Old Travel Blog Photograph Queensferry Terrace Cummertrees Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses on Queensferry Terrace in Cummertrees, located three miles from Annan near Dumfries, Scotland. Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas was born on 8 February 1847 in Cummertrees. He was the son of Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry and his wife Caroline, daughter of General Sir William Robert Clayton, born 1786, died 1866, member of parliament for Great Marlow. He had an older sister, Lady Gertrude Georgiana Douglas, born 1842, died 1893; an older brother, John Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, born 1844, died 1900, later the ninth Marquess of Queensberry; a younger brother, Lord Archibald Edward Douglas, born 1850, died 1938, who became a clergyman; and a younger brother and sister, the twins Lord James Douglas, died 1891, and Lady Florence Douglas, born 1855, died –1905, who married Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, 11th Baronet. He was an uncle of Oscar Wilde's lover Lord Alfred Douglas, and a younger brother of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. In 1858, Douglas's father, Lord Queensberry, died in what was reported as a shooting accident, but his death was widely believed to have been suicide. In 1862, his mother, Lady Queensberry, converted to Roman Catholicism and took her children to live in Paris, France. Douglas was educated at the Edinburgh Academy. After sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, on 14 July 1865, Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas died in a fall on the way down from the summit.



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Old Photograph Inner Harbour Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the inner harbour in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has been the venue for several historically important battles. In 1560 the area was laid siege to by a joint force of English and Scottish troops whilst occupied by the French at the hands of Mary Queen of Scots’ French mother Mary of Guise. Blog post 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 Runway Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars, hangars and the runway at the aerodrome Montrose, Scotland. RAF Montrose was a Royal Air Force station in Forfarshire, now called Angus. On 26 February 1913, it became the first operational military aerodrome to be established in the United Kingdom. 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 Travel Video Cloudy Afternoon Drive From Coupar Angus To Parish Church Collace Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a cloudy afternoon road trip drive from Coupar Angus to the parish church on ancestry visit to Collace, Perthshire, Scotland. Stone church with tower built in 1812on site of an earlier church dedicated in 1242. Remains of medieval building nearby with Romanesque arch which was used as the mausoleum for the Nairne family. In the graveyard are important 17th and 18th-century gravestones, a rare medieval Discoid stone and a newly conserved mort house. ( new dashboard camera, just out of the box, still have to adjust the settings )

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Cloudy Afternoon Drive From Blairgowrie To Cumberland Barracks Coupar Angus Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a cloudy afternoon road trip drive from Blairgowrie on ancestry visit to Cumberland Barracks in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. The barracks at the end of this video were built to be used by the British Army in the suppression of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, which was the last of war and made an end of centuries of clan warfare in the high glens. ( new dashboard camera, just out of the box, still have to adjust the settings ).

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Cloudy Morning Drive A93 Road From Perth To The Cemetery In Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a road trip drive with music North on the A93 road from Queen's Bridge in Perth on ancestry visit to the cemetery in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. ( new dashboard camera, just out of the box, still have to adjust the settings ) Leaving Perth the road passes the entrance to Scone Palace, ancient coronation site of Scottish kings and now home to Britain's most northerly racecourse, then continues to and through the planned 19th century village of Guildtown before crossing the River Isla and passing the famous Meikleour Beech Hedge, planted to commemorate the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion and now the tallest hedge in the world and the onward to the cemetery in Blairgowrie.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Cruise Boat River Tay Returning To Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a cruise boat on the River Tay returning to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. From May until October there are boat trips from the harbour at Broughty Ferry to visit Perth or from the pontoon at the Fergusson Pontoon in Perth along the River Tay to catch a glimpse of Elcho Castle.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video One Man Band Music High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a one man band playing music and busking on the High Street in the City Centre on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A one man band is a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical or electronic contraptions. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers.

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Old Photograph Castle Road Longforgan Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, buildings, people and church on Castle Road in Longforgan, Scotland. Longforgan is a village about five miles west of Dundee, but in the region of Perthshire. There has been a church on this site for at least 900 years. The tower is dated 1690 and has an eight sided steeple and unusual clock. The main building by John Paterson dates from 1795.



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Old Photograph Castle Street Tayport Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops on Castle Street in Tayport, Fife, acroos from Dundee, Scotland. The settlement was originally called Partan Craig, Gaelic for " Crab Rock ". Over the following two hundred years English usage eroded many Gaelic place names in eastern Scotland and Partan Craig had become known as Portincragge by 1415 and as Port-in-Craige by the end of the 15th century. In 1598 the settlement received its burgh charter in the name of Ferry-Port on Craig. In the 1850s, the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company established a railway service running from Edinburgh to Aberdeen that passed through Ferry-Port on Craig. They used the simpler name of " Tayport " for the town. This less cumbersome name soon caught on and over time, Tayport replaced Ferry-Port on Craig as the more common name.



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Old Photograph Low Street Banff Scotland

Old photograph of buildings, vintage cars and people on Low Street in Banff, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Picture House Wishaw Scotland

Old photograph the Picture House Cinema in Wishaw, Scotland. Wishaw is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south east of Glasgow City Centre. The main areas of Wishaw are: Cambusnethan, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Dimsdale, Greenhead, Wishawhill, Netherton, Pather and Waterloo. Thomas Canfield Pomphrey was born on 29 November 1881, in Wishaw. He was a pupil at Hamilton Academy, and later a student of architecture at The Glasgow School of Art in 1903 and 1904, after which he trained under Alexander Cullen, the Glaswegian architect. He left Scotland in 1906, emigrating to Toronto, Canada. He moved to New York in 1909, returning to Toronto in 1912. Pomphrey fought in the First World War as a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces, retiring in July 1947, after which he returned to Scotland. In June 1916, he suffered an extensive injury to his right shoulder from a shell fragment, which also broke his right hand. As a result, he spent a year in various hospitals in France, England and Scotland. In 1931, Pomphrey became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects. He died on 8 March 1966. 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 Thatched Cottages Ballachulish Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages in Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. The name Ballachulish, from Scottish Gaelic, Baile a' Chaolais, means the Village by the Narrows. The narrows in question is Caolas Mhic Phàdraig, Peter or Patrick's son's narrows, at the mouth of Loch Leven. As there was no road to the head of Loch Leven until 1927, the Ballachulish Ferry, established in 1733, and those at Invercoe, Callert and Caolas na Con were essential. The Ballachulish ferry closed in December 1975 when the Ballachulish Bridge finally opened. In 1903, a branch of the, now closed, Callander and Oban Railway, from Connel Ferry, was opened to Ballachulish. Slate from local quarries, established just two years after the infamous Glencoe Massacre of 1692, was used to provide the roofing slate for much of Edinburgh and Glasgow's skyline in the succeeding centuries. 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 Craigower Hotel Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars by the Craigower Hotel in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Main Street Fochabers Scotland

Old photograph of houses, trees and people on Main Street in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland. This village is in the Parish of Bellie, 10 miles east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey. The village owes its existence to Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, born 1743, died 1827. During the late 18th century, during the Scottish Enlightenment, it was fashionable for landowners to found new towns and villages, and these can be found all over Scotland because unlike their predecessors they all have straight, wide streets in mainly rectangular layouts, a central square, and the houses built with their main elevations parallel to the street. Alexander Milne, born 1742, died 1838, was a Scottish American entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born in Fochabers. He was employed as a footman by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and when ordered by the duke to powder his red hair, Milne declined, left his employment and emigrated to the American colonies. By 1776, Milne had moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, America, where, after doing well in the hardware business, he set up a brick making company using mainly slave labour, by the late 18th century most of the brick used in New Orleans was made at his works. 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 Ravenswood Drive Shawlands Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Ravenswood Drive in Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland. Shawlands is a district of Glasgow, located less than 2 miles south of the River Clyde. Neighbouring districts include the areas of Crossmyloof, Langside and Pollokshaws with Shawlands itself overlapping the Glasgow City. Within walking distance of Shawlands is Queens Park, acquired in 1857 and designed by the world renowned Sir Joseph Paxton, also responsible for noted public parks in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead and the grounds of the Spa Buildings at Scarborough, England. The park was dedicated to the memory of Mary, Queen of Scots and not Queen Victoria.





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Old Photograph Cambridge Drive North Kelvinside Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Cambridge Drive in North Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland. Kelvinside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland to the South with Kelvindale and the River Kelvin to the North. It is an affluent area of Glasgow, with large Victorian villas and terraces, similar to Pollokshields on the South Side of Glasgow. As with Morningside, Edinburgh, residents are sometimes said to have a " pan loaf " accent, i.e. an affected one. This often leads to jokes about a " Kelvinsaide " accent.



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Old Photograph St Mary's Drive Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of St Mary's Drive in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In 1453 Kirkcudbright became a Royal burgh, and about a century later the magistrates of the town obtained permission from Mary Queen of Scots, to use part of the convent and nunnery as a parish church. One of its most famous prisoners in the Tolbooth prison was John Paul Jones, hero of the American navy, who was born in nearby Kirkbean.Kirkcudbright has had a long association with the Glasgow art movement, which started when several artists, including the Glasgow Boys and the famed Scottish Colourists, such as Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell, based themselves in the area over a 30 year period from 1880 to 1910, establishing the Kirkcudbright Artists' Colony. Many of them moved to the town from Glasgow, including Edward Hornel, George Henry and Jessie M. King. 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 Kenmore Street Aberfeldy Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and buildings on Kenmore Street in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland. Aberfeldy lies at the intersection of two A roads, the A826 to Crieff and the A827, which leads east and south towards the main A9 trunk road. Aberfeldy is easily reached from southern locations by taking the A9 to the Ballinluig exit, then the A827 to get to the town. Owing to its location off the A9 trunk road, Aberfeldy is less geared toward tourists than its cousin Pitlochry.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Solo Female Bagpipes Music Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a female Scottish Piper playing bagpipes music at the Strathspey, marches and reels Solo piping competition at the Highland Games on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Piping competitions are organised at many Highland Games and Gatherings which attract entrants from many countries and various nationalities keen to win coveted trophies and gold medals and esteem in world of musical excellence. Competitions may include Marches, Strathspeys and Reels, sometimes Jigs, and Pibroch, Piobaireachd or Ceòl Mòr.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Solo Male Piper Bagpipes Music 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a male Scottish Piper playing bagpipes music at the Strathspey, marches and reels Solo piping competition at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Bagpipes have been around since pre-Roman times, and the typical Highland bagpipes we know best today have roots back to the early 1500s in Scotland. Bagpipes are aerophone instruments, with an air supply, a bag, a chanter or melody pipe and a drone that provides a constant note throughout playing.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Tossing The Caber 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of athletes Tossing The Caber at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. A long tapered pine pole or log is stood upright and hoisted by the competitor who balances it vertically holding the smaller end in his hands. Then the competitor runs forward attempting to toss it in such a way that it turns end over end with the upper end striking the ground first. The smaller end that was originally held by the athlete then hits the ground in the 12 o'clock position measured relative to the direction of the run. If successful, the athlete is said to have turned the caber.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Community Tug Of War 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Community Tug Of War between Blairgowrie and Rattray at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Tug of war also known as of tug, tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, tugging war is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Scots Lifting The Ardblair Stones 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Scots trying to lift the Ardblair Stones at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The Ardblair Stones are nine reinforced concrete spheres ranging in weight from 18 to 152kg which is 40 to 335lbs. The Ardblair Stones Challenge involves lifting the stones sequentially from lightest to heaviest onto whisky butts which are 132cm or 52 inches in height). The event is judged on both time and the number of stones successfully completed.

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Old Photograph North Fens Largs Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in North Fens in Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity. The town is served by the railway line from Glasgow to North Ayrshire. Largs is the birthplace of the actors Daniela Nardini and John Sessions, the footballer Lou Macari and the golfer Sam Torrance. Though not born in Largs, musician and songwriter Graham Lyle of Gallagher and Lyle was brought up there and still returns to visit his holiday home.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Bagpipes Music And Highland Dancing 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of bagpipes music and traditional Scottish Highland dancing at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Highland dance or Highland dancing is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. Highland dancing is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music. It is now seen at nearly every modern-day Highland games event.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Pibroch Bagpipes 2018 Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a Scottish Piper playing Pibroch music at the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Pibroch. Piob, Peeb, means Pipe; Piobaire, Peebair, means Piper; and Piobaireachd, Peeb-air-och with three syllables, means pipe playing pipe music. Many people simplify the pronunciation by saying Peebrock, probably from the spelling Pibroch which is seen in some Light music and songs. Though more accurately titled Ceol Mor, Cowal More, meaning Big, or Great, Music, the classical music of the Great Highland Bagpipe is commonly referred to as Piobaireachd. This is the music that summoned the clans to battle, celebrated sweet victory and terrible loss, commemorated murder and lamented the deaths of their chiefs and heroes.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Bagpipes Music 2018 Highland Games Parade Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the bagpipes music of Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Pipe Band at the opening parade of the 2018 Highland Games on ancestry visit to Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Boats Inner Harbour St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of boats in the inner harbour in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. the harbour at St Andrews developed from a mediaeval creek mouth haven without built harbour works. By the 16th century the creek mouth was protected by an extensive pier and bulwark to seaward and had linear masonry quays within to accommodate shipping. The separation of the Inner and Outer Harbours was present at this date and was later, in the 18th century, reinforced by the introduction of gates between the two basins.





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Old Photograph High Street Lochgelly Fife Scotland

Old photograph of buildings, people and horses and carriage on the High Street in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. Lochgelly is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town. An area of Lochgelly was known as the Happy Lands, or Happy Valley. The town is served by Lochgelly railway station on the line between Edinburgh and Markinch. The town derives its name from the nearby body of water, Loch Gelly. The name comes from the Gaelic Loch Gheallaidh which, loosely translated, means Shining Waters or Loch of Brightness. 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 Claude Alexander Shop South Bridge Street Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of the Claude Alexander tailors shop on South Bridge Street in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th century following an act of Parliament allowing it to hold a weekly market. It later grew in prominence as a centre for weaving and manufacturing, as well as being the settlement near several coalmines. In the mid 19th century, the town expanded greatly as a result of immigration and the development of iron works and railway links.


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Old Photograph Mackenzie Newsagent Shop Doune Scotland

Old photograph of the Mackenzie Newsagent shop and market cross in Doune, Scotland. The Mackenzie surname including Mckenzie, Macenzy and Makkeney, is from Gaelic " MacCoinnic h" or the son of Coinneach, a personal byname meaning " comely." Kanoth Makkanehy was noted in the records of the family of Rose of Kilravock, dated 1499, and Ewin Makkenye was sone and heir to Kenyeoch Maksorle in the Black Isle in 1500. Gilcrist Makkingze in Wigtownshire was charged with forethought felony in 1513. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Makbeth Makkyneth, a witness at pleas held at Dull, in Angus, and dated 1264. Clan Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Clann Choinnich, is a Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Town Centre East Kilbride Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of shops and people in the town centre in Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Scottish town of East Kilbride is enclosed by the White Cart River to the west and the Rotten Calder to the east, the latter flowing northwards to join the River Clyde near Cambuslang. This area was previously the site of the small village of East Kilbride, prior to its post-war development. The modern settlement serves as a dormitory town for the city of Glasgow. East Kilbride takes its name from an Irish saint named St Bride or Brigit, who founded a monastery for nuns and monks in Kildare, Ireland in the 6th century. Irish monks introduced her order to Scotland. Kil, from the Gaelic cill, means church or burial place.



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Old Photograph Moray Arms Hotel Lhanbryde Scotland

Old photograph of the Moray Arms Hotel in Lhanbryde located four miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The origin of the name " Lhanbryde " is thought to be Pictish, meaning the " Church Place of St Bride ". Why the name has emerged in modern times in its very Welsh form is unclear. The village name was recorded as Lamanbride in 1215; Lambride at the end of the 14th century; Lambry in 1600; and Longbride in 1750. Little remains of the church after which Lhanbryde is named. A churchyard stands above the north side of the main road in the centre of the village, but by 1796 the church that stood here, itself probably only the last in a series on the site, was in a state of ruin and was demolished.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Toftcombs Hotel Biggar Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Toftcombs Hotel in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In the 14th century, the Fleming family were given lands in this area by Robert the Bruce, whose cause they had supported. This Scottish town is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, around thirty miles from Edinburgh along the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and Peebles. Biggar was the birthplace of Thomas Gladstones, the grandfather of William Ewart Gladstone. Hugh MacDiarmid spent his later years at Brownsbank, near the town. Ian Hamilton Finlay's home and garden at Little Sparta is nearby in the Pentland Hills. The fictional Midculter, which features in Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles novels, is set here. The town hosts an annual arts festival, the Biggar Little Festival. The town has traditionally held a huge bonfire at Hogmanay.



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Old Photograph Kilmarnock Arms Hotel Cruden Bay Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars outside the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in Cruden Bay located 26 miles North of Aberdeen, Scotland. Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012. Traditionally, the name was derived from the Gaelic Croch Dain, meaning Slaughter of Danes. Bram Stoker holidayed first at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel and then at nearby Whinnyfold in Cruden Bay from 1894. Stoker’s novel The Mystery of the Sea and some short stories have Cruden Bay as their setting. James Macpherson's poem The Highlander in 1758 takes the battle of Cruden as its model. Blog post 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 Travel Blog Photograph MacDonald Arms High Street Fort William Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the MacDonald Arms pub, shops and people on the High Street in Fort William, Scotland. Historically, this area of Lochaber was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area. The town grew in size as a settlement when the fort was constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century. Fort William is now a major tourist centre, with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the east and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles. 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 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Broompark Drive in Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. The name Lesmahagow is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo.



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Old Photograph Tram Bridgend Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, shops, people and buildings in Bridgend by the old bridge over the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Perth Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Perth, Scotland between 1903 and 1929. In October 1903 the horse tramways of the Perth and District Tramways were taken over by Perth Corporation. An initial experiment with a petrol tram was unsuccessful and electric service began on 31 October 1905. The main route was from Scone to Cherrybank. There were branches to Craigie and to Dunkeld Road. The depot was beyond the terminus at Scone.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Strowans Road Silverton Dumbarton Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses, cyclist and vintage car on Strowans Road in Silverton, Dumbarton, Scotland. The area derives its name from Silvertonhill Farm. The farmhouse appears on military surveys and maps dating as far back as the 1740s. Modified elements of the original farm buildings still survive today. It is predominantly a residential area, with both public and private housing stock. Due to its relatively flat geography, the public sector housing was often let to the elderly and infirm of Dumbarton, but now houses a mix of those and commuters to the largest city in Scotland, Glasgow, not far from the town. Dumbarton Academy, the nondenominal public secondary school, though predominantly Protestant, and St. Patrick's Primary School are situated in Silverton, as is the Brock Bowling Club. Dumbarton East railway station is nearby.


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Old Photograph Houses By River Cree Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of houses by the River Cree at Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The River Cree runs through Newton Stewart and into the Solway Firth. It forms part of the boundary between the counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. The tributaries of the Cree are the Minnoch, Trool, Penkiln and Palnure which drain from the Range of the Awful Hand, the labyrinthine range of mountains and lochs, bogs, burns and crags, rising at its highest to The Merrick, Galloway, 12 miles to the north and visible from Newton Stewart. The Cree was also the source of power for the textile mills built in Newton Stewart in the 18th Century when water power was a key element in industrial development. Salmon fishing using stake nets can still be seen in the bay but are no longer common. Other traditional methods of salmon fishing using " haaf nets " have also declined. However, enthusiastic anglers return year after year to the Cree and fine fresh run salmon are still caught in worthwhile numbers.



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Old Photograph Paved Courtyard Roman Camp Hotel Callander Scotland

Old photograph of the paved courtyard of the Roman Camp Hotel in Callander, Trossachs, Scotland. Located on the River Teith, near Stirling, and often described as the gateway to the Highlands. The people of Callander were drawn into the Jacobite wars of the 17th and 18th centuries when the Duke of Perth, a Drummond whose family owed its position to James VI, declared for the deposed House of Stuart. Continued rebellions, in Callander and elsewhere, prompted the government to invest in creating a network of military roads through the Highlands, in order to increase the mobility of their troops in dealing with the Jacobite threat. Callander's position made it the obvious choice for a road. It is an interesting fact, that the road was completed just in time for the 1745 rebellion, during which the roads were of most use to the rebels.



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Old Photograph Marriage House And Cottage Coldstream Scotland

Old photograph of the Marriage House and cottage situated at the northern end of the Bridge in Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Coldstream is a Scottish a village which is located on the north bank of the the River Tweed. In England, marriages could be transacted without prior notice until 1856, when the law stated that three week’s notice was needed. The Marriage House then became a popular place for runaway couples to be wed and at one time rivalled the famous smithy at Gretna Green.



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Old Photograph Bankton Park Street Kingskettle Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Bankton Park Street in Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated in the Howe of Fife, around a mile South of Ladybank. Howe of Fife is the name given to the fertile farming area of central Fife in the valley of the River Eden between Strathmiglo and Cupar. The term ' howe ' is derived from an old Scots word meaning a hollow, valley or flat tract of land.





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Old Photograph John Whiteford Baker's Van Kirkmichael Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of John Whiteford beside his Baker's van in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland. Kirkmichael, Gaelic: Cille Mhìcheil, meaning " the church of St. Michael ", is a village located between Patna, Maybole and Straiton. Kirkmichael focuses on two intersecting streets, largely occupied by white cottages built for hand weavers in the 1790s. The village hall was gifted in 1898 by James McCosh, President of Princeton University in New Jersey, America, whose family came from this part of Ayrshire. 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 Shafts Of Light Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of shafts of light over Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland. Two of the three Highlander films starring Christopher Lambert were filmed here. The opening battle scene near the beginning of the film takes place between the mountains of Buchaille Etive Mor and Buchaille Etive Beag, at the entrance to the Glen. This Highlands location featured in Skyfall the James Bond movie, and Harry Potter films mainly because it is the most famous Scottish glen and one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world.



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Old Photograph Burngrange Mill Kinross Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of farmers outside Burngrange Mill near Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Loch Leven Castle by Kinross, is one of the best examples of a fourteenth century keep remaining in Scotland. It stands on an island in Lochleven, and its most famous resident was is undoubtedly the imprisoned of Mary Queen of Scots.



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Old Photograph Post Office Alford Scotland

Old photograph of postmen outside the Post Office in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Situated just south of the River Don. It lies within the Howe of Alford, also called the Vale of Alford. Charles Murray was born on 27 September 1864 in Alford. He was a poet who wrote in the Doric dialect of Scots. He was one of three rural poets from the north east of Scotland, the others being Flora Garry and John C. Milne, who did much to validate the literary use of Scots. In 1924 he settled in Banchory, not far from where he was brought up. There he died in 1941. The narrow gauge railway, built from salvaged equipment from the New Pitsligo peat moss railway, was proposed in 1979 and opened in 1980. Originally it ran for 1.9 miles from Haughton Park station through Murray Park Woods. Then in 1984 another line was run from Alford station, alongside Alford Golf Course, to Haughton Park where there is a platform. However, the original Murray Woods line was then closed. The current station building is on the site of the original granite structure which was demolished after British Rail closed the line. The passenger platform is the original. A small railway museum is housed in the railway station building. The original locomotive shed was situated to the east of the station but this has also now been demolished. To the west of the station the granite carriage shed of the previous railway is now used by the Alford Valley Railway. The Grampian Transport Museum and Alford Heritage Centre are nearby. 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 Railway Station Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The Peebles Railway was a railway company that built a line connecting the town of Peebles in Peeblesshire, Scotland, with Edinburgh. It opened on 4 July 1855, and it worked its own trains. The North British Railway later promoted a line, at first identified as the Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway, from Peebles to Galashiels, making a connection with the Peebles Railway there, and also with the Caledonian Railway which had its own line at Peebles. In 1860 the Peebles Railway company leased its line to the North British Railway, which operated the Galashiels and Edinburgh sections as a continuous through route. Road transport of goods and passengers provided fierce competition in the 1950s and the line closed in 1962. No railway use is now made of the former lines.



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Old Photograph Cottage Glenfarg Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of women outside a cottage in Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a small Scottish village in the Ochil Hills, South of Perth. 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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