Old Photograph Sawmill Dunkeld Perthshire Scotland

Old Photograph of workers and a horse at a Sawmill by Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Houses Cramond Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, people and houses in Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Burnett Arms Hotel Kemnay Scotland

Old photograph of car outside the Burnett Arms Hotel in Kemnay located 16 miles West of Aberdeen, Scotland. The name of this Scottish village is believed to originate from the Celtic words that mean bend and river due to the village location on the bend of the River Don.



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Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Blackwood Scotland

Old photograph of bowlers on the lawn bowling green in Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, This Scottish village is located at the top of the gentle hills on the South Western side of the picturesque Clyde Valley, at the point where the River Nethan sweeps down into the steep valley to join the River Clyde. Close by is Craignethan Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots stayed on her journey South to be tried and executed by Elizabeth I of England. 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 Gypsies Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of gypsies in Kirriemuir, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Cottages Glenfarg Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a small Scottish village in the Ochil Hills, South of Perth.





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Old Photograph Boats People Holy Loch Scotland

Old photograph of boats and people at the Holy Loch near Dunoon, Scotland. During World War II, this sea loch was used as a submarine base. From 1961 until 1992, it was used as a US Polaris nuclear submarine base. In 1992, the Holy Loch base was deemed unnecessary following the demise of the Soviet Union and subsequently withdrawn. The name of the loch is believed to date from the 6th Century, when Saint Munn landed there after leaving Ireland. 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 Houses Giffnock Scotland

Old photograph of houses in Giffnock located six miles from Paisley, Scotland. Giffnock was primarily a scattered farming community until late 1780. In 1835, the first sandstone quarry in Giffnock opened. Before long, the town became known for this industry, and at its peak, there were four quarries in Giffnock, three surface quarries and one underground quarry, which together employed over 1,000 men. Sandstone from the Giffnock quarries was primarily used within the nearby city of Glasgow and can be found in older parts of the University of Glasgow and the interior of Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Coal mining was also carried out in Giffnock, between 1850 and 1926.



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Old Photograph Boat House Cottage Loch Methven Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of boat house cottage by Loch Methven by Almondbanka near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Farmers Horse Ploughing Loch Tay Scotland

Old photograph of farmers ploughing with horses near Loch Tay, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Homeless Man Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a homeless man on a street in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Girl Guide Leader Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Girl Guide Leader in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fairground Dounby Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the Fairground in Dounby on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This Scottish village has grown at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057 roads close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray.



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Old Photograph Officers Training Corps Glenalmond Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of members of the Officers Training Corp at Trinity College Glenalmond located eight miles West of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish school was founded as an independent school by William Gladstone and James Hope-Scott. It was established to provide teaching for young men destined for the ministry of the Scottish Episcopal Church and where young men could be brought up in the faith of that Church. It was originally known as the The Scottish Episcopal College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Glenalmond. The school opened its doors on 4 May 1847 to fourteen boys, though one boy, Lord Kerr, later Marquess of Lothian and Secretary for Scotland, arrived a day early. The first headmaster was Charles Wordsworth.



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Old Photograph People Knockdolian Castle Ayshire Scotland

Old photograph of people outside Knockdolian Castle near Colmonell located ten miles from Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built by the Graham family in the early 16th century. From the mid 17th century it was occupied by the McCubbins who improved the lands. 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 Johnny Hill Scotland

Old photograph of Johnny Hill, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Born in 1905 in Brunswick Road near Leith Walk only yards from the same Sparta Amateur Boxing Club that would produce world champion Ken Buchanan, Hill won the British, European and world boxing titles in just 18 months, a record never matched to this day by any other Scottish boxer. Benny Lynch had to wait nearly two years until January 1937 to get unqualified American recognition as world flyweight champion. In contrast, Hill received the recognition from the NYSAC on 10 December 1928 just three and a half months after he had out pointed American world flyweight title claimant " Newsboy " Brown over 15 rounds at Clapton Greyhound Stadium in London, England, on 29 August 1928. This is a fact confirmed by Johnny Hill's sole surviving brother, Alf, who has a letter in his home in Strathmiglo, Fife, on New York State Athletic Commission headed newspaper dated 10 December 1928. Written by Charles J Harvey, chairman of the then all powerful body in charge of matters of American world title legitimacy, Harvey assures Johnny's father David that while there are American claimants to his son's world title they would not be recognized until they had taken part in an elimination tournament to box Johnny Hill. Similarly, most Scottish and British newspapers in August 1928 hailed Johnny Hill as Scotland's first world champion. His father David, an ex boxer with Edinburgh's West Bow Amateur Boxing Club, brought up his son to be a fanatic teetotaller, although ironically that did not save Johnny Hill from dying aged 23 from pneumonia, the same illness that killed alcoholic Benny Lynch aged 33.



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Old Photograph Dalwhinnie Scotland

Old photograph of Dalwhinnie near Newtonmore, Scotland. This Scottish village in the Highlands is one of the coldest villages in the United Kingdom, having an average annual temperature of 6 degrees Centigrade, making it suitable for winter walking and mountaineering. It is north of Drumochter, just off the A9 road from Perth, Perthshire to Inverness and has been bypassed since 1975 by the main A9 road. It is about 2 to 2½ hours drive from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, 25 miles from Aviemore, 13 from Newtonmore and 17 from Kingussie. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness. The local distillery, the highest elevation working distillery in Scotland. Dalwhinnie Single Malt is a light, heathery whisky. Dalwhinnie railway station lies on the Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness.



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Old Photograph Post Office And Cottages Bow Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office and cottages in Bow of Fife, Scotland. In 1844 a church was opened at Bow of Fife to accommodate the congregation of Monimail Free Church. The church was later renovated in 1878, but this further new building was erected in 1898 and presented to the congregation by Sir Michael Nairn of Rankeillor. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Monimail Free Church became Monimail United Free Church and following the later union in 1919 between the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland the congregation took the name Bow of Fife. In 1944 Bow of Fife was united with the parish church of Monimail, under the name of Monimail, and after the union both churches remained in use.



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Old Photograph River Ardle Kirkmichael Perthshire

Old photograph of the River Ardle flowing through Kirkmichael, a small village located in Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Ardle is a tributary of the River Ericht. It runs for 10 miles through the valley of Strathardle. It is a salmon river providing opportunities for fishing. 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 Tarvie Lodge Enochdhu Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Tarvie Lodge by Enochdhu a small village located West of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, Scotland. This house was a shooting lodge used by groups of men who were in the area for grouse and deer shooting.



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Old Photograph Drumcross Road Bathgate Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children on Drumcross Road in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is by the M8 motorway 5 miles West of Livingston. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Richard Bladworth Angus was born on 28 May 1831, in Bathgate. He was a younger son of Alexander Angus, a merchant grocer from Rafford, Morayshire, and his wife Margaret Forrest from Bathgate. Alexander Angus was a friend of the father of Sir James Young Simpson, and five of his eight children came to Canada at various stages. Educated at Bathgate Academy, Richards' first employment was in Manchester, England, as a clerk with the Manchester and Liverpool Bank. In 1857, at Manchester, he married his wife, Mary Anne Daniels, the daughter of a Montreal wine merchant. In the same year as his marriage he went with his wife to Montreal and found employment as a book keeper with the Bank of Montreal, from where he advanced rapidly. He was a co-founder and vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway; President of the Bank of Montreal; President of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; President of the Montreal Art Association and co founder and President of the Mount Royal Club. He was the natural successor to Lord Mount Stephen as President of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, but did not desire the position; and he twice refused a knighthood. As one of Montreal's most prominent Scots Quebecers, he was elected President of the St Andrew's Society. In 1889, he co-founded the Mount Royal Club, where he was later President, and was a member of more than a dozen clubs throughout Canada, including: the St. James Club, of which he was formerly chairman; the Montreal Jockey Club; the Auto Club and Aero Club; the Forest and Stream Club; the Winter Club; the Rideau Club of Ottawa; The Toronto Club; the York Club and the Manitoba Club. He was an honorary member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. He died at his summer house, Pine Bluff, on 17 September 1922. On the day of his funeral, two days later, the CPR stopped all trains for two minutes, a symbolic gesture to one of its founding partners. He was buried at the Mount Royal Cemetery.



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Old Photograph Post Office And MacDonald Shop Aviemore Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office and MacDonald grocers shop in Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland. Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands. Prior to 1790 it was in an exclave of the county of Moray and from 1890 to 1975 it was in the county of Inverness-shire, until the later date being within the Civil Parish of Duthil and Rothiemurchus. The village began to grow as a result of it becoming a railway junction in 1898, following which the Highland Railway became a major employer constructing housing for its staff and the Aviemore Hotel.





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Old Photograph Territorial Army Hall Bathgate Scotland

Old photograph of the Territorial Army Hall in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. The hall was used by The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) which was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment, ammunition and clothing and certain minor functions such as laundry, mobile baths and photography. The RAOC was also responsible for a major element of the repair of Army equipment.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottage Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of women outside a thatched cottage in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Torryburn Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. This, now closed, station was part of the Dunfermline To Kincardine-On-Forth Railway. Torryburn grew around coal mining in the 19th century. An early example of a colliery pumping engine designed by James Watt was set going here in 1778. In 1822 Alison Cunningham was born in Torryburn. She later became the nurse to Robert Louis Stevenson. Torryburn is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline.



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Old Photograph Soldiers Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of three soldiers in Dunoon, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Soldiers Crieff Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Marquess of Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, Scotland. John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, born 3 August 1847, died 7 March 1934, known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician. Born in Edinburgh, Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General of Canada. He was born in Edinburgh to George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen and his wife Mary Baillie, daughter of George Baillie and sister to George Baillie-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Haddington. He studied at the University of St Andrews in Fife, and University College, Oxford in England. He succeeded as 7th Earl of Aberdeen following the death of his eldest brother, George, 6th Earl of Aberdeen. In 1877 he married Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks, daughter to Dudley Marjoribanks, later 1st Baron Tweedmouth, and Isabella Weir-Hogg. It seems that their marriage was a love match as they were long time friends and Ishbel developed a crush on Hamilton-Gordon at just 14. Lady Aberdeen was an LL.D. of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She served as President of the International Council of Women from 1893 to 1899, and later founded the National Council of Women of Canada and the Victorian Order of Nurses. They had five children.



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Old Photograph Bishopton House Scotland

Old photograph of Bishopton House by Erskine, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. A famous family called the Brisbanes lived here. The house became a convent known as Good Shephard Centre and latterly Cora Foundation. Sir Charles Brisbane entered the naval service about the year 1779, on board the Alcide, of 74 guns, under the auspices of his father, whom he afterwards accompanied into the Hercules, another third rate. This ship formed part of Sir George Rodney's fleet, in the memorable engagement of the 12th April, 1782, wherein Mr. Charles Brisbane was wounded. In 1790, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant; in 1793, proceeded with Captain Tyler in the Meleager frigate to the Mediterranean, and during the two following years served with distinction under Hood and Nelson. In 1795, he was made commander, and in the following year obtained a post captain's commission. In 1815, he was nominated a Knight of the Bath, and advanced to the rank of rear admiral, 12th August, 1819. The following exploit of the gallant admiral cannot be omitted even in the limited space to which we are confined. Towards the end of the year 1806, Captain Brisbane was dispatched from Jamaica, with a squadron of frigates, consisting of the Arethusa, Latona, and Anson, to reconnoitre the island of Curacoa, and to ascertain whether the inhabitants were disposed to an alliance with Great Britain. And on the 1st January, 1807, the little squadron, reinforced by the Figgard frigate, arrived off Curacoa. No orders, whatever, had been given to attack the island, but having by means of the pilots taken on board at Aruba, perfectly ascertained the situation of the place, Captain Brisbane determined to capture it by a coup de main; and imparting his intention to the respective captains under him, and taking the sole responsibility on himself, he led his ships into the harbour. It is well deserving of remark, that previously to this, and unknown to their officer, the men, participating in the spirit of their gallant leader, had arranged themselves for attack, and when called to quarters, they were found with the words " Victory or Death," chalked upon their hats. Under cover of a severe and destructive cannonade, Captain Brisbane landed with his boat's crew, when fort Amsterdam was instantly captured, the commodore himself being the first to scale the walls; and by ten o'clock the same night the British flag, hoisted on fort Republique, announced the surrender of the entire island. For this gallant exploit, Captains Brisbane and Wood received the gold medal, and were knighted.



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Old Photograph Parish Church North Berwick Scotland

Old photograph of the parish in North Berwick, Scotland. This now roofless church was built as a successor to the original parish church of North Berwick. Building started in 1659, but was not completed until 1664. Situated within a burial ground, it consists of an orientated oblong nave with a central western tower.



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Old Photograph Torphichen Scotland

Old photograph of horses and riders in Torphichen near Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. The Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band was established in 1902, and led the parade at the very first Gala Day in 1908. The band survived two World Wars and over the following decades won a host of championship prizes, including the Grade 2 World Championships in 1989. Today,the band is ranked amongst the world's best in the premier division of Grade 1 competition and features a roster of players drawn from all over 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 Soldier Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of a soldier in Cromarty, Scotland. Cromarty is a seaport on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, 5 miles seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. Until 1890 it was the county town of the former county of Cromartyshire. The town grew around its port, formerly used by ferries, to export locally grown hemp fibre, and by trawlers trawling for herrings. The port was a British naval base during the First World War Hugh Miller was born in Cromarty on 10 October 1802, he was a self taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Miller committed suicide, shooting himself in the chest with a revolver in his house on Tower Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, on the night of 23/24 December 1856. 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 Policeman Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of a Policeman in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Broughty Ferry, Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Tatha; Scots: Brochtie, is a suburb of Dundee it is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. Broughty Castle sits imposingly at the mouth of the River Tay. Built in 1496 on a rocky promontory, it has faced many sieges and battles. 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. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. 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. 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 Crimonmogate House Lonmay Scotland

Old photograph of Crimonmogate House near Lonmay located between Peterhead and Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The estate formed part of Lonmay parish, dating back to the 14th century, and was included in the lands owned by the powerful Earls of Erroll. The estate was sold by Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll, in the 1730s. Major development began when the land was owned by the merchant Patrick Milne in the late 18th and early 19th century and the estate is now most famous for Crimonmogate House, designed by the Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson for Milne. After Milne's death the estate passed to the Bannerman family who continued to develop the lands and completed the construction of the mansion, also adding a mansard roof later. Simpson was commissioned to design further structures within the estate. Eventually, through marriage in the 20th century, the estate returned to the Errolls. Almost at the turn of that century, in 1996, the estate was purchased by Christopher Monckton. In 2001 the estate was bought by a former Chanel model and her husband, Viscount Petersham. 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 School Wick Scotland

Old photograph of the High School in Wick, Scotland. The name Wick comes from the Norse word, Vik meaning bay. Wick was granted the title of Royal Burgh in 1589. However, it was in the 1800s that Wick enjoyed its greatest prosperity as a thriving herring port, in time becoming the busiest in Europe. Work to enable the development of the huge seasonal herring fishing first began in 1803 under the auspices of the British Fisheries Society. By the time trade at Wick peaked around 1900 there was a fleet 1120 strong. 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 Big Vennel Street Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages, houses and people on Big Vennel Street in Cromarty, Scotland. A vennel is a passageway between the gables of two buildings which can in effect be a minor street in Scotland and the north east of England. There are vennels in Ardersier, Cromarty, Culross, Dalry, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elie, Eyemouth, Forfar, Irvine, Lanark, Linlithgow, North Berwick, Peebles, South Queensferry, Stirling and Wigtown. There are also vennels in the towns of Glenarm and Bangor in Northern Ireland, likely reflecting the Scottish influence in the western parts of the province of Ulster. For example, the old name for High Street in Comber was Cow Lane, an anglicisation of its Ulster Scots name Coo Vennel. 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 Girls Pipe Band Wick Scotland

Old photograph of the girls Pipe Band in Wick, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Roller Skating Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of people skating in the Roller Skating rink in Dundee, Scotland. The rise of the textile industries in Dundee brought with it an expansion of supporting industries, notably of the whaling, maritime and shipbuilding industries and extensive development of the waterfront area started in 1815 to cope with increased demand for port capacity. At its height, 200 ships per year were built there, including Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic research vessel, the RRS Discovery. While the city's economy was dominated by the jute industry, it also became known for smaller industries. Most notable among these were James Keiller's and Sons, established in 1795, which pioneered commercial marmalade production and the publishing firm DC Thomson, which was founded in the city in 1905. Dundee was said to be built on the three Js': Jute, Jam and Journalism. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. 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 Princess Street Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of people, houses and shops on Princess Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. James Williamson Galloway Macdonald was born in May 1897 in Thurso. He was a member of Painters Eleven whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada. Before going to Canada, Macdonald attended the Edinburgh College of Art and worked as a designer for a Scottish textile company. After being recruited by Charles Hepburn Scott, he moved to Canada in 1926 to become a professor at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. He was an influential professor at several art colleges in Canada and helped spur the modern art movement in the country. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He died in Toronto in December 1960. 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 Of Clousta Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Loch of Clousta on West Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It contains a number of small islands, one of which is connected to the shore by a causeway. The Shetland Angling Association keeps a boat on this loch for recreational fishing. 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 Little Gruinard Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Little Gruinard river in Wester Ross, Scotland. The river runs from the Fionn Loch into Gruinard Bay. It lies within the Letterewe Estate, previously owned by Paul van Vlissingen, a Dutch businessman. It has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon. The Little Gruinard has been a forerunner in the development of catch and release fishing amongst Scottish salmon rivers.



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Old Photograph Thules Bay Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Thules Bay, Shetland Islands, 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 Photographs Voe Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Voe, Shetland Islands, 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 Keeper Of The Keys Dunnottar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the keeper of the keys at Dunnottar Castle, Scotland. The ruined medieval fortress situated upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th to 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been an early fortress of the Dark Ages. Dunnottar played a strategic role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, because of the location: it overlooked the shipping lanes to northern Scotland; and is situated on a narrow coastal terrace that controlled land access to the coastal south via Portlethen Moss to Aberdeen during the medieval period. Both the Jacobites and Hanoverians used Dunnottar Fortress. In 1689 during Viscount Dundee's campaign, fourteen suspected Jacobites from Aberdeen were held in the fortress for approximately a year, including George Liddel, professor of mathematics. In 1715 the Dunnottar cannons were utilized by the Jacobites; following this uprising all the possessions of the Earl Mariscal were forfeit, and the fortress was dismantled three years later. Dunnottar Castle was the runaway winner in an 8th Wonder of the World competition. Elsinore Castle in the film Hamlet was in part Dunnottar Castle. 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 Shepherd Sheep Dalguise Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Shepherd and sheep in Dalguise, Perthshire, Scotland. Whilst staying at Dalguise, Beatrix Potter wrote a picture letter which provided the basis for her first book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Similarly, a later book The Tale of Jeremy Fisher also started life as a picture letter with characters clearly based on her study and exploration on the Dalguise beat of the River Tay. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle was published in 1905 and is almost certainly based on the Potters' old washer woman at Dalguise, Kitty MacDonald. 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 South Tay Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, cars, houses and people on South Tay Street in Dundee, Scotland. The rise of the textile industries in Dundee brought with it an expansion of supporting industries, notably of the whaling, maritime and shipbuilding industries and extensive development of the waterfront area started in 1815 to cope with increased demand for port capacity. At its height, 200 ships per year were built there, including Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic research vessel, the RRS Discovery. While the city's economy was dominated by the jute industry, it also became known for smaller industries. Most notable among these were James Keiller's and Sons, established in 1795, which pioneered commercial marmalade production and the publishing firm DC Thomson, which was founded in the city in 1905. Dundee was said to be built on the three Js': Jute, Jam and Journalism. 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 Munches House Scotland

Old photograph of Munches House by Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was the family seat of Mr Wellwood Maxwell, M.P. for Kirkcudbrightshire. Wellwood Herries Maxwell, born 15 October 1817, died 13 August 1900, was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874. Maxwell was the son of John Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Exeter College, Oxford.England. In 1839 he was called to the bar in Scotland. He was a director of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Convener of the Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright. Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry at a by election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until the 1874 general election. Maxwell married in 1844 Jane Home Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine. His son William Jardine Herries Maxwell was Member of Parliament for Dumfrieshire. 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 Sailing Ship West Wemyss Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a sailing ship in the harbour in West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth coast. The village began as a settlement around the site of Wemyss Castle which developed into a centre for the salt industry in the area. A harbour was later built in 1621 by the Wemyss family for the use of coal exportation from the pits on the lands of their estate. The harbour would become a major export point for coal by the late 17th century. The ships brought back imports of wood, iron and flax from the Baltic Countries. A wet dock was added for the increased demand of the coal in the late 1870s. Towards the latter stages of the 19th century, the village found itself surrounded by several mines, such as the Michael Pit in nearby East Wemyss. The industry, which saw trade with England and The Low Countries, started to struggle once the new docks were opened in Methil further along the Fife coast. Gradually, the demand for the harbour began to fall and it went into decline. 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 Cooper Street School Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Cooper Street School in Leith, Edinburgh, 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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