Old Photograph Curling Blackford Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of men Curling in Blackord near Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland. This suburb was made a Royal Burgh by Edward VII in 1907 in recognition of the many happy days he spent residing at the, now demolished, Blackford Manor on his state visits to Edinburgh during the period of major restoration works on Holyrood Palace.



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Old Photograph Walker Memorial Hall Kilbirnie Scotland

Old photograph of Walker Memorial Hall in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland. This hall was dedicated to Dr Walker a former Kilbirnie physician, the Walker hall was a thriving dance hall in the 1950s. It played host to such famous names as Gerry and the Pacemakers and Billy Haley and his Comets.



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Old Photographs Ford Drumtochty Glen Scotland

Old photograph of the ford in Drumtochty Glen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Grocers Shop Newtonmore Scotland

Old photograph of the George Stewart Grant Grocers shop in Newtonmore, Scotland. This Scottish village in the Highlands is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Hotel Newtonmore Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car and people outside a hotel in Newtonmore, Scotland. This Scottish village in the Highlands is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pipe Band Cowie Scotland

Old photograph of a Pipe Band in Cowie located four miles South East of Stirling, Scotland. Cowie was formerly a mining village and stone quarrying was also carried on in the area.



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Old Photograph Quarry Craignair Scotland

Old photograph of a Quarry at Craignair by 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 trades people settled and founded businesses in Dalbeattie. However the expanded population brought other problems, high incidents of sickness, including Cholera and Typhoid, and Law and Order issues.



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Old Photograph The Women's Institute Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Old photograph of The Women's Institute in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The town was first recorded in the 11th century, with the marriage of King Malcolm III, King of Scotland, and Saint Margaret at the church in Dunfermline. As his Queen consort, Margaret established a new church dedicated to the Holy Trinity, which evolved into an Abbey under their son, King David I in 1128.



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Old Photograph Prince Edward Paddle Steamer Balloch Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of the Prince Edward paddle steamer at the pier in Balloch on Loch Lomond, Scotland. Built in 1912 she plied her trade on Loch Lomond and maintained the Balloch to Ardlui service until 1955.



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Old Photograph Lighthouse Ailsa Craig Scotland

Old photograph of the lighthouse on Ailsa Craig, an island in the outer Firth of Clyde, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was completed in 1886, the construction being overseen by Thomas and David Stevenson. Initially, the lighthouse used oil burning lamps, but by 1911, these were replaced with incandescent lighting. Fog signals were discontinued in 1987. Then, in 1990, the lighthouse was automated, and a refurbishment took place in 2001, when it was converted to run on solar power.



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Old Photograph Church And Houses Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a church and houses in Crail, on the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Crail became a Royal Burgh in 1178 in the reign of King William the Lion. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox, visiting Crail on his way to St Andrews in 1559, was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time. King James V, the father of Mary Queen of Scots, sent for his wife, Mary of Guise, whom he had recently married by proxy in Paris, and she landed in Crail in June 1538. Built around a harbour, Crail has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries. The harbour is known to have been substantially complete by 1583. The extension of 1828 to the west pier of Crail Harbour is the work of Robert Stevenson. Crial railway station on the Thornton Junction to St Andrews to Leuchars Junction was opened on 1 September 1883 by the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the St Andrews to Leven portion of the line, on 6 September 1965. 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 Sailors Marching Through Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of sailors marching through Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.



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Old Photograph House and Cottage Glenbeag Scotland

Old photograph of a house and cottage in Glenbeag near Spittal of Glenshee, Perthshire, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph St Nicholas Golf Clubhouse Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of St Nicholas Golf Club Clubhouse 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 Maid Ironing Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Maid ironing outside a house in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Post Office Kirtlebridge Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office and cottages in Kirtlebridge village located five miles North East of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Red Cross Nurses Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of Red Cross nurses in Dumfries, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottages Gateside Near Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottage, house and Blacksmiths in Gateside near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Woman Selkirk Scotland

Old photograph of an elderly woman in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland.



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Old Photograph King Edward VII And Grandchildren Balmoral Castle Scotland

Old photograph of King Edward VII and his grandchildren at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. He toured throughout Britain performing ceremonial public duties and represented Britain on visits abroad. His tours of North America in 1860 and the Indian subcontinent in 1875 were popular successes, but his reputation as a playboy prince soured his relationship with his mother.



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Old Photograph Men Cupar Fife Scotland

Old photograph of three men and a boy in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. During the middle of the 14th century, the burgh here started to pay customs on taxable incomes, which probably meant that royal burgh status was granted sometime between 1294 and 1328. The oldest document, referring to the royal burgh, was a grant by King Robert II in 1381 to give a port nearby at Guardbridge on the River Eden to help boost trade with Flanders. This grant was officially recognised by James II in 1428.



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Old Photograph Violinist Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a violinist in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Four Women Boat Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of four women in a boat by the River Tay near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Douglas Room Stirling Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Douglas Room in the castle in Stirling, Scotland. In February 1452. William, 8th Earl of Douglas was assassinated at Stirling Castle by James II and his courtiers. Legend says that he was stabbed 26 times.



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Old Photographs Ferry Cambuskenneth Scotland

Old photograph of the ferry to Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland. During the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 all boats on the River Forth were tied up at Stirling Bridge to prevent the rebels from crossing the river.

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Old Photograph Tourists Arriving Island Of Iona Scotland

Old photograph of tourists arriving on Island of Iona, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lady Wynd Cupar Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Lady Wynd Street in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Cupar had in days gone by gates or ports, one of these stood at the west end of the Bonny-gate Called the West Port, one at the middle of the Lady Wynd called the Lady Port, one below the Castle called the East Port, one at the bridge called the Bridge Port, one at the mill gate called the Millgate Port and another at the Kirkgate called the Kirkgate Port.



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Old Photograph Walkers Glen Nevis Scotland

Old photograph of walkers in Glen Etive near Glencoe, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Crypt Glamis Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Crypt in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car St Margaret's Hope Scotland

Old photograph of vintage car, people and Post Office in St Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This is the main village on South Ronaldsay, and is named either after Margaret, Maid of Norway, who may have died there, or Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland, the wife of Malcolm III.



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Old Photograph School Dunbog Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the school in Dunborg near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. Dunbog parish is bounded on the north by the River Tay, on the south by Monimail, on the east by Flisk and Creich, and on the west by Abdie. The Barony of Denboig now Dunbog was established in 1687.

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Old Photograph Cottages Houses North Street St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on North Street in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottage John o' Groats Scotland

Old photograph of a thatched cottage and fishing boats in John o' Groats, Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish place takes its name from Jan de Groote, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, recently acquired from Norway, from James IV, King of Scots, in 1496. Jan de Groot ran a ferry to Orkney and charged 2p a trip. The coin for this denomination became known as the " groat ". Jan de Groot is buried in Canisbay churchyard where his tombstone can be seen, now moved to inside the entrance porch for protection against the weather. Over a period of time the name Jan de Groot has subsequently changed to John O’Groats.



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Old Photograph Feus Street Muthill Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, car and people on Feus Street, Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Agricultural Show South Ronaldsay Scotland

Old photograph of an Agricultural Show on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Herring Curers Burray Scotland

Old photograph of Herring Curers at the harbour at Burray one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Chapel Glamis Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Chapel in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. Glamis Castle chapel is located in the north-east corner of a wing, which was built between 1679 and 1683. The chapel is known today as St Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church, and is a private chapel to the Earl of Strathmore.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cutting Peat Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters cutting Peat in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The name Sutherland dates from the era of Norwegian Viking rule and settlement over much of the Highlands and Islands, under the rule of the jarl of Orkney. Although it contains some of the northernmost land in the island of Great Britain, it was called Suðrland, southern land, from the standpoint of Orkney and Caithness. The north west corner of Sutherland, traditionally known as the Province of Strathnaver, was not incorporated into Sutherland until 1601. This was the home of the powerful and warlike Clan Mackay, and as such was named in Gaelic, Dùthaich 'Ic Aoidh, the Homeland of Mackay. Even today this part of Sutherland is known as Mackay Country, and, unlike other areas of Scotland where the names traditionally associated with the area have become diluted, there is still a preponderance of Mackays in the Dùthaich.



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Old Photograph Coast East Wemyss Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and fishing boats on the coast at East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pan Ha Dysart Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a man and woman outside a cottage in Pan Ha, Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The name " Pan " derives from the many salt pans that once lay nearby, and " Ha " is an abbreviation of the Scottish word, haugh, meaning a flat piece of land. The first record of the town was made in the early 13th century, its initial role being to settle civil matters between the church and landowners. During the middle of the 15th century, trade with the Low Countries began for salt and coal exportation. In the 16th and 17th centuries, trade expanded to the Baltic Countries. Dysart acquired two nicknames: Salt Burgh and Little Holland as a result. The harbour was later extensively rebuilt in 1829 with the assistance of Robert Stephenson, to include an inner basin with a nearby quarry at the harbour head and an extension of the east pier which would be raised and pointed southwards. The Outlander TV series filmed at the Inner Harbour. 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 Fishermen Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of fisherman and fishing boats on Fair Isle, Scotland. Fair Isle is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands. Fair Isle has been occupied since Neolithic times which is remarkable because of the lack of raw materials on the island, although it is surrounded by rich fishing waters. In 1702, the Dutch, who were interested in Shetland's herring fisheries, fought a naval battle against French warships just off the island.



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Old Photograph Coal Arriving St Margaret's Hope Scotland

Old photograph of coal arriving by boat at St Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This is the main village on South Ronaldsay, and is named either after Margaret, Maid of Norway, who may have died there, or Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland, the wife of Malcolm III.





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Old Photograph Manse Road St Margaret's Hope Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, houses, horse and cart and people on Manse Road in St Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This is the main village on South Ronaldsay.





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Old Photograph Crofters Cutting Peat Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters cutting Peat on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. For crofting families the annual peat cutting was a time consuming task that could involve the whole family and often the neighbours as well. The work could be shared out between members of the family, according to ability, with neighbourly co-operation for the heavier work making the task easier.



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Old Photograph Harbour Burray Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives and fishing boats at the harbour at Burray one of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. During the early 18th century, the laird of Burray was one Sir James Stewart. Stewart is said to have been involved with a murder in Kirkwall in 1725, and went on the run for twenty years. A Jacobite sympathiser, he ended up fighting in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and was one of the few survivors. However, when he returned to Burray after the battle, he happened to chance upon the son of the murder victim, who reported him to the authorities. Stewart was arrested, and ended up dying in a prison cell in London, England.



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Old Photograph Mail Arriving St Margaret's Hope Scotland

Old photograph of the Mail arriving by boat at St Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This is the main village on South Ronaldsay, and is named either after Margaret, Maid of Norway, who may have died there, or Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland, the wife of Malcolm III.



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Old Photograph Collieston Scotland

Old photograph of Collieston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The earliest recorded history of Collieston is of the arrival of St Ternan, a Columban monk on a mission to convert the local picts to Christianity.





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Old Photograph Fisherrow Scotland

Old photograph of Fisherrow, Musselburgh, Scotland. There has been fishing at Fisherrow and Musselburgh since Roman times, and the present 18th century harbour is very close to the Roman harbour at the mouth of the River Esk that served the Inveresk Roman Fort on the high ground east of the Esk upriver. The Fisherrow fishermen used to fish for herring, and later for white fish, prawns and sprats. The harbour was home to a large fishing fleet.



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