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Old Photograph Husband And Wife Fort William Scotland
Old photograph of a husband and wife having a cup of tea in a cottage in Fort William, Scotland. Historically, this area of the Lochaber Highlands was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area. The town grew in size as a settlement when the fort was constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century. In the Jacobite rising known as the Forty Five, Fort William was besieged for two weeks by the Jacobites, from 20 March to 3 April 1746. However, although the Jacobites had captured both of the other forts in the chain of three Great Glen fortifications, Fort Augustus and the original Fort George, they failed to take Fort William. During the Second World War, Fort William was the home of HMS St Christopher which was a training base for Royal Navy Coastal Forces.
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