a wood sculpture by Loch Faskally near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Youth Hostel Glen Brittle Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the Youth Hostel in Glen Brittle on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Many tributaries of the River Brittle run down from these mountains into the glen, including a stream with waterfalls known as the Fairy Pools, a popular place to go for a walk. Because of its location by the peaks, the area is popular with hikers and mountain bikers. The most popular choice of accommodation is the SYHA's 1930s youth hostel by the Allt a' Choire Ghreadaidh, a Brittle tributary, just north of Glenbrittle hamlet. This is an ideal starting point for walks up to the Cuillin hills. The sandy beach at the southernmost point of the glen is the most popular attraction. It is adjacent to the campsite, where there is also a grocery shop, and campers often visit the beach and swim in the loch.



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Old Photograph Royal Alexandra Infirmary Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish hospital can trace its history back to 1788, when a dispensary for the poor was established. In 1805, this became a House of Recovery for catering for those with infectious diseases, which developed into a general infirmary with medical and surgical wards in 1850. Renamed the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, it moved to a new building in 1900 and then again, to the current site, in 1986.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Troon Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. The town is served by Troon railway station. Troon, old, railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. A line had been there previously used by the Duke of Portland for the transport of coal from the collieries in East Ayrshire but was upgraded to run Steam locomotives.



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Old Photograph Drill Hall Southend Scotland

Old photograph of the Drill Hall, cottages and people in Southend, which is situated 8 miles South of, Campbeltown, Scotland. The village hall, now the Dunaverty Hall, was built as a drill hall in about 1913. In 1914 it was the base for " C " Company, 8th battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Records also show the existence of a drill hall in 1882 which was the base of " G " Company, 2nd Argyll Rifle Volunteers, from 1887 the 5th Volunteer Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.





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Old Photograph North Church Buchlyvie Scotland

Old photograph of the North Church and cottages in Buchlyvie village in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The village of Buchlyvie had two churches, a United Free Church of Scotland in the north of the village on Station Road and a Church of Scotland in the south east of the village on the Main Street. In 1931 the churches were merged as a parish of the Church of Scotland. Buchlyvie North Church on Station Road has since been disused.



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Old Photograph Scoonie War Memorial Durie Street Leven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Scoonie War Memorial on Durie Street in Leven, Fife, Scotland.

Roll Of Honour includes:

Trooper, John Duncan, Royal Armoured Corps, lost at sea age 29
Leading Aircraft Woman, Elizabeth Smith Dempster, age 25, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Daughter of Elizabeth Rose Cunningham Dempster, of Leven.
Corporal, Adam Cubie McLuckie, age 29, Seaforth Highlanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam McLuckie.
Trooper, Andrew Reid, age 27, Reconnaissance Corps, son of David and Agnes Reid; husband of Isabella Reid, of Kennoway, Fife.
Trooper, John Warrender, age 21, Royal Tank Regiment, son of Beatrice Warrender, of Leven, Fife.
Chief Engineer Officer, David Francis Randolph Campbell, age 62, Merchant Navy, S.S. Jalapadma.
Trimmer, James I. P. Duff, age 18, Merchant Navy, S.S. Oropos.
Boy, George Finlay, age 16, Merchant Navy, S.S. Hindpool.
Assistant Cook, John Black Gartshore, Merchant Navy, M.V. Rosewood.
Fireman and Trimmer, Alexander Person Herd, age 28, Merchant Navy, S.S. Chulmleigh.
Junior Engineer, George Hounam Smith, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, H.M.S. Voltaire
Chief Officer, William Smith, age 28, Merchant Navy, S.S. Aelybryn
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, William Warrender Beveridge, age 24, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Quorn.
Able Seaman, Henry Butters Blyth, age 23, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Royal Oak.
Stoker 1st Class, Robert Cheape, age 32, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Boadicea.
Able Seaman, John Bernard Cowper, age 22, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Goodall
Corporal, James Wilson, age 25, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Renown.

Leven is 67 miles from Glasgow and Paisley.



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Old Photograph Road To Torbeg Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage by the road to Torbeg on the Island of Arran, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Road To Bodesbeck Law Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by the road to Bodesbeck Law near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Bodesbeck Law hill rises steeply above the South Eastern side of the Moffat Water.



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Old Photograph Shops People Houses Bus Coupar Angus Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people, houses and bus in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Coupar Angus was the birthplace of Jock Sutherland, coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1946 to 1947. William Nairne Clark, one of the two protagonists that fought the last recorded Regulation duel with flintlock pistols in Western Australia, was born in Coupar Angus in 1804. Clark and his opponent, George French Johnson, faced each other in Fremantle, Western Australia, on the morning of Friday 6 June 1832. Johnson was fatally wounded in the hip in the encounter. Clark was subsequently charged with, and acquitted of, Johnson's murder. Clark, who had trained as a lawyer,emigrated to Western Australia on the convict ship Eliza in 1830. He initially practised as a lawyer before founding The West Australian Journal newspaper in 1836. The Scottish Fold breed of cat originated in Coupar Angus. Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus from 1939 to 1945.



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Old Photograph Pier Whiting Bay Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cars, buses and people by the pier at Whiting Bay on the Island of Arran, Scotland. Whiting Bay is the third largest village on the island, after Lamlash and Brodick, and was once the site of the longest pier in Scotland.



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Old Photographs Fisher Folk Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of fisher folk on the coast at Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Formerly a prosperous fishing and whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the " richest square mile in Europe. " Hugh Malcolm was born in Broughty Ferry on 2 May 1917, and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. He entered the Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 9 January 1936. In January 1938, Malcolm joined 26, Army Co-operation, squadron at Catterick. In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash. By the end of 1941 he had risen to the rank of squadron leader and joined No 18 Squadron as a flight commander, flying the Bristol Blenheim and based in Suffolk, England. Malcolm was a 25 year old Wing Commander commanding 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 December, he led a thirteen strong attack on an enemy fighter airfield near Chougui, Tunisia. On reaching the target, however, and starting the attack, the squadron was intercepted by an overwhelming force of enemy fighters from I and II. Gruppen JG 53, and 11 Staffel, JG 2. One by one, all his bombers were shot down, until he himself was shot down in flames. Malcolm's aircraft crashed in flames some 15 miles west of the target. An infantry officer and two other men who arrived at the scene of the crash minutes later retrieved the body of navigator Pilot Officer James Robb. Malcolm, with Robb and gunner Pilot Officer James Grant DFC, were buried in the Beja War Cemetery in a collective grave. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 27 April 1943. His was the first Royal Air Force Victoria Cross to be won in North Africa.

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Old Photograph Lindores Loch Scotland

Old photograph of a mother with two boys by Lindores Loch near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The old Abdie Parish Church ruins are close to the north shoreline. The ruins of Inchrye House, a grand Victorian Gothic house to which estate the loch once belonged, lay to the East. The rail line between Perth and Ladybank is located on the west shoreline. The loch was an important source of water for powering mills in the Lindores valley, where up to 13 mills of various types operated from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. A curling pond is situated on the Northern shoreline and is nominally used by the Abdie Curling Club and Abdie ladies Curling Club.



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Old Photograph Glasgow Corporation Waterworks Loch Katrine Scotland

Old photograph of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks by Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Scotland. The growth of Glasgow and the subsequent need for unpolluted water for human consumption and for a guaranteed source for industrial needs saw the decision to build an aqueduct to provide water to the city. Loch Katrine was chosen to be the source of the supply. An intake was constructed by 1855 at Royal Cottage allowing a controlled water supply to flow from Loch Katrine into the aqueduct system. The system was inaugurated by Queen Victoria on 14th October 1859. By 1883 an additional supply from Loch Katrine was needed due to the increased consumption of water by the city. An additional aqueduct was constructed resulting in the need for a second intake which was completed in 1885. The new aqueduct 23.5 miles in length was officially opened on 21st June 1901.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Lasswade Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

David Anderson
James Anderson
James Bisset
James Bowman
James Cairns
Arch. Cunningham
Timothy Dempsey
Andrew Elder
John Hutchison
John Johnstone
John King
Charles Knowles
John Darg Laing
Henry Lumsden
David Mallin
John McFadyen
James McGhee
George Masterton
William Masterton
William Murdoch
George Proudfoot
John Purves
John S. Rae
David Robertson
William Scott
Robert Smith
Charles Stewart

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Joseph Cousins
Robert Dundas
Ronald Forrester
Henry Graham
Charles Michael
Neil N.M. Morris
George McQueen
Andrew Scott
MacKenzie Sharpe

The distance from Lasswade to Glasgow and Paisley is 50 miles



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Old Photographs King Street Kilmarnock Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops and people on King Street in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph St Andrew's U F Church Dalry Scotland

Old photograph of St Andrew's U F Church on New Street in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1843 the Church of Scotland was torn in half, when around 500 ministers broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland, this event became known as the Disruption. It was during this period that St Andrew’s was built at New Street; the disruption came to an end in the 1920’s when the two wings of the church formed a Union.



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Old Photograph Post Office Waterloo Place Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office on Waterloo Place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The foundation stone of the building was laid on October 23, 1861, by Prince Albert. The building opened on May 7, 1866 and closed in October 1995.



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Old Photograph Pump Room Highland Hotel Strathpeffer Scotland

Old photograph of the Pump Room and Highland Hotel in Strathpeffer, Scotland. This Scottish hotel was built by the Highland Railway Company to its standard design in 1911 and overlooked the main Pump Room in the centre of the village.



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Old Photograph Pavilion Strathpeffer Scotland

Old photograph of the Pavilion in Strathpeffer, Scotland. Built in 1879 the pavilion was officially opened by the Duchess of Sutherland, First Countess of Cromartie, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower in 1881. This building served as a grand hall in the Victorian spa village and became the centre of entertainment for locals and visitors. Famous speakers at the pavilion included the prominent suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, the explorer Ernest Shackleton, and lectures given by the Irish dramatist and political thinker George Bernard Shaw. During World War I, many building in the village were requisitioned by the military, and the pavilion served as a hospital for the USA Navy. The pavilion was even visited by the Beatles in January 1963 but, contrary to popular lore, they never actually performed at the Pavilion.



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Old Photograph Cottages Houses People Killin Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shops and people in Killin, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Edderton Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Edderton in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Opened in 1864, the station came under the control of the Highland Railway Line, formed the following year. Now closed, this station originally had two platforms.



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Old Photograph Steel Casket National War Memorial Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Steel Casket in the National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. After the First World War, a former barracks in Edinburgh Castle was converted into a National Shrine to those who had lost their lives. The dead of the Second World War and other conflicts since 1945 are also commemorated. Inside is the Hall of Honour and the Shrine itself, an apse with stained glass windows and a steel casket containing the complete Roll of Honour of the Scottish war dead.



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Old Photograph Colonel James Gardiner Monument Prestonpans Scotland

Old photograph of the Colonel James Gardiner monument in Prestonpans to the East of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Colonel James Gardiner, born 11 January 1688, died 21 September 1745, was a Scottish soldier who fought in the British Army, including during the 1745 Jacobite rising. He was born at Carriden, educated in Linlithgow, and joined the army at the age of fourteen. He served with distinction in several battles and was promoted through the ranks to Colonel in 1743. He was known as a rake in his youth, but had a religious experience in 1719 and became a devout convert. In 1726 he married Frances Erskine, daughter to the ninth Earl of Buchan; five of their thirteen children survived to adulthood. During the Battle of Ramillies he was shot through the mouth and nearly killed by a French soldier who had returned to plunder the dead. However, Gardiner was spared after being mistaken for a French soldier. At the Battle of Prestonpans he was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some foot soldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle Gardiner was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died. By a quirk of fate Gardiner lived close to the battlefield in Bankton House.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Dunbar, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

William Amos
A. Stewart Anderson
Duncan Anderson
Edward Anderson
George Anderson
Robert Anderson
James Angus
John Bald
William J. Black
James M. Borthwick
Thomas Boyce
James Boyle
William Brims
James Browning
Robert L. Bruce
Alexander S. Budge
James Buglass
Charles H. Burgoyne
P.F. Burgoyne
George Burton
Alexander Campbell
William Chapman
Hugh Christie
William Coe
William Colborne
John Y. Collins
James Collins
George H. Combe
George E. Crooke
John Cross
William Cunningham
Thomas Curr
James W. Davis
Kenneth Dickson
William S. Dickson
John Donaldson
Thomas Edington
John Edmonds
Alex. McK. Elrick
John Esson
Gavin Fairbairn
John Fairbairn
Peter Fairbairn
John Farquhar
John A. Farrell
Adam Fleming
Robert K. Galloway
Robert Gardner
Thomas Gardner
James Gaughan
John Gaughan
Thomas Gilhooly
James Gillan
John Gillan
James W. Good
William Gordon
Peter Grant
William Gullen
George Hannah
Andrew C. Henderson
George Henderson
James Hepburn
James Herkes
William Hill
Peter Hogg
Alexander Hunter
Walter Jardine
James R. Jeffrey
B. Jenkins
Charles Kerse
John Kerr
Rev. James Kirk
James Knox
William Lough
John P. Mason
Robert Maon
Thomas Mason
George Mercer
Richard Mercer
Alexander Millar
Alexander Miller
David T. Marr
Hugh Marr
Robert Marr
Edward A. Marrow
James Moncrieff
John Moncrieff
William J. Mustarde
Andrew Moody
James T. Moody
John E. Myles
George MacDonald
David J. MacLeod
Robert MacLeod
John C. McIntosh
Alexander Nisbet
James O'Brien
John O'Brien
William Paxton
Robert Penney
Martin Pott
Robert Pow
G.C. Prescott
Robert S. Prescott
W.B.W. Prescott
Robert Preston
John Punton
William Punton
John Pritchard
Angus Ramage
W.B. Robertson
Ralph S. Russell
Sinclair B. Rutherford
George A. Scott
Robert Shiell
James H. Smith
Robert Smith
Thomas Smith
William Smith
John Stewart
Peter Stewart
Peter Stewart
Alex. J. Tait
David J. Thomson
James Turnbull
Alex. M. Vassie
Charles E. Vassie
James Veitch
George W. Warren
Sir George John Scott Warrender, Bart.
William Watson
William Watt
Malcolm R. Wingate
Thomas Young
Sister Violet Fraser

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

Robert G. Amos
William Archibald
Richard Barber
Edgar S. Beevers
William B. Blair
George C. Brunton
William Burns
Samuel Cameron
Colin Campbell
John G. Cook
William Crarer
Edward Dann
Stewart McL. Donaldson
Andrew H. Dores
William McL. Dores
William J. Fairbairn
Philip L. Gullane
James Gullen
James Hastie
Rupert A. Hendy
James B. Herbert
Alexander Herkess
James Herkes
Robert Heugh
William Hewat
James F. Hughes
Hugh Hume
James G. Johnston
William Jowitt
Murdoch MacPherson
George Main
Robert Main
Robert A. Malcolm
Robert B. Marr
William McDonald
Angus F. McPherson
William A. Murray
James Nairn
Arthur Paxton
Henry Paxton
Adam Peffers
John A. Rennie
Ian J. Robertson
James Robertson
Peter Robertson
William Robertson
Arthur L. Sargeant
John Smail
Alexander Smith
Hugh Smith
Thomas E. Smith
Thomas J. Songhurst
George E. Thomson
Robert E. Tofts
Luigi Togneri
Peter P. Watson
Robert Watson
Allan H. White
James H. Williams
Albert Wilson
Joseph M. Wilson
John Wood
David C. Young
Robert Young
Agnes Johnstone
Colin A. Malcolm
Dennis Moore - Died 25th September 1949

Dunbar is 75 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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