Old Photograph Railway Station Newtongrange Scotland

Old photograph of the original railway station in Newtongrange, a station to be opened as part of the future Waverley Line, a line to be reopened between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. The new station is on a site south of the original station. There is a planned half-hourly service at this stop to Tweedbank. This station will serve the town of Newtongrange, Midlothian. The station was previously closed, along with the Waverley Line, the station and the line is expected to reopen. 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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Old Photograph Railway Station Crosshouse Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Crosshouse located two miles West of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Crosshouse railway station was a railway station serving the village of Knockentiber and nearby Crosshouse, East Ayrshire. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. The station opened on 4 April 1843 as Busby. Busby station had a short life and closed on 15 April 1850, however the station reopened as Crosshouse, then as part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway on 1 September 1872. Crosshouse and its four platforms served as a junction station, allowing travel to Kilmarnock from the directions of both Irvine and Dalry. The Irvine service was withdrawn on 6 April 1964, with the station closing permanently to passengers on 18 April 1966, although the line was still in use by freight trains and diverted passenger trains until 23 October 1973. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dundee, Scotland. 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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Old Photograph Railway Station Dunblane Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dunblane, Scotland. This station is located on the former Scottish Central Railway, between Stirling and Perth, Perthshire, and opened with the line in 1848. 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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Old Photograph Railway Station Maybole Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was opened on 24 May 1860, originally as part of the Maybole and Girvan Railway, later owned by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. There is a two hourly service in each direction, with some extras, to Ayr and Girvan, with some of the latter continuing to Stranraer. From Ayr certain services continue to Glasgow, either via Paisley Gilmour Street or Kilmarnock.



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Old Photographs Railway Station Fort William Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Fort William, Scotland. The first station was opened on 7 August 1894 by the West Highland Railway which was later absorbed by the North British Railway. It was sited further west the present station on what is now the town by-pass alongside Loch Linnhe at Station Square, at the time in close proximity to then location of Macbrayne's former bus station. The old station was a stone built construction featuring a turret and a double arched entranceway and had three platforms. It closed on 9 June 1975 and was demolished immediately afterwards to permit construction of the bypass. The present Fort William station opened by British Rail on 13 June 1975. The current station lies in the shadow of Ben Nevis.



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Old Photographs Railway Station Dalnaspidal Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dalnaspidal in the Highlands of Scotland. This intermediate station on the Perth, Perthshire to Inverness main line of the Highland Railway was opened in 1865, grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 3 May 1965. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Aviemore Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland. The station is located on the Highland Main Line between Perth, Perthshire, and Inverness, Highlands. The line was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863, subsequently becoming part of the Highland Railway. The current station was opened in 1898, to designs by the architect William Roberts. when the direct line to Inverness via Slochd was built, making Aviemore an important junction and replacing the original 1863 building. William Roberts also provided an engine shed to the north of the station in 1896. 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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Old Photograph Railway Station Fochabers Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Fochabers located ten miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. This station was opened on 23 October 1893 and was the terminal station of the Highland Railway. branch line from Orbliston to Fochabers. It was renamed Fochabers Town Station on 1 July 1894, and was closed to regular passenger traffic by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 14 September 1931. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Achnashellach Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Achnashellach in Wester Ross, Scotland. The railway station here is on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. It is located between Strathcarron and Glen Carron. The line was opened on 5 August 1870. The station was opened by the Dingwall and Isle Of Skye Railway, but operated from the outset by the Highland Railway. Taken into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Muir Of Ord Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Muir of Ord located eight miles South of Dingwall, Scotland. Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line. It is the location of the sole remaining crossing loop on the single line between Dingwall and Inverness, Highlands. It was once the junction of a branch railway to Fortrose. The station building and platform canopy were erected in 1894. Passenger services on the branch ceased on 1 October 1951, but the branch remained open for freight until 13 June 1960. 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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Old Photograph The Mound Railway Station Scotland

Old photograph of The Mound Railway Station near the head of Loch Fleet, a sea loch on the east coast of Scotland, located between Golspie and Dornoch, Scotland. For more than half of its life it was the junction for Dornoch. The Sutherland Railway opened between Bonar Bridge and Golspie on 13 April 1868. Among the intermediate stations was one at The Mound, which opened with the line. The station took its name from the nearby road embankment engineered in 1817 by Thomas Telford across the head of Loch Fleet, which is now on the route of the A9 road. On 2 June 1902, the Dornoch Light Railway was opened,] which connected to the main line at a junction situated just to the West of The Mound station. The Dornoch branch line closed on 13 June 1960, and The Mound station closed the same day. The line remains open, and the nearest station is now Golspie.



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Old Photograph Dunrobin Castle Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland, Scotland. This is the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland and the Clan Sutherland. It is located one mile North of Golspie, and approximately five miles South of Brora, overlooking the Dornoch Firth. The lands of Sutherland were acquired before 1211, by Hugh, Lord of Duffus, grandson of the Flemish nobleman Freskin. The Earldom of Sutherland was created around 1235 for Hugh's son, William, surmised to have descended from the House of Moray by the female line. The castle may have been built on the site of an early medieval fort, but the oldest surviving portion, with an iron yett, is first mentioned in 1401. The earliest castle was a square keep with walls over 6 feet thick. Unusually, the ceilings of each floor were formed by stone vaults rather than being timber. The castle is thought to be named after Robert, the 6th Earl of Sutherland who died in 1427. During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart stormed Dunrobin Castle without warning, because the Clan Sutherland supported the British government. The 17th Earl of Sutherland, who had changed his surname from Gordon to Sutherland, narrowly escaped them, exiting through a back door. He sailed for Aberdeen where he joined the Duke of Cumberland's army. On the death of the 18th Earl in 1766, the house passed to his daughter, Elizabeth, who married the politician George Leveson Gower, later created 1st Duke of Sutherland. In 1785, the house was altered and extended again. In 1915, the building was in use as a naval hospital when fire damaged much of the interior, but was confined to the newer additions by Barry. Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer was engaged to renovate the house following the First World War. When the 5th Duke died in 1963, the Earldom and the house went to his niece, the current Countess of Sutherland, while the Dukedom had to pass to a male heir and went to John Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere. Between 1965 and 1972, the house became a boarding school for boys, taking on forty boys and five teachers in its first year. Since 1973, the house and grounds have been open to the public, with private accommodation retained for the use of the Sutherland family. 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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Old Photograph War Memorial Minto Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Minto located between Hawick and Jedburgh, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. This Scottish village is north of the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders.

World War I Roll Of Honour

James Bell
Francis Berry
Esmond Elliot
Charles S.Harvey
George Watson
David Wilson M.M
William Yule

Minto is 96 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph War Memorial Inveraray Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Inveraray, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

BAIN ARCHIBALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
BELL MALCOLM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
BELL ROBERT ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT
BLACK ANDREW HUNTER GORDON HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
BLACK WILLIAM BLACK WATCH SERGEANT
BUCHANAN JOHN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT
CAMPBELL ANDREW SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE
CAMPBELL GERALD AUSTRALIANS CAPTAIN A.E.F.
CAMPBELL GRAHAM DOUGLAS ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS MAJOR
CAMPBELL IAIN MCGREGOR SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
CAMPBELL IVAR ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT
CAMPBELL JAMES ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
CAMPBELL NEIL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
CAMPBELL ROBERT ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL
CAMPBELL ROBERT ROYAL FUSILIERS PRIVATE MILITARY MEDAL
CAUSH ERNEST R.W.S. PRIVATE
CAUSH JOHN R.W.S. PRIVATE
COTCHER T.D. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
EDWARDS JOHN SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
FRASER GEORGE D. RIFLE BRIGADE LIEUTENANT
GOLDIE ALEXANDER ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
GUTHRIE JOHN MCINNES ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
HARRISON JOHN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
HAYMAN BERTIE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
JACKSON DONALD FISHER HUSSARS LIEUTENANT 20TH HUSSARS
JOHNSTONE JOHN BLACK WATCH PRIVATE MILITARY MEDAL
KENNEDY WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
KIRKLAND HUGH EDWARD A.A.M.C. CAPTAIN MILITARY CROSS
KIRKLAND WILLIAM DUNCAN A.A.M.C. MAJOR MILITARY CROSS
LAMONT WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
LIDDELL WILLIAM SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE
LIVINGSTON DUGALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
LOUGH JAMES SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL
LOXLEY FRANK ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MACARTHUR ALASTAIR ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CAPTAIN
MCARTHUR ARCHIBALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCCALLUM ARCHIBALD CANADIANS PRIVATE CANADIAN INFANTRY
MCCALLUM EDWARD LONDON REGIMENT LIEUTENANT
MCDIARMID ALEXANDER ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCKENZIE COLIN SCOTS GUARDS PRIVATE
MCLAREN PETER ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCLEAN ANDREW ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS DRUMMER
MCLEAN ANGUS ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCMILLAN DUNCAN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
MCPHEDRAN JOHN MERCHANT NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
MCVICAR ALEXANDER HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE
MCVICAR ARCHIBALD SCOTTISH HORSE TROOPER
MCVICAR DONALD HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY PRIVATE
MCVICAR JOHN KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS CORPORAL DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
MCVICAR JOHN CANADIANS PRIVATE CANADIAN INFANTRY
MCVICAR PETER ROYAL NAVY PETTY OFFICER CANADIAN ROYAL NAVY
MCVICAR WILLIAM ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS PRIVATE
MEARS WILLIAM ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT
MITCHELL GEORGE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CAPTAIN
MORRISON DUNCAN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL
MUNRO DONALD LAWSON ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY SERGEANT
MUNRO DUNCAN LEITCH BLACK WATCH LIEUTENANT
MUNRO HUGH A. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CAPTAIN
MUNROE LOUIS FREDERICK ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT
OLIVER WILLIAM CANADIANS PRIVATE 5TH CANADIANS
ROSE IAN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
ROSS ALEXANDER MUNRO ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS CORPORAL
ROSS COLIN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT
ROSS VIOLET WAAC SERGEANT
SHAIRP NORMAN AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY CAPTAIN MILITARY CROSS
SINCLAIR ARCHIBALD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
SINCLAIR ARCHIBALD MCVICAR ROYAL NAVY PETTY OFFICER
SINCLAIR MALCOLM ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS SERGEANT
SINCLAIR PETER ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS PRIVATE
SMITH ERNEST KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS LIEUTENANT
SMITH ROBERT CAMPBELL MCINTYRE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS LIEUTENANT
SMITH WILLIAM MURRAY ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT
THOMSON DANIEL ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS SERGEANT

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

BLAIR DUNCAN A. ROYAL NAVY S.A.
BUNTAIN WILLIAM R. ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT SERGEANT R.GUNNER
CAMPBELL DONALD B. MERCHANT NAVY FIRST MATE
DEVINE PHILIP J. ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR
GILLESPIE ALASTAIR F. ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS PRIVATE
GILLESPIE COLLYN C.F. ROYAL AIR FORCE WIRELESS OPERATOR
JOHNSTON GEORGE ROYAL NAVY ABLE SEAMAN
MOUAT JAMES H. ROYAL AIR FORCE SERGEANT PILOT
ROSS WILLIAM K. SCOTS GUARDS GUARDSMAN
THURSBY JOHN F. KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY LIEUTENANT NO. 1 COMMANDO

Inveraray is 66 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph War Memorial Laurieston Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Laurieston located two miles East of Falkirk, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

William Anderson, William Anderson, Pat Arthur, Henry Begg, William Brown, James Brand, John Boyd, John Black, Andrew Brand, John Bayne, John Bain, Peter Black, James Copland, William Cooper, Hugh H Connell, Robert Campbell, John Chalmers, John M Cochrane, James Clark, James Cowan, John Dougal, Hugh Duffy, David Edwards, James Ferguson, Dan Fortune, James Frew, Peter Fleming, William Gibson, William C Grant, Alex Grant, John Gibson, Thomas Hunter, John Henderson, James Irvine, James Johnston, Gardner Jack, Alex Johnston, James Kay, Richard Leishman, Peter Lockhart, Wm Masterton, Alex Muir, John Morrison, John Mellis, Wm Myles, Jas Mertin, Jas F Morris, John Main, James Moodie, Joseph Mitchell, John Miller, Thomas McBride, John McIntyre, James McLay, Alex McDonald, Kenneth McDonald, John McGregor, Robert S McQueen, John McMartin, Thomas McAlcose, Edward McBryde, James M'Kay, Thomas Neil, Charles Provan, Wm L Prattis, James Reilly, Robert Reilly, Andrew Rule, Herbert Richmond, Wm Rankine, Mathew Robertson, James Richmond, John Sime, Wm Simons, Andrew Sorley, Mathew Stevenson, James Sligo, John Sutherland, James Strathie, John Swan, Wm D Stewart, W Y Stevenson, Robert Seymour, Thomas Seymour, Alex Smith, Thomas Smith, James Simpson, Charles Trotter, Robert Vine, Wm Walker, Thomas West, Peter West, James Williamson, Thomas Wilson, Robert Walker, John Walker, Francis Allan, Ronald Dougal, Charles Masterton.

World War 2 Roll of Honour

George Anderson, William Shields, Robert Gardiner, Wilson Stewart, John Jackson, Alex Cunningham, Alex Todd, Walter Murray, Archibald Morrison, Donald M'Gregor, George Paterson, Alex Baird, James Rankine, Wm M'Queen, Wm Fernie, George Steel, Thos Gibson, David Gibson, Charles Gibson, Robert Flynn, Jas Clark, Hugh J Johnston, Malcolm Baird, Robert Cummings, John Harley, Dan Nimmo, Norman McEwan, William Imrie, Andrew Simpson, David Thomson, Thomas Thomson, Kenneth Mitchell, Gordon Reid, Peter Kerr, Jack Whitelaw, William Johnston, J Cowie, Wm Johnstone.

Laurieston is 29 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph Soldiers Hawick Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders.



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Old Photograph Horse Racing Racecourse Ayr Scotland

Old photograph of horse racing at the racecourse in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 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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Old Photograph Mary Garden Scotland

Old photograph of Mary Garden, born, 20 February 1874, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Mary was a Scottish American operatic soprano with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century. She spent the latter part of her childhood and youth in the United States and eventually became an American citizen, although she lived in France for many years and eventually retired to Scotland, where she died. Her parents, both from Aberdeen, were Robert Davidson Garden, born 19 July 1855, and Mary Joss Garden, born 23 February 1860. The family moved to Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States when she was nine years old. They then moved to Hartford, Connecticut a few years later, thence Chicago in 1888 when Mary was 14. By 1910, Garden had become a household name within America. She left the Manhattan Opera House to join the Chicago Grand Opera Company where she sang from 1910 to 1913 in such roles as Mélisande, Fanny in Massenet's Sapho, Dulcinée in Massenet's Don Quichotte, the Prince in Massenet's Cendrillon, the title role in Georges Bizet's Carmen, and the title role in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. During this time she also sang in other American cities, notably appearing in the world premiere of Victor Herbert's Natoma in Philadelphia on 25 February 1911 and in the title role Février's Monna Vanna in its United States premiere in Boston. During World War I she was decorated by the French and Serbian governments and made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1921. In 1922 Garden became the director of the newly formed Chicago Civic Opera where she also performed roles until 1931. She retired from the opera stage in 1934, after making her last appearance as Katyusha in Franco Alfano's Risurrezione at the Opéra-Comique. After retiring, Garden worked as a talent scout for MGM and gave lectures and recitals, mostly on the life and works of Claude Debussy up through 1949. For much of her life she had openly encouraged young singers and even secretly paid for them to receive training. She continued to support young artists after her retirement through master classes, often allowing aspiring artists to attend for free. Mary died in Inverurie, on 3 January 1967, close to Aberdeen, where she spent the last 30 years of her life.



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Old Photograph Sir Archibald Alison Scotland

Old photograph of Sir Archibald Alison in Glasgow, Scotland. Archibald, born 29 December 1792, died 23 May 1867, was a Scottish advocate and historian. He held several prominent legal appointments. He was the younger son of the Episcopalian cleric and author Archibald Alison. His elder brother was the physician and social reformer William Alison. He was the son of the Reverend Archibald Alison and his wife Dorothea Gregory, who was the daughter of Professor John Gregory, and granddaughter of James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes. He was elected Lord Rector successively of Marischal College, Aberdeen, and of the University of Glasgow. In 1825, he married Elizabeth Glencairn, the daughter of Patrick Tytler; the children from the marriage were Archibald, Frederick and Eliza Frances Catherine. Both sons became distinguished British officers. Alison died at Possil House, Glasgow, at the age of 74, and was interred in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Sir Robert Christison Scotland

Old photograph of Sir Robert Christison, born 18 July 1797, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Robert was a Scottish toxicologist and physician who served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and as president of the British Medical Association. He attended the Royal High School and graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1819. He then spent a short time in London, England, studying under John Abernethy and Sir William Lawrence, and in Paris, where he learnt analytical chemistry from P. J. Robiquet and toxicology from M. J. B. Orfila. In 1822 he returned to Edinburgh as professor of medical jurisprudence. His fame as a toxicologist and medical jurist, together with his work on the pathology of the kidneys and on fevers, secured him a large private practice, and he succeeded to a fair share of the honors that commonly attend the successful physician, being appointed physician to Queen Victoria in 1848 and receiving a baronetcy in 1871. He retained remarkable physical vigour and activity until extreme old age, and died at Edinburgh on 27 January 1882. He is buried in New Calton Cemetery in the plot of his father, Alexander Christison. No mention is made of his fame or knighthood. 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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Old Photograph John Laird Scotland

Old photograph of John Laird, born 14 June 1805 in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. John was a Scottish shipbuilder and key figure in the development of the town of Birkenhead, England. He was the elder brother of Macgregor Laird. He was one of the first to use iron in the construction of ships. He was the eldest son of Scottish entrepreneur, William Laird and Agnes Macgregor. In the same year the Lairds moved to Liverpool. John was educated at Liverpool Royal Institution. In 1824 the Laird family moved to Birkenhead, where William Laird and Daniel Horton established the Birkenhead Iron Works. This manufactured boilers near Wallasey Pool. This partnership was dissolved in 1828 and William Laird was joined in his business by John Laird, who had been a solicitor's articled clerk. The company was renamed William Laird & Son. In 1829 Laird married Elizabeth Hurry. In 1860, John Laird was joined in partnership by his three sons, William, John and Henry. However, John Laird retired in 1861 and the business was taken over by his sons. It merged with Charles Cammell & Co to form Cammell Laird in 1903. John died at his home, 63 Hamilton Square, Birkenhead on 29 October 1874, following a riding accident. He is buried in the grounds of Birkenhead Priory, next to his yard.



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Old Photograph Lawyer Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Lawyer in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. 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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Old Photograph Gardeners Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of gardeners outside a mansion house in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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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Old Photograph Kitchen Staff Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of kitchen staff in a mansion house in Edinburgh, Scotland. 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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Old Photographs Fortrose Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Fortrose, Moray Firth, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Bridge Street Girvan Scotland

Old photographs of shops, buildings and people on Bridge Street in Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is stituated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, 21 miles South of Ayr, and 29 miles North of Stranraer, and is the main ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland. The opening of the railways, initially with the Maybole and Girvan Railway at the end of the 1850s, encouraged the development of Girvan as a seaside resort with beaches and cliffs. Most of the streets in the south east of Girvan are named after trees, examples are Maple Drive, Elder Avenue, Pine Quadrant, etc. 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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Old Photograph Town Clock Hawick Scotland

Old photograph of cars and town clock 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 travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Portknockie Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Portknockie, Moray Firth, Scotland.

Includes the following names;

David, Mair. AB Seaman Deck Hand, Royal Naval Reserve, Princess Beatrice, born in Portknockie, died at sea, aged 36, 05, October, 1914.
John Wood, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, born in Portknockie, died at sea, age 47, 26 Apr, 1917. Son of the late James and Helen Wood, of Portnockie. Husband of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen.
William George Wood, 2nd Deckhand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December 1915, aged 49. Son of John and Jessie Wood, of Portknockie. Husband of Beatrice Wood, of 16, Park Street, Portknockie, Banffshire.
James Wood, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 21. Son of Helen Wood, of 21, Reidhaven Street, Portknockie, Banffshire, and the late John Wood, Skipper, R.N.R.
William Mair, Deck Hand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, aged 19. Son of James and Margaret Mair, of Aranmore, Portknockie, Banffshire.
Robert Grant, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 26 February, 1916, aged 28. Son of Robert Grant & Mary Ann Wood. Husband of Barbara Ann Robertson.
John Mair, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 6 March, 1916, aged 23. Sister of Catherine, 333 Portnockie, Banffshire.
Peter Grant, Stoker 1st Class, born Glasgow, died at sea, 31 May, 1916, aged 26. Son of Elizabeth 22 Oakbank Street Glasgow.
John Wood, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 51. Husband of Helen Donaldson Wood, of 21, Reidhaven St., Portknockie, Banffshire.
John Wood, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 26 April, 1917, aged 20. Son of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen, and the late John Wood, Skipper, native of Portnockie.
William George Wood, 2nd Deckhand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 49. Son of John and Jessie Wood, of Portknockie. Husband of Beatrice Wood, of 16, Park St., Portknockie, Banffshire.

The distance from Portknockie to Glasgow and Paisley is 200 miles.



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Old Photograph Dunmore Street Balfron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, Bus and people on Dunmore Street in Balfron located 18 miles West of Stirling, Scotland. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory village. The name means, village of mourning, in Gaelic. This originates from a legend that the village was attacked by wolves, which stole children out of their homes. In 1789, when Robert Dunmore built Ballindalloch Cotton Works he expanded the settlement from a hamlet of around 50 people to a bustling Industrial Revolution planned village with a population of almost 1,000 within a year. As the cotton boom began to fail, the arrival of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway transformed Balfron into a popular holiday resort.



Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Balfron village in Stirlingshire located 18 miles West of Stirling, Scotland. The village is located It is situated near Endrick Water on the A875 road, 18 miles west of Stirling and 16 miles north of Glasgow. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory village. The name means village of mourning in Gaelic. This originates from a legend that the village was attacked by wolves, which stole children out of their homes. In 1789, when Robert Dunmore built Ballindalloch Cotton Works he expanded the settlement from a hamlet of around 50 people to a bustling Industrial Revolution planned village with a population of almost 1,000 within a year. As the cotton boom began to fail, the arrival of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway transformed Balfron into a popular holiday resort. The station closed in 1951. 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 Ballogie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ballogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Most of Ballogie lies within the parish of Birse, although the northern part extends into the parish of Aboyne and Glentanar. The ancient name of the estate was Tillysnaught, and in 1650 belonged to a branch of the Roses of Kilravock. It passed afterwards to a Forbes, then the Innes and Farquharson families, before being sold to James Dyce Nicol, Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Buckie Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway on its Moray Firth coast line in 1886, served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains. The Highland Railway had opened another station in Buckie two years previously, on a branch from Keith, but this closed in 1915. The Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1921 and became part of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station was closed on 6 May 1968. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Annan Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Annan, near Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish railway station serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line 17½ miles North West of Carlisle, England. Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, then run by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. 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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Old Photographs Chalmers Street Ardrishaig Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, cars and people in Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located at the southern entrance to the Crinan Canal, on the side of a hill bordering Loch Fyne immediately to the south of Lochgilphead. 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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Old Photograph Guisachan House Scotland

Old photograph of Guisachan House in Strathlass, in the Highlands of Scotland. The original house on Guisachan Estate, in upper Strathglass, was burnt down by the Duke of Cumberland's troops in 1745. William Fraser 9th of Guisachan inherited the estate on his father's death in 1755 and built a new mansion house. The estate was subsequently sold to Lord Tweedmouth in 1855. By 1962 Guisachan House was a ruin. 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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Old Photograph Knockleith House Scotland

Old photograph of Knockleith House near Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Tolly Castle, once a Barclay stronghold is located near here. It was built in the 14th century, but the bulk of the remains are from the 16th century. 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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Old Photograph Balquholly House Scotland

Old photograph of Balquholly House near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion houses was owned at one time by Robert Patterson who came to fame when he refused to pay National Insurance stamps for his employees. The sheriff's officer poinded one of his cattle and put it up for auction at Turriff market. The local farmers turned out in force and were so hostile to the idea of the sale that the auctioneer needed a police escort. After initially refusing to bid for the cow, the farmers eventually bought it and handed it back to Patterson. The house saw wartime service as a billet for Polish servicemen and for the Women's Land Army.



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Old Photograph Skelmorlie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. This first Scottish castle here dates from 1502, and was formerly the seat and stronghold of the Montgomery Clan. The modern village of Skelmorlie lies to the north of the castle. Major General James Montgomerie, of Wrighthill, Member of Parliament for Ayrshire lived at the castle for a long period in the early 19th century, being the brother of the 12th earl and grand uncle to the 13th earl. During this time the castle remained as a little altered, but run down example of a tower castle. The castle was tenanted during the period 1852 to 1890 by John Graham, born 1797, died 1886, of Glasgow, a textile and Port wine merchant. He rebuilt the castle in 1856 by restoring the old tower at his own expense, and adding the mansion house which joined two old buildings, with the permission of the Earl of Eglinton. His architect was William Railton of Kilmarnock. The 16th Earl of Eglinton moved here from the abandoned Eglinton Castle the Montgomerie family seat in the mid 1920s, but it was sold by the 18th Earl of Eglinton, having been leased to the Wilson family since 1956. The 16th Earl died at Skelmorlie Castle in 1945. The castle became the property of the Wilson family in the mid 1970s, also the owners of the meat canning factory at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning. The castle was advertised for sale in 2007 and passed to new private owners in the summer of 2009.



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Old Photograph Town Hall Penicuik Scotland

Old photograph of the Town Hall in Penicuik, Scotland. The founder of the papermakers Alexander Cowan & Sons was a nationally important social reformer and philanthropist. He helped create a public library in Penicuik in 1799, built a school and social housing for his workers, created a scheme for sickness pay and pensions for both male and female workers before 1848 and piped a clean public water supply from the Pentland Hills into the centre of Penicuik. In 1894, part of his bequest was used to build The Cowan Institute, as it was called then, which included a large public hall with a gallery, a library with many thousands of books, billiard tables and a fitted gymnasium, even public baths, all endowed for the good of the people of Penicuik. Its architect was the husband of Alexander Cowan's grand daughter, Cambell Douglas who, for half a century, led one of the most influential architectural teaching practices in the country and went on to spread the influence of the Scottish Baronial style to France and Japan. The Cowan Institute's splendid projecting clock was added in 1901 - Alexander Cowan's family having lived at Moray House in Edinburgh's Canongate looked out at the Tolbooth clock. For the next 60 years, the Institute was locally managed under the supervision of trustees. Then in March 1960, Penicuik Burgh Councill formally accepted the gift of the Cowan Institute building and the funds of the Cowan Trust, as a civic cintre for the people of Penicuik undertaking to provide for its future as recreational and hall facilities in the spirit of the trust. For 12 years, the Cowan Institute became Penicuik Town Hall, with the Library and billiard room converted for council administration. A new floor of specially imported Canadian rockwood maple split the Great Hall in two and created one of the finest sprung dancing floors in the country. 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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Old Photograph Stewart Street Portgordon Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Stewart Street in Portgordon near Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. Portgordon was established in 1797 by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon as a fishing village. In 1797 houses were built for ten fishermen and their families from Nether Buckie. This was the third new village the Duke had established, but unlike Fochabers and Tomintoul before, this was a smaller venture and little planning was done with regards to street layout. 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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Old Photographs Pettycur Road Kinghorn Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Pettycur Road in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. 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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Old Photographs Railway Station Kinross Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. The Fife and Kinross Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 16 July 1855 to build a 14 mile line, to build a branch line from the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway at Ladybank to Kinross. The Kinross-shire Railway was authorised on 10 August 1857 to construct a single line route 7 miles long from the Dunfermline branch of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dunfermline Railway near Lumphinnans to Kinross. The Devon Valley Railway was incorporated on 23 July 1858 to build a line from the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway station at Tillicoultry to Hopefield Kinross. The Fife and Kinross line closed between Ladybank and Mawcarse Junction on 5 June 1950 to passengers, and to goods on 5 October 1964. The Kelty to Kinross to Glenfarg to Hilton Junction Kinross line closed on 5 January 1970, although goods traffic continued to Kinross and Milnathort until 4 May 1970. The Devon Valley Railway route closed on 15 June 1964, although goods services continued between Tillicoultry and Alloa until 25 June 1973. 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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Old Photograph Lynchat Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Lynchat near Kingussie, Scotland. The River Spey which rises in Loch Insh and the Insh Marshes located South and East of the village, passes the village to the south. The main A9 road passes to the north of Lynchat. 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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