Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes Competition Dundee Tayside
Tour Scotland compilation video of the RSPBA Pipe Band competition in the city square in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Including music from the bagpipes and drums of the following Pipe Bands; Kelty and Blairadam, MacKenzie Caledonian, City Of St Andrews, Coupar Angus Burgh, Dollar Academy, Badenoch and Strathspey, Bowhill and District, Kinross and District, Perth and District , Methil and District, City Of Discovery and RAF Central Scotland Pipes and Drums. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, RSPBA, is a governing body to oversee pipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture throughout the world.
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Old Photograph Post Office Tighnabruaich Scotland
Old photograph of a vintage car outside the Post Office in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is just an hour and a half west of Glasgow, and is located along the east coast of Loch Fyne and stretching into the Kyles of Bute. The Kyles are split into the East and West kyles. The East Kyle, An Caol an Ear, runs from Rothesay Bay North west up to the entrance to Loch Riddon. Here at the northern end of the East Kyle are the Burnt Islands and the island of Eilean Dubh. The West Kyle, An Caol an Iar, runs from here south west, past the village of Tighnabruaich out to the Sound of Bute.
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Old Photograph Post Office Yarrow Feus Scotland
Old photograph of people outside the Post Office in the village of Yarrow Feus located seven miles West of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The village is located on the course of the Yarrow Water which is a tributary of the Ettrick Water, itself a tributary of the River Tweed, and renowned for its high quality trout and salmon fishing. The area was the birthplace of Mungo Park and has inspired several well known songs and poems. Its traditions and folk tales were well documented by Walter Scott, who spent part of his childhood nearby, and in adult life returned to live in the vicinity at Abbotsford House, near Melrose.
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Old Photograph Pretoria Road Eastriggs Scotland
Old photograph of houses on Pretoria Road in Eastriggs near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The town of Eastriggs was created as a result of the shell and ammunition crisis of June 1915 which prompted the newly founded Ministry of Munitions to create a new cordite factory. Officially designated H.M. Factory Gretna, the factory was spread over a nine mile site stretching through Gretna to Longtown, Cumbria. This required a huge influx of labour, and 30,000 men and women came from all over the British Commonwealth to serve as construction and factory workers.
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Old Photograph Prince George Paddle Steamer Ardlui Loch Lomond Scotland
Old photograph of the Prince George paddle steamer at Ardlui, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Ardlui lies at the most northern point of Loch Lomond. It is on the A82 road between Crianlarich and Glasgow and Ardlui railway station is on the West Highland Line between Glasgow Queen Street and Oban or Fort William. The Victorian era also saw a steady stream of paddle steamers bringing visitors from Glasgow to Arrochar, from where they could visit the local hotels, or travel across to Tarbet to catch another steamer to explore the scenery of the world famous Loch Lomond.
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Old Photograph Balmoral Hotel Moffat Scotland
Old photograph of the Balmoral Hotel in Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Moffat was a notable market in the wool trade. From 1633 Moffat began to grow from a small village into a popular spa town. The infamous murderer and alleged grave robber William Hare may have stayed in the Black Bull Hotel during his escape to Ireland after turning King's evidence against William Burke. Robert Burns came for the waters and frequented the local bars.
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Old Photograph Priory Oronsay Scotland
Old photograph of the ruins of the medieval Priory on the Isle of Oronsay, a small tidal island south of Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The remains of the priory are thought to have originated as a Celtic monastery founded by St Columba and refounded by John, Lord of the Isles for canons regular. The priory first appears on record in 1353. It was secularised in 1616 when the lands were granted to the Bishop of the Isles.
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Old Photograph Claypotts Road Broughty Ferry Scotland
Old photograph of Claypotts Road in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm VC, was born on 2 May 1917 in Broughty Ferry. He was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline in Fife 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 England. In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash. 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 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 and the famous Malcolm Clubs opened at many RAF stations are named in his honour.
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Old Photograph Prince of Wales Dundee Scotland
Old photograph of the visit of the Prince of Wales to the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. King Edward VIII, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; born 23 June 1894, died 28 May 1972, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year. He was the eldest son of George V and Mary of Teck. He was named Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, nine weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, he served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.
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Tour Scotland Video Oyster Catcher Chick Perth Airport Scone Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of an Oystercatcher chick outside a hangar at Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The oyster catcher is a large, stocky, black and white wading bird. It has a long, orange red bill and reddish pink legs. In flight, it shows a wide white wing stripe, a black tail, and a white rump that extends as a V between the wings.
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Tour Scotland Video Rainy Afternoon Scone Palace Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of a rainy afternoon by Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. Scone Palace was the crowning place of Scottish kings where Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and King Charles II were once crowned. The Palace has been home to the Earls of Mansfield for over 400 years. During the early 19th century the Palace was enlarged by the architect William Atkinson. In 1802, David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, commissioned Atkinson to extend the Palace, recasting the late 16th century Palace of Scone. The 3rd Earl tasked Atkinson with updating the old Palace whilst maintaining characteristics of the medieval Gothic abbey buildings it was built upon, with the majority of work finished by 1808.
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Tour Scotland Video Woman Singing For Breast Cancer Now Charity Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of a woman singing for the Breast Cancer Now Charity on the High Street in the City Centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Breast Cancer Now is the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, created by the merger of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. Thanks to research, more people are surviving breast cancer than ever before.
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Old Photograph Back Dykes Street East Wemyss Fife Scotland
Old photograph of houses and people on Back Dykes Street in the village of East Wemyss which is located on the South coast of Fife, Scotland. East Wemyss was traditionally one of several coal mining communities along the south coast of Fife. The pit was its main employer for many years until it was closed in 1967 due to a fire which resulted in the deaths of nine men.
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Old Photograph Highland Games Haddo House Scotland
Old photograph of Highland Games outside Haddo House near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Gordons, who later became the Earls of Aberdeen and Marquesses of Aberdeen, lived on the site for over 500 years. The most notable former resident was George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, the British Prime Minister from 1852 to 1855. George, born 28 January 1784, died 14 December 1860, known as Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support. The Aberdeen ministry was filled with powerful and talented politicians, whom Aberdeen was largely unable to control and direct. Despite trying to avoid this happening, it took Britain into the Crimean War, and fell when its conduct became unpopular, after which Aberdeen retired from politics.
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Old Photograph Fishing Boats Fish Market Fraserburgh Scotland
Old photograph of fishing boats by the Fish Market at the harbour in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The harbour at Fraserburgh was built to cater for the herring fleet and the vessels which consigned the cured herring to Europe and as the fleet increased a further enlargement of the harbour facilities was required.
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Old Photograph Commercial Hotel Garage Newburgh Fife Scotland
Old photograph of the Commercial Hotel Garage in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. For some time the industries in Newburgh chiefly consisted of the making of linen and floorcloth, malting and quarrying, and there were fisheries, especially of salmon. The harbour was used for the transshipment of the cargoes of Perth-bound vessels of over 200 tons. But most of these industries have now gone. A linoleum factory, owned by Courtaulds, which had been the town's principal employer, closed in May 1980 after a large fire destroyed much of the building.
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Old Photograph South Castle Street St Andrews Fife Scotland
Old photograph of houses and people on South Castle Street in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. In AD 906, the town became the seat of the bishop of Alba, with the boundaries of the see being extended to include land between the River Forth and River Tweed. In 940 Constantine III abdicated and took the position of abbot of the monastery of St Andrews. The establishment of the present town began around 1140 by Bishop Robert possibly on the site of the ruined St Andrews Castle. According to a charter of 1170, the new burgh was built to the west of the Cathedral precinct, along Castle Street and possibly as far as what is now known as North Street.
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Old Photograph Golf Course Kilmacolm Scotland
Old photograph of the golf course in Kilmacolm located fifteen miles West of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1891, Kilmacolm is one of the more popular clubs on the outskirts of Glasgow. The parish church in this Scottish village was mentioned in a papal bull of 1225, indicating its subservience to Paisley Abbey and sits on the site of an ancient religious community, dating to the 5th or 6th centuries. The character of the village changed significantly in the Victorian era with the arrival of the railway in Kilmacolm in 1869. Many of Kilmacolm's modern buildings were constructed between this date and the outbreak of World War I.
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Old Photograph Hatton of Fintray Scotland
Old photograph of a shop, cottages and people in the village of Hatton of Fintray by the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name of the parish of Fintray is said to be derived from the Gaelic, Fionn-traigh, meaning “ the white, or fair margin of coast, or boundary of coast ” an appellation descriptive enough of the greater portion of the parish which lies along the left, or north bank of the Don. The parish is bounded on the south by the river Don, which separates it from the parishes of Dyce, Kinellar and Kintore; by the parish of Keith-hall on the north and west; and by Newmachar on the east. It was once a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river.
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Old Photograph Temperance Hotel Barbaraville Scotland
Old photograph of people outside the Temperance Hotel in Barbaraville, a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. As it was a Temperance Hotel it was not permitted to sell alcohol. The Temperance Scotland Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained " wet " or went " dry, " that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited. The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast. The Act was a result of the strong temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War. Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight temperance propaganda. From 1820 onwards local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol. The nearest small towns are Tain to the north east and Invergordon to the West.
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Old Photograph Balconie Street Evanton Scotland
Old photograph of a shop, houses and people on Balconie Street in Evanton, Easter Ross, Scotland. The current town was founded in the early nineteenth century by Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter Balconie who named it after his son Evan, but the core of the village buildings date from the Victorian era. The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 , on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It was said that Sir Hector rolled stones from the top of the hill to the bottom, thereby extending the amount of time worked and paying the labourers for additional hours. In 1860, the Highland Railway decided to construct a railway line going from Inverness through Easter Ross. The line was completed by 1862, and the following year, on 23 May 1863, Evanton gained its own railway station. 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 Brewery Truck Banff Scotland
Old photograph of a Brewery Truck in Banff, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Banff is a former royal burgh, and is the traditional county town of Banffshire. The first recorded Sheriff of Banff was Richard de Strathewan in 1264, and in 1372 Royal Burgh status was conferred by King Robert II. By the 15th century Banff was one of three principal towns exporting salmon to the continent of Europe, along with Aberdeen and Montrose.
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Old Photograph Royal British Hotel Dundee Scotland
Old photograph of vintage cars outside the Royal British Hotel on Castle Street in the city of Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. Castle Street was opened from 1785, the second street to be formed from High Street and Nethergate to the Harbour. The Royal British Hotel became the Chalmers Hall of Residence of the University of Dundee, named after James Chalmers, born 1782, died 1853, inventor of the adhesive postage stamp and whose shop was situated at the adjoining 10 Castle Street.
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 Bagpipes And Drums Glamis Castle Angus
Tour Scotland video of Pipe Bands playing the bagpipes and drums, and a solo piper, on the grounds of Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. This Scottish castle has been the Royal residence of the Lyon family since 1372 and is the legendary setting of Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and the birthplace of Princess Margaret. The Castle is situated 12 miles North of Dundee, 81 miles North of Edinburgh, 6 miles from Forfar and 93 miles from Glasgow. In 1532 Lady Janet Douglas Lady was accused of witchcraft by friends of King James V and imprisoned. After several months in a dark dungeon, she was burned alive at the stake outside Edinburgh Castle. Even her young son was condemned to death and imprisoned only to be released after the king had died. Lady Janet Douglas's ghost is known as The White Lady she has haunted Glamis Castle for hundreds of years. The apparition has been seen relatively recently in the chapel by a number of witnesses. She is also said to appear above the Clock Tower.
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Tour Scotland Video Steak Pie Kinnears Inn Scone By Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of traditional steak pie, potatoes, peas and carrots at Kinnears Inn in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A steak pie is a traditional meat pie served in Britain. It is made from stewing steak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell. Kinnears Inn is one of my local pubs, with great food and affordable prices.
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Tour Scotland Video Boat Passing Broughty Castle Firth Of Tay
Tour Scotland video of a boat passing Broughty Castle, on the Firth of Tay by Dundee, Scotland. Broughty Castle was erected in 1490 by the 2nd Lord Gray, on a charter from King James IV, in response to increased English naval activity. It was taken without a shot fired by the English in 1547, and reclaimed by the Scots two and a half years later. The castle fell back into English hands in 1651. In 1860 the threat of French invasion prompted Broughty’s conversion from a ruin to a modern artillery defence. The castle was further altered in response to the German threat in the two world wars.
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Tour Scotland Video Drive From Tayport Fife To Dundee
Tour Scotland video of a drive West on the B946 Road from Tayport in Fife to the the A92 road, then across the Tay Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Tay on ancestry visit to the city of Dundee, Scotland. The bridge was opened formally on 18 August, 1966, by the Queen Mother, and is one of the longest road bridges in Europe.
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Tour Scotland Video Heir Force One Royal Helicopter Perth Airport Scone Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of Heir Force One Royal Helicopter AgustaWestland A109S G-XXEC taking off at from Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The aircraft, based at RAF Odiham, is leased by the Royal Family, the Queen has leased the helicopter because it is thought to be safer to operate on long-term lease rather than several on ad hoc charters. RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic village of Odiham in Hampshire, England.
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Old Photograph Post Office Dulnain Bridge Village Scotland
Old photograph of people outside the Post Office in Dulnain Bridge village located three miles South West of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. This Scottish village lies near to the A95, in the Cairngorms National park. The village comprises two communities. Dulnain Bridge itself is centred to the north of the bridge over River Dulnain, and this particular part of the village lies in Morayshire. The crofting community of Skye-of-Curr stretches for a mile to the south, and this is in Inverness-shire.
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Old Photograph Sheep Dip Maud Scotland
Old photograph of farmers by a Sheep Dip in Maud located thirteen miles West of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Maud rose to prosperity in the nineteenth century as a railway junction of the Formartine and Buchan Railway that ran through Maud to Fraserburgh and Peterhead, but has always been the meeting place of six roads. It has had a variety of names: Bank of Behitch, Brucklay and New Maud.
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Old Photograph Steam Train Kingoodie Scotland
Old photograph of a steam train crossing the railway bridge by Kingoodie, Scotland. Kingoodie is a village about four miles south west of Dundee, but in the region of Perthshire, Scotland. The shore is easily accessible and close to the estuary of the River Tay. Quarries close to Kingoodie supplied the town with building stone for a number of centuries.
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Old Photograph Post Office Windygates Fife Scotland
Old photograph of horses and carts outside the Post Office in Windygates by Milton of Balgonie, Fife, Scotland. Windygates is a small Scottish village and surrounding district in central Fife. It encompasses the villages, hamlets and estates of Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw, a former farming community, Cameron, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameronbridge, Bridgend, Durie Estate, Duniface Farm, Haughmill, a former weaving community, Drumcaldie, The Meetings, confluence of Rivers Leven and Ore, Bankhead of Balcurvie, Fernhill, Fernbank, both former farms, Balcurvie Village, a former weaving community, Little Balcurvie, Hawthorn Bank, Kennowayburns and Windygates Village itself. Housing demands of the 20th century brought all of these, almost forgotten identities, together into a district now commonly known as Windygates. The Windygates Hotel at the village cross was originally a coaching inn, and there were toll gates at the cross until the late 19th century, when the village grew to accommodate the nearby Cameron Bridge distillery.
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Old Photograph Glendouglie Mill Scotland
Old photograph of Glendouglie Mill on the River Farg by Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland. Glenfarg is a small Scottish village in the Ochil Hills, South of Perth. The River Farg is a small tributary of the River Earn. Its source is located in Glen Farg reservoir; it winds round roads and farms, and has been forced in many places to change course due to human interference. It ends in a confluence where it joins the Earn. The name Farg means " wrathful " in Gaelic, referring to the force of the river when in spate.
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Old Photograph Post Office Dunecht Scotland
Old photograph of the Post Office in Dunecht located 12 miles West of Aberdeen, Scotland. Formerly known as Waterton, it was renamed to Dunecht in the 1820s when the Crawford family built Dunecht House. The estate achieved a certain measure of notoriety in 1881 due to theft of the remains of the Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
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Old Photograph Blairs Near Aberdeen Scotland
Old photograph of the Post Office in Blairs near Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Old Photograph Cottages And People Strichen Scotland
Old photograph of cottages and people 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.
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Old Photograph Field Marshal Douglas Haig Old Gof Course St Andrews Fife Scotland
Old photograph of Field Marshal Douglas Haig on the 1st Tee on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Douglas, born 19 June 1861, died 29 January 1928, was a British senior officer during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the War. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the battle with the highest casualties in British military history, the Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive which led to the armistice in 1918. Haig was born in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the son of John Haig, who was head of the family's successful Haig & Haig whisky distillery. He married Dorothy, born 1879, died 1939, a daughter of Hussey Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian, and a lady in waiting at the court of King Edward VII, on 11 July 1905. His wife became Lady Haig in 1909 and the Countess Haig when her husband was granted an earldom in 1919. He was buried at Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish borders.
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Old Photograph Loch Nevis Lochaber Scotland
Old photograph of Loch Nevis in Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Nevis is sea loch which runs inland from the Sound of Sleat, and is bounded by the peninsula of Knoydart to the north and North Morar to the south. Two ferry services cross Loch Nevis. One, a small passenger ferry, links the town of Mallaig with the village of Inverie on Knoydart and the hamlet of Tarbet. The other, Knoydart Seabridge, a daily ferry service which can transport vehicles as well as passengers and equipment, sails directly between Mallaig and Inverie. The ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne to the Small Isles from Mallaig is named after the loch, the MV Lochnevis.
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Old Photograph Clyde Puffer Gael Brodick Island Of Arran Scotland
Old photograph of the Clyde Puffer named Gael at the old pier in Brodick on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The Clyde puffer is essentially a type of small steamboat which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides islands of Scotland, stumpy little cargo ships that have achieved almost mythical status thanks largely to the short stories Neil Munro wrote about the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy. 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 Crofters Swimming Cattle Isle of Orsay Scotland
Old photograph of Crofters swimming cattle to Isle of Orsay in Traigh Mhòr on the north east coast of the Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The writer Compton Mackenzie lived on Barra nearby and is buried at Cille Bharra, opposite the island. There is no record of Orosay itself ever having been permanently inhabited. The name Orosay is a variant of Oronsay, from the Old Norse for " tidal " or " ebb island ", found commonly in the Hebrides.
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Old Photograph American Monument Oa Islay Scotland
Old photograph of the American Monument on 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 King's Park Parish Church Glasgow Scotland
Old photograph of King's Park Parish Church, 242 Castlemilk Road, Glasgow, Scotland. Red brick with stone facings, Romanesque in style by Hutton and Taylor, 1932. An innovation in church design specially evolved through architectural competition promoted by the Presbytery of Glasgow. Notable collection of stained glass windows by Sadie McLellan, Gordon Webster, Douglas Hamilton, Eilidh Keith and others. Set in a pleasant small garden. Floodlit as part of City of Light project.
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Old Photograph Fowlsheugh Scotland
Old photograph of Fowlsheugh, Scotland. Fowlsheugh is a coastal nature reserve in Kincardineshire, north east Scotland, known for its seventy metre high cliff formations and habitat supporting prolific seabird nesting colonies. Fowlsheugh can be accessed by a public clifftop trail, or by boats which usually emanate from the nearby harbour at the town of Stonehaven. Tens of thousands of pelagic birds return to the site every spring to breed, after wintering at sea or in more southern climates, principal species being puffins, razorbills, kittiwakes, fulmars and guillemots.
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Tour Scotland Video Drive To Moonzie And A92 Road North Fife
Tour Scotland video of a drive to Moonzie and onwards to the Junction of the A92 Road on ancestry visit to North Fife, Scotland. Moonzie is located about 3 miles north west of Cupar. It is bounded on the west by Creich, on the north by Kilmany, on the south east by Cupar and on the south west by Monimail. Prior to 1238 the parish was called Urhithumonesyn. Afterwards it assumed the name Auchtermonsey. Moonzie, its present name, is generally supposed to be a Gaelic word signifying Hill of the Deer. James Wedderburn was the Parish Minister in 1625.
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Tour Scotland Video Drive Through Spittalfield To Kirkton Of Lethendy Perthshire
Tour Scotland video of an afternoon drive through the village of Spittalfield and onwards on ancestry visit to Kirkton Of Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland. The now ruined Lethendy old parish church is said to date from 1574. At the Reformation the church was the prebend of the chancellor of Dunkeld.
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Tour Scotland Video Tillman War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Pilot Officer, Frank Henry Tillman, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Frank served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died aged 36, on the 13th of January 1944. He was awarded the Cross of Valour Poland. He was the son of Henry and Edith Mary Tillman; husband of Hilda Majorie Tillman, of Upper Holloway, London, England. The Cross of Valor, Polish: Krzyż Walecznych, is a Polish military decoration. It was first introduced by the Council of National Defense on 11 August 1920. It is awarded to an individual who " has demonstrated deeds of valor and courage on the field of battle. " It may be awarded to the same person up to four times. The medal is given only in wartime or shortly after.
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Tour Scotland Video Goldsworthy War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Warrant Officer, John Howard Goldsworthy, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. John served with the Royal Australian Air Force and died aged 23, on the 20th of January 1944. He was the son of Frederick Sydney and Jean Walton Goldsworthy; husband of Enid Irene Goldsworthy, of Thornbury, Victoria, Australia.
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Tour Scotland Video Graham War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Pilot Officer, James Craig Graham, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. James served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 27, on the 31st of January 1944. He was the son of Daniel and Annie Graham; husband of Olive Eileen Graham, of Cowichan Station, British Columbia, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video Asbell War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Flying Officer, Walter Gerard Asbell, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Walter served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 23, on the 4th of May 1944. He was the son of John Leo and Gertrude Elizabeth Asbell, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the port city of the Bay of Fundy in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
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Tour Scotland Video Szemplinski War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of L. Szemplinski, of the Polish Forces, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. He died on the 13th of January, 1944, aged 31. No. 307, City of Lwów, Polish Night Fighter Squadron, Polish: 307 Dywizjon Myśliwski Nocny, Lwowskich Puchaczy, was a Polish night fighter squadron formed in Great Britain on 24 August 1940 following an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom. It was the only Polish night fighter squadron fighting alongside the Royal Air Force during World War II. 307 Squadron is named after the Polish city of Lwów, and nicknamed Eagle Owls.
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Tour Scotland Video Burton War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Flight Sergeant, Brydon Albert Burton, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Brydon served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and died aged 21, on the 24th of November 1943. He was the son of Doris Burton, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
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Tour Scotland Video Williams War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Pilot Officer, Leslie Llewellyn Williams, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Leslie served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 22, on the 1st of June 1944. He was the son of Edwin Williams and of Ethel Ilena Williams, nee Honey; husband of Mary Helen Williams, nee Mark, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video MacDonald War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Warrant Officer, J. S. MacDonald, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 28, on the 1st of June 1944.
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Tour Scotland Video Dean War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Flight Sergeant, Robert Trevor Dean, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Robert served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 22, on the 6th of June 1941. He was the son of Robert James Dean, and of Hilda Marion, Dean, of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video Goldie War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Sergeant, Thomas Goldie, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Thomas served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 21, on the 6th of June 1941. He was the son of George and Mary Goldie, of James Island, British Columbia, Canada. James Island lies between Sidney Island and the coast of Vancouver Island near Sidney, British Columbia.
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Tour Scotland Sherven War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Sergeant, Vernon Thomes Sherven, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Vernon served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on the the 1st of June 1944. Canadian bomber squadrons began participating in the war effort in 1941 and were attached to RAF Bomber Command groups. Canada, however, wanted its own identifiable presence in Allied air operations overseas, and it did not want its air force to be merely a source of manpower for the Royal Air Force. To this end, 6 (RCAF) Group was formed on 25 October 1942 with eight squadrons.
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Tour Scotland Video Treby War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Sergeant, John Arthur Treby, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. John served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died aged 19, on the 1st of June 1944. He was the son of John R. Treby and Ingeborg H. Treby.
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Tour Scotland Video Fernandes War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Flying Officer, Robert Henry James Fernandes, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Robert served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and died the 24th of November 1943. By the end of 1941 more than half of Bomber Command aircrew were members of the RAFVR. Most of the pre war pilot and observer NCO aircrew had been commissioned and the surviving regular officers and members of the RAFO filled the posts of flight and squadron commanders. Eventually of the " RAF " aircrew in the Command probably more than 95% were serving members of the RAFVR.
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Tour Scotland Video Ryan War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Chief Engineer Officer, Daniel James Ryan, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Daniel served with the Merchant Navy on the convoy cargo ship the S.S.Queensbury and died aged 54, on the 6th of June 1941. He was the son of John Ryan and of Elisabeth Ryan ( nee Peace ); husband of Mary Josephine Ryan, of Fairwater, Glamorgan, Wales.
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Tour Scotland Video Hastings War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Gunner, George Douglas Hastings, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. George served with the Royal Artillery and died aged 25, on the 23rd of September 1944. He was the son of George Henry and Ellen Martha Hastings, of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. In mid 1943 the Royal Artillery reached its peak strength, some 700,000 strong, about 26% of total British Army strength and about the same size as the Royal Navy, including about 5% officers, in some 630 regiments, 65 training regiments and six officer cadet training units. The Regiment suffered some 31,000 killed during the course of the Second World War.
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Tour Scotland Video Kelly War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Greaser, Frederick Kelly, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Frederick served with the Merchant Navy on S.S. Queensbury cargo ship and died aged 53, on the 6th of June 1941. He was the son of William and Emma Kelly. Convoys arriving from America or merchant ships with war supplies from the Empire bound for the major east coast ports could not risk running through the English Channel. Accordingly, they would collect in the west coast of Scotland deep water anchorages such as the Oban Roads, before moving up around the north of Scotland and starting the perilous passage down the east coast to the main ports. The SS Queensbury was sunk off Inverbervie in one convoy.
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Tour Scotland Video Sewed War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Private, Leonard Sewed, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Leonard served with the Pioneer Corps and died on the 13th of February 1941. In the early part of World War II the Pioneer Corps was apparently the only British military unit in which enemy aliens could serve. Thousands of German and Austrian nationals joined the Pioneer Corps to assist Allied war efforts and the liberation of their home countries. They typically were Jews and political opponents of the Nazi Regime who had fled to Britain, including film production designer Ken Adam, writer George Clare, and publisher Robert Maxwell.
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Tour Scotland Video David War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Flying Officer, Albert Edgar David, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Albert served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died aged 22, on the 31st of January 1943. He was the son of Albert Edgar and Loula May David; husband of Marjorie David ( nee Waring ), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Tour Scotland Video Wyllie War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Sergeant, Andrew Macgregor Wyllie, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Andrew served with the Royal Australian Air Force and died aged 30, on the 28th of December 1942. He was the son of Andrew Murray MacGregor Wyllie and Josephine Lottie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Mavis Marjorie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales.
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Tour Scotland Video Martyn War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Pilot, Thomas Frederick Martyn, gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Thomas served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and died aged 21, on the 11th of September 1942. He was the son of Frederick Martyn and of Robina Martyn ( nee Blacklock ), of Seaward Downs, Southland, New Zealand.
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Tour Scotland Video Oselkowski War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of W. Oselkowski, of the Polish Forces gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. He died on the 13th of May, 1941, aged 23.
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Tour Scotland Video Courtis War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of Pilot, Jack Burall Courtis gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. Jack served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and died aged 26, on the 5th of December 1940. He was the son of Arthur Henry and Ruth Violet Courtis, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
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Tour Scotland Video Bernatowicz War Grave Sleepyhillock Cemetery Montrose
Tour Scotland video of F. Bernatowicz, of the Polish Forces gravestone in Sleepyhillock Cemetery on ancestry visit to Montrose, Scotland. He died on the 2nd of March, 1941, aged 23.
During World War II, many fighter squadrons and the RNAS served at RAF Montrose. Commonwealth, Polish, Czech, American, Russian, Turkish, Free French and other Allied nationals all trained and served at RAF Montrose during this time. Operational duties included serving as a location for the Spitfires and Hurricanes which formed part of the air defence for the city of Edinburgh.
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