Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of a seaplane in the Bay at Oban, Scotland. Oban occupies a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay is a near perfect horseshoe, protected by the island of Kerrera; and beyond Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north, is the long low island of Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour.
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Old photograph of fishing boat on the slipway at Brodick on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Brodick Castle was the seat of Dukes of Hamilton. The older part of this Scottish castle is said to be haunted by a Grey Lady who starved to death in the dungeons of the castle because she had the plague. A man has been reportedly seen sitting in the library and a White Deer is reputedly seen in the grounds of the castle whenever a chief of the Hamiltons is close to death. Brodick has the Isle of Arran's main ferry terminus which connects Brodick to Ardrossan on the mainland. The ferries are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. MV Caledonian Isles plies this route year-round, with MV Isle of Arran providing additional sailings during the summer. Brodick is a popular holiday destination and a base for hill walking. 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 of a steam locomotive on the Deeside Railway in Scotland. The Deeside Railway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire. Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, the Aboyne and Braemar Railway, built an extension to Ballater and this opened in 1866. The line was used by the Royal Train for travel to and from Balmoral Castle from 1853 and a special Messenger Train ran daily when the Royal Family was in residence. The railways were absorbed by the Great North of Scotland Railway on 1 August 1875 for the Deeside Railway and 31 January 1876 for the Aboyne & Braemar. The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, and part of British Railways when nationalised in 1948. The line was closed, to Ballater on 18 July 1966 and to Culter on 2 January 1967.
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Old photograph of a steam locomotive on the Glasgow and South Western Railway in Scotland.. The Glasgow and South Western Railway was a railway company that served a triangular area of south west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railways, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
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Old photograph of a diesel passenger train going to Glasgow leaving Waverly railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland. Waverley station is situated in a steep, narrow valley between the medieval Old Town and the 18th century New Town.
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Old photograph of a steam locomotive leaving Aberfoyle, Trossachs, Scotland. Aberfoyle railway station served the village of Aberfoyle between 1882 and 1951. Opened by the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway, and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by British Railways.
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Old photograph of Struie viewpoint in Sutherland, Scotland. The view looks up the Dornoch Firth to Bonar Bridge and beyond to the Sutherland moors and hills.
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Old photograph of the steam locomotive named Loch Tummel by Inverness, Scotland. The Highland Railway Loch class locomotives were large 4-4-0s normally used north of Inverness in the Highlands. They were introduced in 1896, to the design of David Jones. Fifteen were built by Dübs and Company in Glasgow, all going into traffic between July and September 1896. Thes locomotives were needed primarily for the increased traffic on the Kyle line where they were the heaviest locomotives permitted. This period was when the initial traffic of the United States effort in World War I was flowing, and much was brought to the west coast of Scotland in an effort to reduce the effect of the U-Boat menace. The trains ran from Kyle to Invergordon.
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Old photograph of Laxford Bridge in Sutherland, Scotland. The stone arch bridge was built about 1834 by the Dukes of Sutherland, the road from Lairg, was one of the " destitution roads " built during the potato famine, not being completed until 1851.
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Old photograph of Loch Of Aboyne situated North East of Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. n earthen dam was constructed around 1834 to retain the loch. It also served as a reservoir for a nearby mill.
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Old photograph of the Parish church and cemetery in Twynholm located near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This parish church is situated on rising ground overlooking a village, and has whinstone walls and a slate roof with a bellcote. The present church is in good condition and in full ecclesiastical use, although it must be built on an earlier site as some of the gravestones date to before the current building. Twynholm was a parish from medieval times until 1975, including the neighbouring parish of Kirkchrist from 1654. Former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard is from Twynholm.
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Old photograph of islanders collecting seaweed on the coast at Oa, Isle of Islay, Scotland. The Oa is a rocky region in the south west of Islay. It used to have a population of 800 in 1830 but became deserted due to the Highland Clearances. An American Monument was erected on the south coast by the American Red Cross to commemorate the loss of two ships in 1918, SS Tuscania, a passenger liner, and HMS Otranto.
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Old photograph the River Kelvin in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland.
Tour Scotland video of a drive to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. The gallery is located on Argyle Street, in the West End of the city, on the banks of the River Kelvin. It is adjacent to Kelvingrove Park and is situated near the main campus of the University of Glasgow on Gilmorehill.
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Old photograph of people outside the Inn in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is a linear settlement, looking across the main A77 road to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701, when Lochryan House was built, along with many of the houses, in the North End of the village, for workers on the Lochryan Estate. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic. WWII saw the building of some sections for the two Mulberry harbours in Cairnryan, these were floating ports on which the allies depended after D-Day. The village is important in maritime history, with two ferry services connecting Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Tour Scotland photograph of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St Cumin, Morar, Lochaber, Scotland. This Catholic church was built and dedicated by the Lovat family in 1889 for the people of the area. It is built of local grey stone with a detached bell tower. Among those present at the opening service were Lady Lovat, Lord Lovat, the Honorable Misses Fraser, the Honorable Lady Mostyn, the Honorable Lady Sausse, the Lord Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, the Right Reverend Angus MacDonald, Colonel MacDonald of Glenaladale, the Right Reverend A. MacIntosh of Fort William, the Reverend D.A. MacPherson, Arisaig, the Reverend D. MacLellan, Morar, The Reverend John MacElmail, Knoydart, Mr and Mrs MacLellan, Mr Johnstone, Mr Walker, Mr MacNab etc. The congregation also included a large number of persons from the neighbouring districts of South Morar, Arisaig, Knoydart; while others were present from the Isle of Skye, Eigg and places even more remote.
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Tour Scotland video of a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. Much of Scotland is mountainous, western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.
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Tour Scotland video of deer stalkers removing a deer from a hill in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. There are no natural predators of deer in Britain. Therefore, to maintain a stable and healthy population of deer a cull of some of them is required each year. This is not random however, and a deer stalker will have carried out a population count/census to determine the age and sex profile of those to be culled. So then during the correct deer season, barren, genetically odd or very old animals are taken. After that selected animals resulting in a balanced pyramid profile with a few healthy older animals of each sex at the top with increasing numbers of each sex down to the yearlings at the bottom. Scottish deer stalking is often done under the guidance of a stalker or a gillie, a resident expert.
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Old photograph of a Chinook Helicopter flying over Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade. Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty Five.
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Old photograph of Chinook helicopters in a hangar at the airport in Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Aberdeen International Airport is an international airport, located at Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen. It is a base for BMI Regional, Eastern Airways and Flybe. The airport also serves as the main heliport for the Scottish offshore oil industry. The airport opened in 1934, established by Eric Gandar Dower, intended to link the northern islands of Scotland with London, England. During Second World War the airfield became a Royal Air Force station, RAF Dyce. It was the site of the Dyce Sector Operations Room within No. 13 Group RAF. Although fighters were there throughout the Battle of Britain to provide protection from German bombing raids from Occupied Norway, it was mainly used as a photographic reconnaissance station. Anti-shipping operations by Coastal Command were carried out from RAF Dyce as well as convoy escort.
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Tour Scotland wee travel video of photographs of a small group walking trip on history visit to Lochaber in the West of the Scottish Highlands. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber. Historically Lochaber referred to the area between Loch Linnhe and Loch Leven, around the town of Fort William. It is now also used to refer to a much wider area. According to legend a glaistig, an evil woman goat hybrid, once lived in the area. Lochaber is mentioned by Adomnan of Iona in his biography of St Columba. Stories related to Columba using his saintly blessing to raise people out of poverty and make them wealthier. In one story, Columba met a poor man named Nesán in Lochaber who had five cows. Columba blessed the poor man's cows and his own descendants, and the poor man's five cows multiplied until he had a herd of one hundred and five cows. In days gone by the Lochaber the district included North Lorne, Glen Coe, Nether Lochaber, the western part of the Rannoch Moor, the Road to the Isles, Moidart, Ardgour, Morvern, Sunart, Ardnamurchan, and the Small Isles, Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna. Laggan Dam is a dam located on the River Spean in this area.
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Tour Scotland video of Dolphins leaping out of the water off the East Coast of Scotland. The cool waters surrounding Scotland are the perfect habitat for the sleek marine mammal, with bottlenose, white-beaked and common dolphins all playing near our coastlines,. The best places to see dolphins in Scotland include; the Bay of Nigg, the Moray Firth, Broughty Ferry Castle, at the entrance to the Firth of Tay, Tayport harbour in Fife, Anstruther on the coast of Fife has experienced a rise in dolphin sightings around the Firth of Forth, dolphins are often seen at Ardnamurchan Point, Mull, and Red Point, south of Gairloch. The predominance of bottlenose dolphins is also a feature of the waters on the west coast, with over 60 members of the species living in the Sound of Barra and the Hebrides.
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Old photograph of cars, people and buildings on the Nethergate in the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Old photograph of a vintage car and buildings on Barrack Street in the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a small group walking tour to the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Harris is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris. North Harris, adjoining Lewis, contains Clisham, the highest mountain in the Outer Hebrides. A person from Harris is known as a Hearach.
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Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a small group walking tour to the Isle Of Rum, one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. For much of the 20th century the name became Rhum, a spelling invented by the former owner, Sir George Bullough, because he did not relish the idea of having the title Laird of Rum. The main range of hills on Rùm are the Cuillin, usually referred to as the Rùm Cuillin, in order to distinguish them from the Cuillin of Skye. The Bullough mausoleum at Harris on Rùm has the Rùm Cullin in the distance. George Bullough, later Sir George, built Kinloch Castle in 1900 using sandstone quarried at Annan in Dumfries and Galloway. A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, MV Lochnevis, links Rùm and the neighbouring Small Isles of Canna, Eigg and Muck, to the mainland port of Mallaig.
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Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a small group walking tour to the Cuillins, a range of rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The true Cuillin is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuilin, na Beanntan Dearga, known locally as Red Hills, across Glen Sligachan. The Red Cuilin hills are lower and, being less rocky, have fewer scrambles or climbs. The highest point of the Cuillin, and of the Isle of Skye, is Sgùrr Alasdair in the Black Cuillin at 3,255 feet. The Cuillin is one of 40 National Scenic Areas in Scotland. Didn't have great Scottish weather on this visit.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class C16 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. Fifteen C16 steam locomotives were built between 1915 and 1916, and a final batch of six were built in 1921. The first ten replaced the C15s on the heaviest loads in the Glasgow area. Later C16s also tended to displace C15s from their heavier duties. Other early allocations included North Berwick, St. Margaret's in Edinburgh, and Dunbar. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, some of the C16s worked in places such as Dundee, Dunfermline, and Aberdeen. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of the LNER Class K4 Cameron Of Lochiel steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. Apart from the prototype Loch Long all K4 locomotives were named after Highland chieftains and grandees. Initially the K4s were mainly used on the Glasgow to Fort William stretch of the West Highland Railway Line. They handled the gradients and continuous curves with ease, but they were not designed for the 20 miles of level track near Glasgow, and the 8.5 miles stretch alongside Loch Eil. In 1959, the five K4s were transferred to Thornton Shed for use on goods trains until October 1961 when four were withdrawn. The last K4, No. 61994 The Grand Marquess, was withdrawn in December 1961 and sold to Viscount Garnock and has survived into preservation. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of a LNER Class B1 steam train the railway station in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class B1 is a class of steam locomotive designed for medium mixed traffic work. It was designed by Edward Thompson. The B1s operated throughout LNER territory. The first batch was distributed among depots on the former Great Eastern Railway section: Ipswich, Norwich, and Stratford in London, England. Elsewhere there were substantial allocations in Scotland, West Yorkshire and on Humberside. The Perth station was opened as Perth General by the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Originally the terminus of the main line from Greenhill Junction near Glasgow, it soon became a junction of some importance with the arrival of the Dundee and Perth Railway from Dundee, following the completion of a bridge across the River Tay, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway from Ladybank on the Fife coast and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Forfar within months. Subsequent construction by the Perth and Dunkeld Railway and the Perth, Perthshire, Almond Valley and Methven Railway added further lines into and out of the city, with the former becoming part of what is now the Highland Main Line to Inverness. The Scottish Midland Junction Railway meanwhile would become part of a through route to Aberdeen by 1856, thus giving Perth travellers easy access to all of the major Scottish cities.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class V1 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. The London and North Eastern Railway Class V1 locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. A total of 82 were built. They were first used in Scotland on the Glasgow to Edinburgh and Helensburgh services. On 8 September 1933, locomotive No. 2902 was hauling a passenger train that collided with wagons on the line at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire due to a signalman's error. Five people were injured. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class K2 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. The heavy gradients of the West Highland Railway Line demanded powerful locomotives and Nigel Gresley designed firstly a very successful 2 cylinder 2-6-0 loco, classified by the LNER as a K2, then later an even more powerful 3 cylinder version for the purpose. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class J50 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. These steam locomotive had long side tanks that came to the front of the smokebox, which sloped forwards to improve visibility and had a recess cut in to aid maintenance. Forty were built by the Great Northern Railway between 1913 and 1922, with a further 62 being added by the London and North Eastern Railway between 1924 and 1939. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of the steam train Edie Ochiltree in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A. Edie Ochiltree is a character in Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel The Antiquary, a licensed beggar of the legally protected class known as Blue gowns or bedesmen, who follows a regular beat around the fictional Scottish town of Fairport. Scott based his character on Andrew Gemmels, a real beggar he had known in his childhood. Along with Jonathan Oldbuck, the novel’s title character, Ochiltree is widely seen as one of Scott's finest creations.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class C16 steam train in Parkhead North railway station Glasgow, Scotland. Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road, now the Gallowgate and Tollcross Road, and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five way junction at Parkhead Cross. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis was laid out in 1847 beside the Gallowgate. The area flourished with the discovery of coal in 1837 and grew into an industrial centre. In 1897 William Beardmore and Company became famous with the production of high grade steel and castings at the local Parkhead Forge, founded about 1837 and extended between 1884 and 1914.
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Old photograph of the railway station in Strichen village located eight miles from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village got its name from Lord Strichen. It is situated on the River Ugie at the foothills of Mormond Hill. The Strichen White Horse is constructed of quartz on Mormond Hill. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP, lives in a converted mill in the village with his wife Moira. Strichen railway station closed in 1965.
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Old photograph of people outside the Book Store in the city centre of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Old photograph of a Tram, shops and people in the city centre of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Old photograph of a night view of the city centre of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Old photograph of a view over the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Old photograph of cars, people, church and buildings on Lochee Road in the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland.
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of streets and people in the city of Dundee, Tayside, 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,[39] 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.
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Tour Scotland video of Snowballs in Touchdown Cafe at Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Snowballs have been a Scottish favourite for decades
Recipe
2 cups Self Rising Flour
1 Egg
1 tablespoon Milk
¼ cup Sugar
Pinch Salt
¼ cup Margarine or butter
Coconut
Melted Jam
Preparation Method:
Cream margarine, sugar and salt. Add egg with a little flour. Beat well. Stir in the rest of flour. Mixture should be fairly stiff. Divide mixture into 24 pieces, flour hands and roll each piece into a ball.
Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes.
When cold sandwich together with jam, brush over with heated jam or thin water icing and roll in coconut.
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Tour Scotland video of Mini Wagon Wheels in Touchdown Cafe at Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Wagon Wheels are a snack food sold in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Malta, Spain, Russia, Dominican Republic, and the United Kingdom. They consist of two biscuits with marshmallow sandwich filling, covered in a chocolate flavoured coating.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class Q1 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. The London and North Eastern Railway Thompson Class Q1 was a class of 0-8-0T steam locomotives. They were rebuilds of the GCR Class 8A LNER Class Q4 0-8-0s. Thirteen were rebuilt between 1942 and 1945. All passed to British Railways in 1948, numbered 69925 to 69937. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class Z5 steam train in Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Built in 1915, this locomotives was designed by Manning Wardle, a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Many Manning Wardle locomotives, of standard gauge and various narrow gauges, were exported to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian sub continent, Australasia and South America.
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The traditional industries here were fishing, papermaking, shipbuilding, and textiles 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 of a LNER Class J83 steam train in the railway station in Dundee, Scotland. The station is the rebuilt Dundee Tay Bridge railway station, which had been built by the North British Railway in 1878 as part of the Tay Rail Bridge project. Until the 1960s, other stations in Dundee included Dundee West, the Caledonian Railway station for Perth, Perthshire, and Dundee East station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway. These days there are direct connections to London King's Cross, plus CrossCountry Trains along the Cross Country Route to Penzance via Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Plymouth, England. More frequent services run to Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class N2 steam train in Parkhead North railway station Glasgow, Scotland. This locomotive was designed by Nigel Gresley and introduced in 1920. They were a common sight in and around Glasgow and Edinburgh operating suburban services, mainly on what is today known as the North Clyde Line. Parkhead was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened as Parkhead, by the North British Railway on 1 February 1871. It was renamed Parkhead North on 30 June 1952 by British Railways. This was to differentiate it from the nearby ex Caledonian Railway Parkhead station on the former Glasgow Central Railway. The station was closed to passengers on 19 September 1955.
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Old photograph of an LNER Class C15 steam train in Eastfield Glasgow, Scotland. William Paton Reid, from Glasgow, who designed this locomotive, was born on 8 September 1854, and died on 2 February 1932. He was apprenticed to the Cowlairs railway works of the North British Railway in 1879 and was Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1919. He was awarded a CBE in 1920. Prior to his appointment, he had been Assistant Locomotive Superintendent to his predecessor, Matthew Holmes. Eastfield was a steam shed under British Railways with the depot code 65A.
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Old photograph of the steam train Glen Fruin in Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The D34 Class locomotives, commonly known as the Glen Class, were built with superheaters. Glen Fruin, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Freòin, is a glen in Scotland, adjacent to Loch Lomond. It was the site of the Battle of Glen Fruin, one of the last clan battles in Scotland, in which an estimated 300 warriors on foot from the MacGregor Clan claimed victory over an estimated 600 to 800 men from the Colquhoun Clan on horse back. The road from Glen Fruin to Loch Long was known as Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Mòr nan Gàidheal, in English, The High Road of the Gaels or Highlanders.
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The traditional industries here were fishing, papermaking, shipbuilding, and textiles Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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