Old Photograph Bogan Scotland

Old photograph of houses in Bogan by Coldingham village near Eyemouth, Scotland. History 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 Leitholm Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Leitholm located four miles North of Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Dawson John East African Rifles Trooper Killed May 13th 1915
Dodds Robert Royal Engineers Corporal Killed December 24th 1915
Douglas George King's Own Scottish Borderers Private Killed April 19th 1917 1/4th K.O.S.B.
Fairgrieve William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private Killed August 30th 1915
Gough John Bloomfield Royal Horse Artillery Lieutenant Killed September 8th 1914
Gough Owen Bengal Cavalry Lieutenant Killed December 30th 1915 XII Bengal Cavalry
Gough Rupert Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant Killed October 28th 1917
Hunter Martin Lancers Lieutenant Killed April 11th 1918 Of Antons Hill, 9th Lancers
Lillie Robert Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Corporal Killed September 29th 1918
Marrow Edward Armfield King's Own Scottish Borderers Captain Killed April 26th 1915
Norris William Scots Guards Private Killed January 1st 1915
Robinson Arnold Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private Killed November 15th 1915
Watson John M. King's Own Scottish Borderers Captain Killed November 13th 1916 4th K.O.S.B.
Watson Norman B. Royal Scots Private Killed August 16th 1915
Watson William E. King's Liverpool Regiment Lieutenant Killed March 24th 1918 17th King's Liverpool Regiment

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

Jenkinson Jack R.A.F. Warrant Officer Killed June 13th 1944
Ramsay Bertram Admiral Killed January 3rd 1943? K.C.B. K.B.E. M.V.O.
Tulloch Ronald S. Royal Engineers Lieutenant Killed January 25th 1944
Welsh James Royal Armoured Corps Trooper Killed November 13th 1944
Wood Thomas Royal Air Force Flying Officer Killed January 3rd 1945

The distance from Leitholm to Glasgow and Paisley is 88 miles



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Old Photograph Bridge Balloch Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge in Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland. This 1887 iron girder bridge was engineered by Crouch and Hogg of Glasgow and built by Hanna, Donald and Wilson of Paisley.


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Old Photograph Boatyard Balloch Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a boatyard in Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Balloch is a small town in West Dunbartonshire, at the foot of Loch Lomond. Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria and to the smaller village of Jamestown, both of which are located to its south. It also borders the Kilpatrick Hills. With its accessible location at the southern end of Loch Lomond and just off the main road from Glasgow to the West Highlands, it is an important centre of tourism, especially from Glasgow and Dumbarton. Balloch comes from the Gaelic word bal, baile or ball, which means village or hamlet, so Balloch means, village on the loch. History 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 Westerkirk Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and hotel in Westerkirk by Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. History 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 West Carsphairn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in West Carsphairn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Carsphairn was made an independent parish around 1627, prior to which it had been a part of the Parish of Dalry, and was created a Free Burgh in 1672 under a charter requested by Robert Grierson of Lag. Industry is mainly rural, but, historically, a significant mining industry existed, particularly of lead, following the discovery of significant quantities in 1837. By the mid 1850s the mine was producing 1000 tons annually. Mining continued in the area, with peak production between 1906 and 1914. Following the end of the First World War, the industry collapsed and by 1928 all lead mining operations had ceased. History 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 Tor Na Coille Hotel Banchory Scotland

Old photograph of Tor Na Coille Hotel in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name Banchory is thought to be derived from an early Christian settlement founded by St Ternan. It is claimed that Ternan was a follower of St Ninian. Tradition has it that he established his settlement on the banks of the River Dee on what was later to become the kirkyard of the medieval parish of Banchory-Ternan. History 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 North Road Bellshill Scotland

Old photograph of a shops, cars and houses on North Road in Bellshill, Glasgow, Scotland. History 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 Esplanade Joppa Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of people on the Esplanade in Joppa a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans. Practically nothing remains of the industrial buildings. On 16 October 1939 the German Luftwaffe made a daylight air raid up the Forth to bomb British battleships, HMS Edinburgh, HMS Mohawk and HMS Southampton, at Rosyth across the Firth of Forth in Fife. This was the first daylight air raid on Britain. Houses in Morton Street, Joppa, were damaged as a result of the bombing. The German pilots shot down during the raid were buried, following a ceremony at St Philip's Church, in nearby Portobello Cemetery which lies on Milton Road East. They were the first enemy casualties of the Second World War to be buried on British soil.





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Old Photograph Bridge Colinton Scotland

Old photograph of a Double-decker bus on the bridge in Colinton located South West of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. History 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 Yacht Clubhouse Gourock Scotland

Old photograph of the Yacht Clubhouse in Gourock, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. Royal Gourock Yacht Club was originally known as Gourock Sailing Club when it was founded in 1894. It had its name changed to the Gourock Yacht Club six years later, and in 1908 King Edward VII was pleased to signify his pleasure that the club be known as Royal Gourock Yacht Club.



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Old Photograph Post Office Gladsmuir Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Gladsmuir near Prestonpans to the East of Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish village was the site of the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. 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 Street Elie East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people and houses on the High Street in Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. History 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 Up Helly Aa Guizers Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Guizers at Up Helly Aa on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Up Helly Aa refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, annually in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season. The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the more rural festivals, formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes. History 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 Hansom Cab Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a Hansom Cab in Edinburgh, Scotland. The hansom cab is a kind of horse drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. Originally called the Hansom safety cab, it was designed to combine speed with safety, with a low centre of gravity for safe cornering. Hansom's original design was modified by John Chapman and several others to improve its practicability, but retained Hansom's name. There were up to 7500 hansom cabs in use at the height of their popularity and they quickly spread to other cities such as London, and Glasgow in the United Kingdom, Dublin in Ireland, as well as continental European cities, particularly Paris in France, Berlin in Germany, and St Petersburg in Russia. The cab was introduced to other British Empire cities and to the United States during the late 19th century, being most commonly used in New York.



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Old Photograph Ghillies Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Ghillies in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. A Ghillie or gillie is a Scots term that refers to a man or a boy who acts as an attendant on a fishing, fly fishing, hunting, or deer stalking expedition, primarily in the Highlands or on rivers such as the River Spey or River Tay. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on his employer or guests. A ghillie may also serve as a gamekeeper employed by a landowner to prevent poaching on his lands, control unwelcome natural predators such as fox or otter and monitor the health of the wildlife.



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Old Photograph Straad Isle of Bute Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, houses and children in Straad village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. Sir William Macewen was born near Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland in 1848. He was a Scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery and contributed to the development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy, removal of the lungs. He studied at the University of Glasgow, receiving a medical degree in 1872. In 1875, he became an assistant surgeon at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, being promoted to full surgeon in 1877. In 1916 Macewen helped to found the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers in Erskine, now the Erskine Hospital, near Glasgow, which was urgently needed to treat the thousands of military that lost their limbs in the First World War. Macewen was its first chief surgeon and with the help of engineers and workers of the nearby Yarrow Shipbuilders, he designed the Erskine artificial limb. He trained a team of pattern-makers to manufacture them for the hospital. Macewen died in Glasgow on 22 March 1924. He lived at Garrochty on the Isle of Bute until his death, and was buried nearby in the churchyard of St Blane's Chapel.



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Old Photograph Royal Visit Prince And Princess of Wales Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a Royal Visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow is a port city on the River Clyde in Scotland's western Lowlands. It's famed for its Victorian and art nouveau architecture, a rich legacy of the city's 18th to 20th century prosperity due to trade and shipbuilding. Today it's a national cultural hub, home to institutions including the Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet and National Theatre of Scotland, as well as acclaimed museums. History 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 Women Shop Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of women outside a shop in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. History 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 Elrig Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Elrig village located three miles North of Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elrig is the birthplace of author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell, who was born at the House of Elrig. Gavin, born 15 July 1914, died 7 September 1969, was best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water in 1960 about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. The title Ring of Bright Water was taken from a poem by Kathleen Raine, who said in her autobiography that Maxwell had been the love of her life. History 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 Kirkinner Scotland

Old photograph of houses, cottages and children in Kirkinner village located three miles South West of Wigtown, Scotland. Reverend Andrew Symson was minister and the personal friend and parish clergyman of David Dunbar at Kirkinner. He wrote a poem on the morning of the funeral of Janet Dunbar at Kirkinner in 1669 which may have been read at the funeral. Her strange death on the night of her marriage forms the basis of the plot of Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor. History 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 Interior Gean House Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of Gean House on Tullibody Road in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. In November 1911, Alexander Forrester Paton, of Inglewood House, Alloa, purchased 30 acres of land from the Earl of Mar and Kellie. Alexander was the managing director of the Alloa based firm of Patons, the family business founded by his grandfather to manufacture woollen yarn. Some 16 years earlier, Alexander had purchased land from the Earl to build his own family home at nearby Inglewood. Alexander also owned large estates in Clackmannanshire, and built several other buildings, such as Cowdenpark, where he lived. Gean House was to be built as a wedding gift for Alexander’s eldest son, also named Alexander, who worked in the family business. Plans were commissioned from William Kerr, born 1866, died 1940, partner in the local firm of John Melvin & Sons, an architect previously engaged to design Patons' headquarters at Kilncraigs in Alloa. Completed in 1912, the design for Gean was greatly influenced by the work of English architect, Edwin Lutyens, born 1869, died 1944. Lutyen’s early work marked the transition from the authoritative and imposing Victorian country house style to the softer, Arts and Crafts style of the Edwardian era, that sought to integrate houses and gardens into the landscape. History 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 Queen Elizabeth II High School Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Queen Elizabeth II at the High School in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. History 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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Tour Scotland Video Rocky Road to Dublin Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Matthew Dames singing Rocky Road to Dublin in Hunter Square on ancestry visit to the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

While in the merry month of May from me home I started,
Left the girls of Tuam so sad and broken hearted,
Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother,
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother,
Then off to reap the corn, leave where I was born,
Cut a stout black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins;
Bought a pair of brogues rattling o'er the bogs
And fright'ning all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three four, five,
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary,
Started by daylight next morning blithe and early,
Took a drop of pure to keep me heartfrom sinking;
Thats a Paddy's cure whenever he's on drinking.
See the lassies smile, laughing all the while
At me curious style, 'twould set your heart a bubblin'
Asked me was I hired, wages I required,
I was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three four, five,
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity
To be soon deprived a view of that fine city.
So then I took a stroll, all among the quality;
Me bundle it was stole, all in a neat locality.
Something crossed me mind, when I looked behind,
No bundle could I find upon me stick a wobblin'
Enquiring for the rogue, they said me Connaught brogue
Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three four, five,
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

From there I got away, me spirits never falling,
Landed on the quay, just as the ship was sailing.
The Captain at me roared, said that no room had he;
When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy.
Down among the pigs, played some hearty rigs,
Danced some hearty jigs, the water round me bubbling;
When off Holyhead I wished meself was dead,
Or better for instead on the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three four, five,
Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky road
all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

Well the boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed,
Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it.
Blood began to boil, temper I was losing;
Poor old Erin's Isle they began abusing.
"Hurrah me soul" says I, me Shillelagh I let fly.
Some Galway boys were nigh and saw I was a hobble in,
With a load " hurray ! " joined in the affray.
We quitely cleared the way for the rocky road to Dublin.

One, two, three four, five,
Hunt the Hare and turn her down
the rocky road and all the way to Dublin,

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Tour Scotland Video Vincent Song Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Matthew Dames singing Vincent in Hunter Square on ancestry visit to the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me

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Tour Scotland Karen Ruimy Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Karen Ruimy Flamenco dancing outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Flamenco is an artform native to the Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. It includes cante, singing, toque, guitar playing, baile, dance, jaleo, vocalizations, palmas, handclapping, and pitos, finger snapping.

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Tour Scotland Matt Pretty Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Matt Pretty playing the drums outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The thoroughfare, as the name suggests, is approximately one Scots mile long and runs downhill between two significant locations in the history of Scotland, namely Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only by Princes Street in the New Town.

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Old Photograph Beach Burntisland Scotland

Old photograph of people on the beach in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The earliest historical record of the town was in the 12th century, when the monks of Dunfermline Abbey owned the harbour and neighbouring lands. The settlement was known as Wester Kinghorn and developed as a fishing hamlet to provide food for the inhabitants of Rossend Castle. The harbour was then sold to King James V by the abbots of Dunfermline Abbey in exchange for a parcel of land. The land was granted royal burgh status by James V in 1541. When the status was confirmed in 1586, the settlement gained independence from the barony of Kinghorn and was renamed Burntisland, possibly a nickname from the burning of fishermens' huts on an islet now incorporated into the docks. History 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 Beach Leven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a small fishing boat and people on the beach by Leven, Fife, Scotland. History 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 Suspension Bridge Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Suspension Bridge over the River Tummel to the South of Pitlochry in Highland, Perthshire, Scotland. The Public footbridge was erected in memory of Lieutenant Colonel George Glas Sandeman of Fonab, and opened by the Marchioness of Tullibardine on Empire Day 1913. History 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 Bridge Douglas South Lanarkshire Scotland

Old photograph of the pedestrian bridge to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish villages is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark. The Douglas family took this name when their ancestors settled here in the 12th century. Within the village stands a statue to one of the Covenanters, James Gavin who was persecuted for his religious faith and had his ears cut off with his own tailoring scissors for refusing to renounce it. After suffering this humiliation he was transported to a life of slavery in the cotton fields of the West Indies. The village was shaped later by the Industrial Revolution, which brought woolen mills and coal mining. The village was also one of several locations near which a large camp of the Polish Army was set up in 1940. Units of the 10th Polish Cavalry, including the Podhalanski, Highland Battalion, 10th Mounted Rifles Regiment, the 24th Lancers as well as brigade support and service units were stationed here for a brief period in a temporary tented camp before moving north to Fife and Angus where they were deployed to defend the east coast of Scotland against invasion. History 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 Woods Scone By Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of men in the woods by Scone near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. History 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 Prieston Road Bankfoot Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children on Prieston Road in Bankfoot, North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. History 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 Tennis Courts Lundin Links Scotland

Old photograph of women on the tennis courts in Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. History 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 Dykeneuk Leven Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Dykeneuk by Leven, Fife, Scotland. History 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 Vestments St Ninians Cathedral Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Vestments in St Ninians Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. History 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 Harbour Irvine Scotland

Old photograph of boats in the harbour in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Irvine was the site of Scotland's 12th century Military Capital and former headquarters of the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the Capital of Cunninghame and was, at the time of David I, Robert II and Robert III one of the earliest capitals of Scotland. The town was once a haunt of Robert Burns, after whom two streets in the town are named: Burns Street and Burns Crescent. He is known to have worked in a flax mill on the Glasgow Vennel. There are also conflicting rumours that Mary, Queen of Scots stayed briefly at nearby Seagate Castle. History 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 Beach Barassie Scotland

Old photograph of people on the beach by Barassie in Ayrshire, Scotland. History 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 Fiddle Player Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a fiddle player outside a cottage in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. History 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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Tour Scotland Video Spandy Andy Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Spandy Andy performing outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Spandy Andy is a inspiring entertainer. He pushes the edge with his comedy while keeping everyone intrigued. Enjoy his funny dance video.

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Tour Scotland Video ZIK'R Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of performers from ZIK'R outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Vertical Influences Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of performers from Vertical Influences outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Le Patin Libre is a group of Canadian, and one French, ex-figure skaters, who create and perform dances on ice skates.

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Tour Scotland Video Abi Piercy Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Abi Piercy playing the harp and singing on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The harp is a stringed musical instrument which has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard, which are plucked with the fingers. Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa, and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3500 BC. The instrument had great popularity in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it evolved into a wide variety of variants with new technologies.

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Tour Scotland Video Starlings Cottage Garden Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Starlings feeding from a Suet Block in my cottage garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Smaller than blackbirds, with a short tail, pointed head, triangular wings, starlings look black at a distance but when seen closer they are very glossy with a sheen of purples and greens. Their flight is fast and direct and they walk and run confidently on the ground. Noisy and gregarious, starlings spend a lot of the year in flocks.

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Old Photograph Dundee Road Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Dundee Road 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. History 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 Dungarthill House Scotland

Old photograph of Dungarthill House near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. This Victorian mansion house was built in 1886 by a prosperous jute manufacturer from Dundee. In the past this area included a Jacobite, a John McEwan, son of the Laird of Dungarthill; the McEwans of Dungarthill were among those descended from the Family of Lorne. History 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 German Prisoners Of War In Scotland

Old photograph of German Prisoners Of War in Scotland. History 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 David Ross Lauder Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of David Ross Lauder in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. David Ross Lauder VC, born 31 January 1894, died 4 June 1972, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for bravery and gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Lauder was 21 years old, and a private in the 1/4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 13 August 1915 at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, Private Lauder was with a bombing party retaking a sap when he threw a bomb which failed to clear the parapet and fell amongst the bombing party. There was no time to smother the bomb and Private Lauder at once put his foot on it, thereby localizing the explosion. His foot was blown off, but the remainder of the party escaped unhurt. Airdrie is situated about 12 miles east of Glasgow city centre.



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Old Photographs Polnoon Street Eaglesham Scotland

Old photograph of a Newspaper shop, horse and cart, people, houses and cottages on Polnoon Street in Eaglesham near Glasgow, Scotland. Polnoon Street was once known as North Street and borrows its name from Polnoon Estate. Sir John de Montgomerie built a castle at Polnoon with the poind money that he received for the release of Lord Percy following the Battle of Otterburn. There have been several suggestions as to the meaning of the name Eaglesham but the most likely explanation is that Eaglesham means kirkton or church town derived from the Gaelic word eaglais meaning church and the Saxon ham meaning hamlet or village. In 1361, Sir John de Montgomerie of Eaglesham and Eastwood married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hugh de Eglinton of that Ilk and niece of King Robert II. Sir John obtained the baronies of Eglinton and Ardrossan upon Sir Hugh's death in 1374. Afterwards the Montgomeries made Eglinton Estate their chief residence. In 1388, Sir John de Montgomerie captured Henry, Lord Percy at the Battle of Otterburn. It is traditionally believed that Sir John accepted a ransom for his prisoner who killed the 2nd Earl of Douglas and built Polnoon Castle on a small hillock on what appears to be an earlier motte. Polnoon castle was refurbished for occupation in 1617 but was ruined by 1676.





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Old Photograph Paisley Road Barrhead Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on Paisley Road in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Main Street Barrhead Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, shops, houses and people on Main Street in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The name Barrhead comes from the agricultural term Barr meaning long ploughed furrows for cultivation of crops. Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile producing villages, Barrhead, Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside, gradually grew into one another to form one contiguous town.

James David Provins Graham was born in Barrhead on 8 February 1914. He was educated at Barrhead High School and Hyndland Secondary School, then studied Medicine at Glasgow University and graduated BSc in 1937. He received his doctorate in 1939. In the Second World War he was commissioned in March 1941 and later served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt at the rank of Captain, attached to the 8th Army. After the war he was promoted to Major, serving at the military hospital at Buchanan Castle in Drymen in Scotland. In 1946 he began lecturing in Pharmacology at Glasgow University as an ICI Research Fellow. In 1948 he moved to the Welsh National School of Medicine in Cardiff as a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology and Toxicology becoming a Professor in 1971. In 1969 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Alexander Bain, George Howard Bell, James Brough and Henry M Adam. He retired in 1979. He died on 16 May 1989. History 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 Station Road Bishopton Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Station Road in Bishopton, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The land was historically owned by the Bishopric of Glasgow, later held by the Brisbane family, and in 1703 by the Lords of Blantyre.


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Old Photographs Harbour Tayport Fife Scotland

Old photograph of children by the harbour in Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. History 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 Fishing Boat Outer Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat in the outer harbour in St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. History 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 St Fort Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in St Fort near Newport-on-Tay in Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. History 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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