Tour Scotland December Video Schiehallion Mountain Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland December video of Schiehallion mountain on ancestry visit to Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mountain is located between Loch Tay and Loch Tummel, 10 miles north of Aberfeldy. Schiehallion's isolated position and regular shape led it to be selected by Charles Mason for a ground-breaking experiment to estimate the mass of the Earth in 1774. The name Schiehallion is an anglicised form of the Gaelic name Sìdh Chailleann, which translates as Fairy Hill of the Caledonians. It is also known to some as The Maiden's Pap, or Constant Storm.

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Old Photograph St Nicholas Golf Club Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course at St Nicholas Golf Club in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. This the 26th oldest Golf Club in the world having been founded on 3rd November 1851 by 28 local men. One of these men was Old Tom Morris from St Andrews, Fife, who had been brought to Prestwick Golf Club when it was founded earlier in 1851 to be Keeper of the Greens, Club and Ball Maker.



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Old Photograph Grangemuir Gardens Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Grangemuir Gardens in Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Granton Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram in Granton in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1909, Leith Corporation ran trams from Leith to Granton. They were joined in 1923 by trams from the Edinburgh Corporation, resulting at one time in seven tram routes to the area: four from Leith via Lower Granton Road, three via Granton Road. Trams to Granton were withdrawn in stages, from 1952 to 1956, and replaced by buses.



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Old Photograph Muirhead Of Liff Scotland

Old photograph of houses and a passenger bus on Coupar Angus road in Muirhead Of Liff near Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Manse Street Aberdour Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people on Manse Street in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph West End City Centre Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, and people on the West End of the city centre in Paisley by Glasgow, 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. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish Ancestry or Roots in Scotland.



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Old Photograph Beach Aberdour Scotland

Old photograph of people walking by the beach in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Clyde Street Motherwell Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, Tram and people on Clyde Street in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is located South East of Glasgow. James Conacher was born on May 5, 1921 in Motherwell, Scotland. Conacher started his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. He went on to play with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks. Conacher recorded 85 goals and 117 assists for 202 points in 328 career NHL games. After his hockey career, he worked as an advertising salesman for newspaper companies in Toronto. Conacher was married to Bonnie, who died November 2013. He resides in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The couple was active in the Vancouver Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Carn Dearg Youth Hostel Gairloch Scotland

Old photograph of Carn Dearg Youth Hostel in Gairloch, Scotland. This Scottish Youth Hostel on Big Sand Road is a former hunting lodge.



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Old Photograph St Margaret’s Church Juniper Green Scotland

Old photograph of St Margaret’s Church in Juniper Green located South West of Edinburgh, Scotland. St Margaret’s Church was deemed surplus to requirements by the Church Of Scotland and was demolished to make way for the sheltered housing complex of St Margaret’s Court named after the former church building.



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Old Photograph South African War Memorial Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of the South African War Memorial in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

The stone statue shows a soldier of the Argyll and Southerland Highlanders standing protectively over a wounded comrade.

Roll of Honour

Lieutenant Harold Percival Paton, Protectorate Regiment

Second Lieut Edward John Younger, 16th Queens Hussars

Private Frank Lynn, 2nd Dragoons

Private David McGregor, Highland Light Infantry

Trooper John W Hastings, Kimberly Light Horse

Lance Corpl RH Alston Hunter, 18th Hussars

Private Robert C Johnstone, Kings Own Scottish Borderers

Private John Wright, Royal Highlanders

Sergeant Piper Robert Watt, Kings Own Scottish Borderers

Lance Corporal David M Stirling, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Private William WWA Miller, Transvaal Constabulary

The distance from Glasgow and Paisley to Alloa is 33 miles

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Old Photograph Gordon Barracks Bridge Of Don Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of Gordon Barracks at Bridge Of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland. The barrack buildings, which were built by J and W Wittet between 1933 and 1935, are located around the barrack square. The barracks became the depot of the Gordon Highlanders as soon as they opened in 1935. Gordon Barracks are now used by a variety of organisations, including Territorial Army signals and medical units. The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994 when it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders, Seaforth and Camerons, to form the Highlanders, Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Market On The Green Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Market On The Green in Aberdeen, Scotland. The area known as The Green was one of four administrative medieval quarters recorded by 1399 and an important point of entry to the city. Located close to the developing harbour and near one of the town “ ports ” which controlled trade, it was closely associated with trading. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Coal Workings Cowglen Scotland

Old photograph of coal workings at Cowglen by Thornliebank a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. The workings here are thought to date back to the 1830's.

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Old Photograph Old Mill Military Hospital Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of Old Mill Military Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. Designed by Alexander Brown and George Watter, the Oldmill Poorhouse was erected in 1904. Between May 1915 and June 1919 Oldmill was evacuated and used as a military hospital, the patients and ordinary inmates being sent to other hospitals and poorhouses in the area.



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Old Photograph Road Repair Man Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a road repair man in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph High Street North Berwick Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars and people on the High Street in North Berwick, Scotland. North Berwick is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles north east of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the nineteenth century because of its two sandy beaches, the East, or Milsey Bay beach and the West Bay beach, and continues to attract holidaymakers. Golf courses at the ends of each bay are open to visitors.



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Old Photograph Commonside Street Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people on Commonside Street in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Airdrie is situated about 12 miles east of Glasgow city centre. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph New Market Street Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of people and houses on New Market Street in Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk is situated in the Forth Valley, almost midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Craigower Hotel Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars and Craigower Hotel in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Victoria Street Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars and people on Victoria Street in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town on the River Cree was founded in the mid 17th century by William Stewart, fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Galloway. The New Town of Stewart was granted burgh status by charter from King Charles II, allowing a weekly market and two annual fairs to be held. It was on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St Ninian at Whithorn in 1329 that Robert the Bruce forded the river where the present bridge stands. Designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1813 the present bridge replaced the old bridge of 1745 which was destroyed by floods in 1806. film The Wicker Man was filmed almost entirely on location around Newton Stewart. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Great Junction Street Leith Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and buildings on Great Junction Street in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, to a site that is now Parliament Street, off Coalhill. Leith Docks became known as the port for Edinburgh and modest shipbuilding and repair facilities grew. On 20 May 1806. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Bridge Street Lockerbie Scotland

Old photograph of people and church on Bridge Street in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town is located approximately 75 miles from from Glasgow, and 20 miles from the border with England. The town came to international attention in December 1988 when the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed there following a terrorist bomb attack aboard the flight. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph High Street Dalbeattie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on the High Street in Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The building of the bridge over the River Urr at Craignair in 1797 and the rapid expansion of the granite industry in Dalbeattie attracted more people to settle in the town. By 1810 work in the quarries was plentiful, and over the next 30 years a lot of tradespeople settled and founded businesses in Dalbeattie. William McMaster Murdoch, was born in Dalbeattie on 28 February 1873, he was a Scottish sailor who was notable as the first officer of the Titanic. Mystery also surrounds his death on 15 April 1912. Born from a family of sailors, he was employed by the White Star Line in 1900 and quickly became an officer. In 1903, his leadership became recognized when he avoided a collision with the Arabic. In April 1912, he served as First Officer aboard the RMS Titanic. He is notable as the officer in charge on the bridge the night when the Titanic collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. He was one of the 1,500 people who died in the disaster. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs High Street Hawick Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, cars, shops, people and buildings on the High Street in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. In the centre of the High Street is the Scots baronial style Town Hall, built in 1886, and the east end has an equestrian statue, known as the Horse, erected in 1914. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Gauze Street Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, and people on Gauze Street in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Paisley, as with other areas in Renfrewshire, was at one time famous for its weaving and textile industries. As a consequence, the Paisley pattern has long symbolic associations with the town. Until the Jacquard loom was introduced in the 1820s, weaving was a cottage industry. This innovation led to the industrialisation of the process and many larger mills were created in the town. Also as a consequence of greater mechanisation, many weavers lost their livelihoods and left for Canada and Australia. Paisley was for many years a centre for the manufacture of cotton sewing thread. At the heyday of Paisley thread manufacture in the 1930s, there were 28,000 people employed in the huge Anchor and Ferguslie mills of J & P Coats Ltd, said to be the largest of their kind in the world at that time. In the 1950s, the mills diversified into the production of synthetic threads but production diminished rapidly as a result of less expensive imports from overseas and the establishment of mills in India and Brazil by J & P Coats. By the end of the 1993, there was no thread being produced in Paisley. Both industries have left a permanent mark on the town in the form of the many places with textile related names, for example, Dyer's Wynd, Cotton Street, Thread Street, Shuttle Street, Lawn Street, Silk Street, Mill Street, Gauze Street and Incle Street.



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Old Photograph St Meddans Street Troon Scotland

Old photograph of houses, church and people on St Meddans Street in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Troon is famous for its Royal Troon golf course, one of the hosts to the Open Golf Championship. Troon Harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. Troon old railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The Grey Lady of Troon. The Grey Lady is a tale or fable that has surrounded Troon for years. She was first sighted by Jason Grant, a local farmer, in 1873. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Cameron Highlanders Pipe Band Inverness Scotland

Old photograph of the Cameron Highlanders Pipe Band in Inverness, Scotland. The Regiment was formed during the height of the French Revolutionary Wars, 1792 to 1802, by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht in 1793. It was named after one of the most powerful Highland Clans at the time as the Cameronian Volunteers, but soon designated as the 79th Regiment of Foot Cameronian Volunteers. The Regiment was then sent to the West Indies and remained at Martinique for 2 years, where it suffered terribly from disease, to such an extent that fit men were allowed to transfer to other Regiments and only 200 men returned to England in 1797.



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Old Photograph Nenthorn House Scotland

Old photograph of Nenthorn House, near Kelso, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built after 1862 as a replacement for Old Nenthorn House. The mansion has been attributed to the Edinburgh architect, Thomas Leadbetter, who designed it in what has been called a Jacobethan style, that is, using features characteristic of Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture. The house was the home Frederick Lewis Roy who died on 17 February 1906. He was married to Frances Georgiana Oliver, daughter of John Dudley Oliver and Mary Susanna Green, on 15 April 1868. He held the office of Justice of the Peace. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Nethermuir House Scotland

Old photograph of Nethermuir House near Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion in New Deer Parish, was owned by William Leslie who died in 1879. He was born at New Deer in 1802. His family were Independents, i.e. Congregationalists. He established himself at Park Cottage, Broadford, Aberdeen by at least 1828 when he designed a castellated lodge and gate for Hatton Castle. In 1851 he was living in Aberdeen was an architect and builder employing 150 men. The partnership of McDonald & Leslie was dissolved in 1853 when Leslie concentrated his business interests and practice in Aberdeen. Sometime thereafter he became a town councillor and was Lord Provost of Aberdeen, during his tenure of that office he became a landed gentleman buying the small estate of Nethermuir, remodelling the house as a neat Scots baronial villa. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Loch Scridain Scotland

Old photograph of boats by Loch Scridain on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish sea loch is remote and its coastline only sparsely populated. On the south coastline, the main crofting and tourist township of Bunessan, lies just east of the mouth of the loch, located on the southeastern corner of Loch na Làthaich. Fionnphort is further west along the coast overlooking the Sound of Iona. There are few settlements on the northern coastline other than the occasional cottage and farmhouse.



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Old Photograph Ferry Portree Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the ferry named Broadford at Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Port Rìgh translates as king's port, possibly from a visit by King James V of Scotland in 1540. Prior to the 16th century the settlement's name was Kiltaraglen, the church of St. Talarican, from Gaelic Cill Targhlain. Portree is the home of a fictional professional Quidditch team in the Harry Potter universe called the Pride of Portree. The film Made of Honor partially takes place in Portree. A sweeping shot of the town's main street is shown. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Bagpiper Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a bagpiper outside a house on Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Girl Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of girl in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Victoria Infirmary Hospital Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and cars outside the Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Victoria Infirmary was a teaching hospital situated at Langside/Battlefield in the south east of Glasgow from 1880 until 2015. It provided a range of health care services including Accident and Emergency, General Medicine, including sub specialties, General Surgery, including sub specialties. Medicine for the Elderly, including Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Day Services, Orthopaedics and a wide range of outpatient clinics. In later years it had an acute operational bed complement of approximately 370. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.





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Old Photograph Heugh Road Portpatrick Scotland

Old photograph church, houses and cottages on Heugh Road in Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dating back some 700 years and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick's position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the Northern Irish coast 21 miles to the west, with clifftop walks and beaches both north and south. This Scottish village was founded on fishing, operating from the sandy, crescent-shaped harbour that remains the focal point of the village today. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Eglington Street Saltcoats Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children on Eglington Street in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. In the late 18th Century, several shipyards operated at Saltcoats, producing some 60 to 70 ships. The leading shipbuilder was William Ritchie, but in 1790 he moved his business to Belfast. By the early 19th Century the town no longer produced ships. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph High Street Gatehouse of Fleet Scotland

Old photograph of houses and the clock tower on the High Street in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Gatehouse of Fleet is the birthplace of Victorian artist John Faed. The renowned inventor of clockwork mechanisms, Robert Williamson was also known to have set up a workshop in the town in 1778, which burned to the ground, and claimed his life, in 1794. The town takes its name from its location near the mouth of the river called the Water of Fleet which empties into Wigtown Bay at Fleet Bay, and its former role as the location of the toll booth on the late 18th century stagecoach route from Dumfries to Stranraer, now the A75 road. It was a safe haven along this route, and travellers would often stop in the area rather than furthering the journey at night due to the high numbers of bandits and highwaymen at the time.



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Old Photograph West Blackhall Street Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and buildings on West Blackhall Street in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The spelling Greenoak was found in two factory accounts dating back to 1717, and a legend developed of a green oak tree at the edge of the Clyde at William Street being used by fishermen to tie up their fishing boats. This has been generally dismissed as imaginative folk etymology, but the image has frequently been used as an emblem or logo, carved on public buildings, used on banners and badges, and was once emblazoned on the local Co-operative Society emblem.



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Old Photographs Channel Street Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, buildings and people on Channel Street in Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.

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Old Photograph Queen Street Castle Douglas Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, shops and people on Queen Street in Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Bridge Street Rosemarkie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Bridge Street in Rosemarkie, Scotland. This is a Scottish village on the south coast of the Black Isle. It is located a quarter of a mile east of the town of Fortrose. The pair make up the Royal Burgh Of Fortrose and Rosemarkie, situated either side of the Chanonry Ness promontory, approximately twelve miles north-east of Inverness. Rosemarkie fronts on a wide, picturesque bay, with views of Fort George and the Moray coastline across the Moray Firth. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Quarry Street Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, buildings and people on Quarry Street in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This is the fifth largest Scottish town, excluding cities, after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld.



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Old Photographs Crossgate Cupar Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on Crossgate Street in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph High Street Leslie Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops and houses on the High Street in Leslie, Fife, Scotland. Little is known about the history of Leslie before 1300. The village which bears the name of the Leslie family area descended from Bartolf or Bartholomew who was a Hungarian or maybe Flemish tradesman, who according to legend arrived in Scotland with Queen Margaret, the sister of Edgar the Ætheling in 1057. Finding favour with Queen Margaret's husband, King Malcolm III, Bartolf became the governor of Edinburgh Castle and was knighted and granted with lands in the Garioch in Aberdeenshire. The main industry in Leslie was paper making, in the form of what was known as Fettykil Paper Mill, operated by Smith Anderson, which continued into the 21st century.





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Old Photograph Road To Aberfeldy Gilmerton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and church by the road to Aberfeldy in Gilmerton near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pony Trekking Glendevon Scotland

Old photograph of Pony Trekking in Glendevon, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish glen is located near the small town of Auchterarder and Gleneagles Hotel. The glen stretches south eastwards from the source of the River Devon to Yetts o' Muckhart.



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Old Photograph St. Mary's Tower House Birnam Scotland

Old photograph of St. Mary's Tower house in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. Sir John Everett Millais and Beatrix Potter were often visitors to this mansion house. Helen Beatrix Potter, born, 28 July 1866, died 22 December 1943, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District in England, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.



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Old Photograph Sauchie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and cottages in Sauchie located North East of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The land here originally belonged to Clan Campbell, being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie. In 1321 Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand, former Sheriff of Clackmannan. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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