Old Photograph Passenger Bus California Scotland

Old photograph of a passenger bus in California near Avonbridge located seven miles South East of Falkirk, Scotland. California grew on the common muir of Whitesiderigg between Gardrum Burn and Redding Muir. Throughout the 18th century the area was grazing land for cattle coming from the south on the way to the Falkirk Tryst. The settlement emerged in the 19th century as a result of intensive coal mining. Colliers had been settling on Whitesiderig Muir throughout the early nineteenth century on land claimed by the Duke of Hamilton.



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