Old Photograph Rudha Nan Gall Lighthouse Mull Scotland

Old photograph of Rudha Nan Gall lighthouse, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse is situated about one mile North of Tobermory, and marks the South West side of the North West entrance to the Sound of Mull. Built as part of the joint scheme of David and Thomas Stevenson, to build 29 lights between 1854 and 1878, it was first lit on 10 November 1857 and automated in 1860.



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Old Photograph Glasgow Prestwick Airport Scotland

Old photograph of the airport at Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish airport began life around 1934, primarily as a training airfield, with a hangar, offices and control tower constructed by the end of 1935. The airport's original owner was David Fowler McIntyre, also the owner of Scottish Aviation with backing from the then Duke of Hamilton. MacIntyre and Hamilton were the first aviators to fly over Mount Everest in 1933. The United States Air Force, USAF, operated a base in 1952 on the site of the original airport using former Royal Air Force, RAF, facilities, the USAF Military Air Transport Service, MATS, 1631st Air Base Squadron), and in 1953 on the Monkton side of the airport, both used by the USAF MATS. The USAF base closed in 1966.



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Old Photograph Concert Buckhaven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a concert on the coast by Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Boiling Whelks Coast Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife boiling whelks by the coast of Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Whelks are salt water molluscs with grey or brownish shells rather like snails.



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Old Photograph Twin Pioneer Plane Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aeroplane above the airport at Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Plane To Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of the Northern Scottish Airways aeroplane to the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. On 5 December 1935 Northern and Scottish Airways, owned by George Nicholson, started a twice weekly flight from Glasgow to Skye. The twin engine six-seater de Havilland Dragon took 1½ hours to fly from Renfrew to Glenbrittle. It provided not only a valuable service to business men and tourists but also a much needed air ambulance. A network was built up serving such places as Barra, Belfast, Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, North Uist, Perth, Skye, South Uist and Tiree. On 12 August 1937, Scottish Airways Ltd was formed to merge the operations of Northern & Scottish Airlines with Highland Airways Ltd. When war was declared in 1939 all internal air travel had to be suspended. The services to the islands were later re-instated but it was not until 1947 that the company was merged, along with other independent airline companies, to form British European Airways Corporation.



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Old Photograph Mars Work Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of Mars Work in Stirling, Scotland. Mars Wark, or Work, was built in 1572 by the Early of Mar. The Earl of Mar's house in Stirling was located on the approach to Stirling Castle, the Earl of Mar was governor of the castle during the mid 16th century.



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Old Photograph Uddingston Scotland

Old photograph of shops and people in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is on the north side of the River Clyde, about seven miles south east of Glasgow. Uddingston was the birthplace of James W. Black, born 14th of June 1924, died 22nd of March 2010, the Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for work leading to the discovery of Propranolol and Cimetidine.



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Old Photograph St. Mirin's Cathedral Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of St. Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley. The building is neo Romanesque in style with a plain sandstone exterior and an airy arched interior: its architect was Thomas Baird.



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Old Photograph Kilbride South Uist Scotland

Old photograph of the Polchar Inn in Kilbride on South Uist, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Saline Fife Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Saline, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish golf club was founded in 1912.



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Old Photograph Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, buildings and people on Victoria Road in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Dundrennan Road Langside Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of children on Dundrennan Road in Langside, Glasgow, Scotland. Langside, Scottish Gaelic: An Leathad Fada, meaning the Long Hill, is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, and lies east of Shawlands, south of Queens Park, west of Cathcart and north of Newlands. The district is residential and primarily middle class, and has become an increasingly fashionable address in recent years. Housing stock is mainly of the Victorian tenement type, along with some townhouses of the same period. In 1568 the area was the site of the Battle of Langside, the last battle fought by the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, prior to her exile and death in England. The original village of Langside was based around what is now Algie Street, named after Glasgow Merchant Matthew Algie, near the Battlefield Monument. There were two mills nearby on the White Cart, a meal mill and a paper mill which dated back to the 17th century. In the early 19th century most of the inhabitants of the village were weavers although they also cultivated fruits and flowers.





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Old Photograph Balgay Bridge Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of people below Balgay Bridge in Dundee, Scotland. The footbridge carries a footpath across a park access drive, and provides a link to the Western Necropolis from Balgay Park. The bridge was designed by George Hird of the Burgh Engineer’s Department and the tender of the Macdonald Company of £500 for its erection was accepted in April 1872.



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Old Photograph Benedictine Convent School Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of the Benedictine Convent School in Dumfries, Scotland. This building was erected in 1881 for Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the convent sits at top of the Corbelly Hill overlooking the town centre of Dumfries. During its history it has also served as a girls school, a temporary court for Dumfries, while Dumfries court house was being renovated, and was also used as the setting for the 2002 film " The Magdalene Sisters."



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Old Photograph Steam Train Kyle Of Lochalsh Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train outside Kyle of Lochalsh, across from Isle of Skye, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Road To South Queensferrry Scotland

Old photograph of the road to South Queensferry near Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Faith Crescent Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of houses and children on Faith Crescent in Stirling, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Steam Train Portobello Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train outside Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Portobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth.



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Old Photograph Ferry Lochboisdale Scotland

Old photograph of a ferry arriving at Lochboisdale, South Uist, Scotland. This Scottish island town profited from the herring boom in the 19th century, and a steamer pier was built in 1880. In 1905, a mission church was built, and by 1953, steamers were connecting Lochboisdale with Oban, Castlebay, Mallaig and Lochmaddy.



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Old Photograph London Scottish Regiment Balmoral Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers from the London Scottish Regiment on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The regiment was founded in 1859, part of the widespread volunteer movement which developed in the face of potential French invasion after Felice Orsini's attack on Napoleon III was linked to Britain. Originally as part of the Volunteer Force sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, England, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel, Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. Over many years the London Scottish have changed titles and composition, and today they are a A company of The London Regiment. 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 Tillypronie House Scotland

Old photograph of Tillypronie House by Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house dates from 1867, when Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone. The estate, as it then was, belonged to the family of the Queen's physician, Sir James Clark, who was instrumental in introducing Queen Victoria to Deesdie and Balmoral. Sir James Clark was born in Cullen, Banffshire, and was educated at Fordyce school. He studied at Aberdeen University, where he took an arts degree with the intention of studying law, and graduated with an M.A., before discovering a preference for medicine. He then went to Edinburgh University, and in 1809 became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He then entered the medical service of the Royal Navy. He served at the Royal Hospital Haslar, in Hampshire, until July 1810, when he was appointed assistant surgeon aboard HMS Thistle. After the ship was wrecked in 1811 south of Sandy Hook in New Jersey, he returned to Great Britain, where he was promoted to the rank of surgeon, and served successively on the HMS Colobrée, which was also wrecked, as well as on the Chesapeake and Maidstone. In 1834, King Leopold recommended Clark as court physician to his widowed sister, the Duchess of Kent, and her daughter, Princess Victoria. King Leopold made him a knight in his order of Leopold in 1834 and a commander in 1850. He began a process of gradual retirement in 1860, and moved to Bagshot Park, Surrey, England, which the Queen had lent him for life. His wife, Barbara Stephen, known as Minnie, whom he had married in 1820, died in 1862. They had one son, John Forbes Clark. Sir James Clark died at Bagshot Park in 1870, aged 81, and was buried at Kensal Green.



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Old Photograph Craig Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Craig Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was first built in 1548 at the head of Den of Craig. It incorporates a tower dating from the third quarter of the 16th century with a house and gateway added in 1726 and east wing added in 1767 by John Adam. 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 Castle Street Beach Anstruther Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Castle Street beach in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Kinclaven Bridge Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the six arched bridge over the River Tay at Kinclaven, North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish bridge was built between 1903 and in 1905 and is the last road bridge before Perth.



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Old Photograph Damhead Bridge Coupar Angus Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage with tourists approaching Damhead Bridge in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. The bridge carried the A94 public road over the Coupar Burn, which here formed the boundary between the parishes of Cargill and Coupar Angus.



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Old Photograph Stuart Crescent Coupar Angus Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on Stuart Crescent in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name. In the Middle Ages it was the site of the major Cistercian abbey of Coupar Angus, one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by King Malcolm IV. Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus from 1939 to 1945. John Bain " Jock " Sutherland, born March 21, 1889, died April 11, 1948, who was an American football player and coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College from 1919 to 1923, and the University of Pittsburgh from 1924 to 1938, and professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 to 1941, and Pittsburgh Steelers from 1946 to 1947. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. A native of Coupar Angus in Scotland, Sutherland got his start in football by playing end at the University of Pittsburgh, America, commonly known as Pitt, under legendary coach Glenn Scobey Warner. Sutherland was named an All-American and played on Pitt's national championship teams in 1915 and 1916. 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. 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 Blairgowrie Road Coupar Angus Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, cyclists and man with dog on Blairgowrie Road in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Sailing Ship River Ythan Scotland

Old photograph of a sailing ship on the River Ythan near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Erskine Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of the Erskine Ferry on the River Clyde near Glasgow, Scotland. Erskine Ferry sailed across the River Clyde from Erskine to Old Kilpatrick. The ferry was also referred to as East Ferry of Erskine as there was another ferry to Dumbarton a few miles down river, known as West Ferry. It is reputed to be the oldest ferry crossing of the Clyde. The crossing was part of the A740 route from Paisley to Old Kilpatrick. It was established in 1777 and replaced by the Erskine Bridge in 1971. At Erskine, the Clyde was shallow enough to ford on foot and had been used for this purpose in past centuries. The river was then dredged to allow large ships to sail upriver to Glasgow. This brought a requirement of a ferry service between Erskine and Old Kilpatrick. Initially, a passenger only service was available. The Clyde Navigation Trust acquired the service in 1907 and added a vehicle ferry boat to the crossing. The previous owner was the 12th Lord Blantyre. There have been many different types of boats used throughout the years. Initially a punt pushed along by poles was used prior to 1832. From 1832 to 1860 a chain ferry replaced the punt; ferry operators pulled on chains to cross the river. A steam-powered ferry was then used until closure. Between 1856 and 1857, Thomas Wingate constructed the first steam-powered ferry called Urania. It was used until the early 1900s. On February 1903, the Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette newspaper reported on an order placed with Messrs John Reid and Co shipbuilders for a new ferry steamer for the crossing. A third ferry was launched on 16 July 1936. It was in service until the Erskine Bridge opened in 1971. It was built by Messrs Fleming and Ferguson.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video White Church Comrie Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the White Church by the River Earn on ancestry visit to Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland. The White Church, the former parish kirk,with its prominent tower and spire is situated on the roadside of the ancient churchyard at the heart of the village. This is an early Christian site, dedicated to the obscure early Saint Kessog or Mokessog, who may have flourished in the 8th century.

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Tour Scotland Video January Drive North To Comrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a January drive North on the B827 road on ancestry visit to Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Soldiers Railway Station Perth Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers in the railway station in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Forth And Clyde Canal Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. This is a Scottish town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about 8 miles North East of central Glasgow. Kirkintilloch comes from the Gaelic Cair Ceann Tulaich or Cathair Cheann Tulaich, meaning fort at the end of the hill. The fort referred to is the former Roman settlement on the Antonine Wall. Following the Scottish victory in the wars of independence and the subsequent decline of Clan Cumming, the baronies of Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, and Cumbernauld were granted by Robert Bruce to Sir Malcolm Fleming, Sheriff of Dumbarton and a supporter of the Bruce faction in the war. On 3 January 1746, the retreating Jacobite army of Charles Stuart made its way through Kirkintilloch, on its way back from Derby, and on the march to Falkirk and ultimately Culloden. The town was one of the hotbeds of the industrial revolution in Scotland, beginning with the emergence of a booming textile industry in the area. There were 185 weavers in Kirkintilloch by 1790, and in 1867 James Slimon's cotton mill at Kelvinside employed 200 women. With the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal through the town in 1773, and the establishment of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in 1826, Kirkintilloch developed further as an important transportation hub, inland port, and production centre for iron, coal, nickel, and even small ships.





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Old Photograph Firemen Neilston Scotland

Old photograph of firemen in Neilston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph St Andrew's Ambulance Association Ambulance Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a St Andrew's Ambulance Association ambulance in Paisley, by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1882, St Andrew's Ambulance Association was formed in Glasgow by a group of local doctors and businessmen who were concerned by the rapid increase in accidents resulting from traffic and modern machinery. First aid and casualty transportation classes were conducted and Scotland's first ambulance was bought by the Association in April 1882, which served Glasgow and the surrounding area providing first aid and transportation to hospital to accident victims. In the following years, the number of calls the Association responded to grew so as by 1886 there were six ambulances stationed in towns throughout Scotland. 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 Post Office Lochranza Scotland

Old photograph of people waiting for the ferry outside the cottage Post Office in Lochranza, Island of Arran, Scotland. Lochranza is the furthest North of Arran's villages and is located in the north western corner of the island. The village is set on the shore of Loch Ranza, a small sea loch. Ferries run from here to Claonaig on the mainland.



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Old Photograph Shirgarton Scotland

Old photograph of Shirgarton, Kippen, Scotland. James Ure came from Shirgarton, he was an Episcopalian minister, but left that faith to follow Presbyterianism. From 1670 he led the life of a dissenter, and had his children baptised by outed ministers. He had to spend some time incognito in Ireland for a time, but returned to Scotland. At the Battle of Bothwell Bridge Ure brought a troop of 200 volunteers south from Stirlingshire to help the Covenanting cause. When the battle was lost he managed to make an escape from the battlefíeld. He returned to the Campsie Hills where he remained in concealment for nine years. One of his favourite hideaways was the wood of Balquhan, near Kippen, where he often woke in the morning to find his clothes frozen to the ground. It is recorded that Ure spent only three nights in his house over a period of nine years.

On the 9th January 1682 Ure was put on trial for his political crimes, as well as " throwing off the fear of God. " He was forfeited of his estate, which the soldiers robbed. Ure's seventy year old mother was arrested at a conventicle held at Gribloch, on Kippen Muir, and transported south to the Tolbooth in Glasgow. She died of her sufferings there. A reward of £100 was made in the hope that some folk would reveal the hiding place of Ure, but none came forward. Ure's wife, who had a young child, was taken forcibly to Stirling and thence to the Canongate Tolbooth. She was released after four weeks imprisonment, however. At the Revolution Ure came out from hiding. He was able to get a commission in Argyll's regiment. His forfeiture was later rescinded by Parliament. Ure survived for many years thereafter, living until at least 1746. When he died he was buried in the old kirkyard of Kippen, Stirlingshire. His grave is inscribed:

The burial place of
James Ure of Shirgarton
the Covenanter.



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Old Photograph Bowling Scotland

Old photograph of Bowling, Scotland. Bowling is a Scottish village in West Dunbartonshire. It is located on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde, between the towns of Clydebank and Dumbarton. It is at one end of the Antonine Wall and therefore represents the extreme limit of the Roman Empire on the west coast of the island of Great Britain. Bowling is the location of the western terminus of the Forth and Clyde Canal, opened in 1790, and it is the western gateway to the Lowland canals. Bowling has been long associated with shipbuilding and ship repairing. The opening of the Forth and Clyde canal at Bowling in 1790 increased the number of vessels passing through the small village on their way to Glasgow. The railway station opened in 1850 when the line ran via Dumbarton to Balloch. In 1858 the line was extended to progress to Glasgow to the east, and Helensburgh to the west. Today it is known as the North Clyde Line.



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Old Photograph Cutting Peat Tomintoul Scotland

Old photograph of men cutting Peat at Femusach Moss by Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland. Tomintoul village is said to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands. The village was laid out on a grid pattern by the 4th Duke of Gordon in 1775. It followed the construction, twenty years previously, of a military road by William Caulfeild, now the A939. The 2004 film One Last Chance starring Kevin McKidd and Dougray Scott was filmed in the village and the areas around it. James Stuart, born 1791, died 1874), a local farmer at Lynchork appears in a number of birth, baptism, death and Kirk Session records in this and surrounding parishes as the admitted or reputed father of children of his female servants. Grigor Willox was a reputed white witch who lived in Tomintoul in the 18th century. He was said to derive his powers from two amulets: a brass hook from a kelpie's bridle and a mermaid's crystal. Among his alleged powers were making cows produce milk, curing barren women, and detecting thieves. 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 Woodhead Park Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of Woodhead Park in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. Kirkintilloch is a town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire. It is located on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about 8 miles north east of central Glasgow. Following the Scottish victory in the wars of independence and the subsequent decline of Clan Cumming, the baronies of Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, and Cumbernauld were granted by Robert The Bruce to Sir Malcolm Fleming, Sheriff of Dumbarton and a supporter of the Bruce faction in the war. Hitherto part of Stirlingshire, the area subsequently became a detached part of the county of Dumbarton, in which it remains today. On 3 January 1746, the retreating Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie made its way through Kirkintilloch, on its way back from Derby, England, and on the march to Falkirk and ultimately Culloden. The town was one of the hotbeds of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland, beginning with the emergence of a booming textile industry in the area. There were 185 weavers in Kirkintilloch by 1790, and in 1867 James Slimon's cotton mill at Kelvinside employed 200 women. With the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal through the town in 1773, and the establishment of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in 1826, Kirkintilloch developed further as an important transportation hub, inland port and production centre for iron, coal, nickel and even small ships. 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 Reverend James Wallace Inveresk Church Musselburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Reverend James Wallace, Inveresk Church, Musselburgh, Scotland. James was the Minister at Inveresk during 1906. There have been at least three Churches on the site of St Michael's. The first was built beside the ruins of a Roman fort. This was most likely a wooden structure which, according to legend, was built at the instigation of the intrepid Irish missionary nun Modwenna, who died in AD 519. Again, according to legend, Modwenna built Churches echoing each of King Arthur's forts.



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Old Photograph Reverend James Sharp Inveresk Church Musselburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Reverend James Sharp, Inveresk Church, Musselburgh, Scotland. James was the Minister at Inveresk from 1888 to 1905. There have been at least three Churches on the site of St Michael's. The first was built beside the ruins of a Roman fort. This was most likely a wooden structure which, according to legend, was built at the instigation of the intrepid Irish missionary nun Modwenna, who died in AD 519. Again, according to legend, Modwenna built Churches echoing each of King Arthur's forts.



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Old Photographs Village Fair Tayport Scotland

Old photograph of people at a village fair in Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Waternish Isle Of Slye Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Waternish on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Waternish or Vaternish is a peninsula on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island, and traditionally inhabited and owned by Clan MacLeod whose clan seat is at the nearby Dunvegan Castle. The current clan chief is Hugh Macleod of Macleod. It contains the hamlets of Stein and Lusta in Loch Bay to the south east, Halistra, Hallin and Trumpan further north and Gillen to the west, all of which are accessed from the A850 road by crossing the Fairy Bridge. The history of the peninsula is a long, and often bloody, one involving clan feuds, massacres, de-population during the Highland Clearances.



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Old Photograph Cricket Team Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of the J. M. Barrie cricket team in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Allahakbarries was an amateur cricket team founded by author J. M. Barrie, and was active from 1890 to 1913. The team was named in the mistaken belief that Allah akbar meant Heaven help us in Arabic, rather than God is great. Notable people to have featured for the side included Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse, G. K. Chesterton, Jerome K. Jerome, A. A. Milne, E. W. Hornung, A. E. W. Mason, Walter Raleigh, E. V. Lucas, Maurice Hewlett, Owen Seaman, Bernard Partridge, Augustine Birrell, Paul Du Chaillu, Henry Herbert La Thangue, George Cecil Ives, and George Llewelyn Davies, as well as the son of Alfred Tennyson.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Ballater Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

ANDERSON WILLIAM LANCE CORPORAL
BARTLEMAN SCOTT COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
BEGG ALEXANDER PRIVATE
CAMERON WILLIAM PRIVATE
COPLAND ALLAN MACKENZIE PRIVATE
COUTTS DONALD COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
COUTTS EDWARD PRIVATE
COUTTS GEORGE THOMSON PRIVATE
COUTTS HENRY LANCE CORPORAL
COUTTS JAMES PRIVATE
COUTTS JOHN GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
COUTTS JOHN BLACK WATCH CORPORAL
COUTTS ROBERT EDWARD PRIVATE
DAVIDSON PETER PRIVATE
DAVIDSON WALTER PRIVATE
DONALD DAVID PRIVATE
DUGUID ROBERT PRIVATE
DUNCAN CHARLES PRIVATE
DUNCAN HENRY PRIVATE
DUNCAN LEWIS LANCE CORPORAL
DUNCAN MURRAY PRIVATE
ESSON LEWIS PRIVATE
ESSON WILLIAM PRIVATE
FARQUHARSON JOHN GUNNER
FARQUHARSON PETER S. PRIVATE
FERRIER WILLIAM PRIVATE
FORBES CHARLES PRIVATE
GIBSON ROBERT PRIVATE
GOLDIE WILLIAM A. CORPORAL
GRANT JAMES PRIVATE
HARVEY JAMES LIEUTENANT
HAYNES GEORGE J. LIEUTENANT COLONEL
LEDINGHAM GEORGE H. CORPORAL
MACKENZIE ALLAN KEITH CAPTAIN
MARR JOHN PRIVATE
MICHIE GORDON M. PRIVATE
MORGAN CHARLES CAMPBELL PRIVATE
MORRICE FRED PRIVATE
MORRISON ARTHUR F. PRIVATE
MORRISON WILLIAM J. PRIVATE
NAUGHTON GEORGE PRIVATE
O'RILLEY FRANK LANCE CORPORAL
PATERSON ALEXANDER MCL. PRIVATE
PORTER DAVID A. PRIVATE
PROCTOR JOHN MAJOR
REID ANDREW PRIVATE
RENNIE GORDON J. CAPTAIN
RETTIE WILLIAM GUNNER
ROBERTSON JOHN K.K. DRIVER
ROBERTSON JOHN M. PRIVATE
ROSS JAMES A. PRIVATE
ROSS JOHN LANCE CORPORAL
ROSS ROBERT LANCE CORPORAL
SKENE CHARLES DRIVER
SPENCE GORDON PRIVATE
SPENCE JAMES SERGEANT
STEPHEN ALEXANDER PRIVATE
STEWART ANGUS PRIVATE
STEWART ARTHUR SERGEANT
STRATH JAMES W. PRIVATE
STURTON ADAM PRIVATE
WHYTE GEORGE PRIVATE
YOUNG WILLIAM LIEUTENANT

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

ADDISON ROBERT W. PRIVATE
ALEXANDER JOHN G. MCL. SAPPER
BROWN ARTHUR J. PRIVATE
CASSIE JOHN PRIVATE
COLLIS WILLIAM P. MERCHANT NAVY MASTER
CROLL GORDON N. TROOPER
CROLL JAMES C. LANCE SERGEANT
DAVIDSON JOHN M. SERGEANT
FRASER LAWRENCE LANCE CORPORAL
FYFE ALEXANDER D. PRIVATE
INGRAM ROBERT LANCE SERGEANT
KNOWLES NORMAN PRIVATE
MACKIE CHARLES J. PRIVATE
MACKIE EDWARD P. PRIVATE
MCHARDY SYDNEY A.F. P/O
MITCHELL CHARLES MCP. SERGEANT NAVIGATOR
MITCHELL WILLIAM N. SERGEANT NAVIGATOR
PRINGLE FREDERICK W. DRIVER
RATTRAY ALEXANDER I. PRIVATE
REGAN CHARLES COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
RICHMOND RONALD S. SERGEANT BDR.
RITCHIE CHARLES L. SIGNALMAN
ROBBIE DAVID C. PRIVATE
SHEPHERD ALISTAIR RIFLEMAN
SHIRRAS D. FINDLAY MAJOR MILITARY CROSS
SIMPSON GEORGE CORPORAL
SIMPSON HUGH D. DRIVER
SINCLAIR HUGH COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
SKENE CHARLES R. SERGEANT
SMITH JACK ENGINEER LIEUTENANT
WILKIE DAVID W. SUB LIEUTENANT

The distance from Glasgow and Paisley to Ballater is 125 miles



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Old Photograph Royal Highland Regiment Largoward Scotland

Old photograph of the The 7th Fife Territorial Battalion of the Royal Highland Regiment at camp by Largoward, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Highland Regiment Crieff Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers from the Highland Regiment at camp outside Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.



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