Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Pittenweem on the coast of the East Neuk of Fife. Scotland. Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, it grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. Later a breakwater was built, extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out south-west into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This allowed boats to rest at anchor rather than being beached, enabling larger vessels to use the port. The late 17th to early 18th centuries saw a number of notorious witch hunts in Pittenweem by the local minister. The burgh was bogged down in debt and witchcraft was used as an excuse to improve the financial position by seizing the assets of some local women. The Church of Scotland building at the top of the High Street adjoined the Tolbooth which was used as the jail for some of the Pittenweem witches, and the door to the cells can still be seen. It is the studded door at the bottom of the tower. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland. I was raised in Anstruther and spent many days of my youth in this old fishing village on the East coast.



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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Anstruther on the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Anstruther Captains were famed for their seafaring skills and later in the 19th Century a number were actively involved in trade across the oceans, several in particular played a major role in the China tea trade. During the 19th century as trading ships got larger Anstruther increasingly turned to the fishing and the North Sea herring industry. Whole families would be involved with men at sea or mending nets and the women salting and packing the herring into barrels. Anstruther landed herring was particularly popular in Poland and the fishing fleet would follow the Herring run down the North Sea as far as Lowestoft, England. I was raised in this old fishing village on the East coast. Also known as Ainster, Anster and Enster.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Kinghorn Fife

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Kinghorn on the coast of Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh. Known as the place where King Alexander III of Scotland died, it lies on the A921 road and the Fife Coastal Path. Kinghorn railway station is on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen and Fife Circle railway lines. Kinghorn only has a primary school, so high school pupils must travel by bus to Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Errol Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Errol, Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Errol is located about halfway between Dundee and Perth. Errol is known for its reeds, which used to be collected up to a few years ago to make thatched roofs. These reeds grow in the banks of the River Tay and act as home to a fairly uncommon bird called the bearded tit. Errol has a large church, built in 1831, known as the Cathedral of The Carse.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Invergowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Invergowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Invergowrie village is located on the north west bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee. The village was formerly part of the estate of Mylnefield. The quarry at Invergowrie supplied important sites around the UK, stone being included in the base of Nelson's column and St Katherine's Docks in London. The quarry workers hit a spring at the beginning of the 20th century and the quarry filled with water.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Strathyre

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Strathyre near Balquhidder, Trossachs. Now in the Stirling local government district this village was at one time part of Perthshire. It is within the bounds of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. It is largely a Victorian creation, having grown up with the arrival of the railway in the 1870s and the establishment of Strathyre railway station.

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Old Photograph Butter Bridge Glen Kinlas Scotland

Old photograph of Butter Bridge in Glen Kinlas to the west of the Rest And Be Thankful road in Argyll, Scotland. The bridge takes its name from the historic tradition of bringing cattle high up into the glen in the summer months for pasture. It was often the women who tended to the cattle, milking them and so producing butter and cheese in this remote spot. It was built, as part of the military road network connecting Inveraray with Glasgow via the Rest and be Thankful, sometime before 1768, when the road was repaired.



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Old Photograph Road To Loch Awe Scotland

Old photograph of the road to Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. Loch Awe is renowned for its trout fishing. Salmon pass through the loch, coming past the barrage in the River Awe and continuing into the River Orchy. Loch Awe contains several ruined castles on islands, and at the northern end has one of the most photographed castles in Scotland, Kilchurn Castle, which in summer may be visited by a short boat trip or by a half mile walk from a small car park just after the bridge over the River Orchy.





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Old Travel Blog Photograph Recreation Room Kinfauns Castle Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Recreation Room in Kinfauns Castle near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room, lounge or sitting room, is a room in a residential house or apartment for relaxing and socializing. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house. In large formal homes or castles, a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom, such as the Queen's Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House. The term living room was coined in the late 19th or early 20th century. Kinfauns Castle was designed by Robert Smirke and built between 1822 and 1826 by Lord Gray on the site of a medieval stronghold, founded by the Charteris family. Kinfauns was the family seat from the 14th century.



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Old Photograph Road Through Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of the road through Glencoe, Highlands, Scotland. Glen Coe where the infamous Massacre of Glencoe took place in 1692, is surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery and is popular with serious hill walkers, rock and ice climbers. It has been seen in numerous films, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the home of Hagrid. When Thomas Telford came here in the early years of the nineteenth century, surveying his new roads. The only route across Rannoch Moor had been the old Military road, but from Altnafeadh at the bottom of the Devils Staircase all the way through to Ballachulish, although a Drover's Road had been built in 1786.



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Old Photograph Road Through Glen Etive Scotland

Old photograph of the narrow single track road, with passing places, through Glen Etive, on ancestry visit to the Highlands of Scotland. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the Herdsmen of Etive, Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag. Other peaks accessible from the Glen include Ben Starav, located near the head of Loch Etive, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the northern side of the glen. Visitors driving to the area usually seek out the famous James Bond's Skyfall and Braveheart film locations, and follow the driving route along the River Etive.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Dining Room Window Taymouth Castle Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the dining room window in Taymouth Castle, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle largely dates from the 19th century, though Taymouth Castle stands on the site of the ancient Balloch Castle which was built in 1550 for Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, descendent of Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell. Sir Colin's son, Sir Duncan Campbell, was made a baronet in 1625. King James VI visited the castle in August 1582. Sir Duncan Campbell's descendent John Campbell was created Earl of Breadalbane and Holland in 1681. In 1720 the 2nd Earl commissioned William Adam to remodel the house and lay out extensive formal gardens. The 2nd Earl's son oversaw further changes in the 1750s, and by the 1780s the formal gardens had been replaced with a picturesque landscape. The present castle was built to the designs of the brothers James and Archibald Elliot. A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the 16th century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th to early 18th century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could " withdraw " for more privacy.



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Old Photograph Mansion House Broadmeadows Scotland

Old photograph of a mansion house in Broadmeadows on the A708 near Selkirk, Borders, Scotland. In the 1820s, Archibald Elliot was commissioned to transform the existing house into a Roman villa style, with contractor John Smith executing the work. Places nearby include Boleside, Bowhill, Caddonfoot, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Philiphaugh, Sundhope, Yarrow Water and Yarrowford. 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 Glencairn Scotland

Old photograph of the road through Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Earl of Glencairn was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1488 for Alexander Cunningham, 1st Lord Kilmaurs. The name was taken from the parish of Glencairn in Dumfriesshire so named for the Cairn Waters which run through it.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video James Kyle Stained Glass Window Caddonfoot Church Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland travel video of the James Kyle stained glass window in Caddonfoot Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip near Galashiels, Borders, Scotland. The Kyle surname is of Scottish and Northern Irish origin. It is often a locational name from any of the numerous Scottish places that are so called, from the Gaelic " caol " meaning " strait " or " narrows. " Patrick Kyle, aged 23 years a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the " Siddons " bound for New York, America, on March 28th 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Margaret Kile, which was dated 1428, recorded in Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Interior Caddonfoot Church Scottish Borders

Tour Scotland travel video of the interior of Caddonfoot Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip near Galashiels, Scottish Borders. Built in 1860 and opened for worship in February 1861, this Scottish church was designed by Alexander Pringle of Whytbank. The domed timber ceiling and arch over the chancel were added in 1875. Caddonfoot village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water, places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Buckholm, Clovenfords, Darnick, Gattonside, Innerleithen, Lindean, Melrose, Selkirk, Stow, Traquair, Tweedbank, Yarrow.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Sir Walter Scott Grave Dryburgh Abbey Borders

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of the grave of Sir Walter Scott on the grounds of Dryburgh Abbey on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Borders, Scotland. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, born 15th August 1771, died 21st September 1832, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time. Famous books include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. 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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Tour Scotland Travel Video Highland Cow In The Highlands Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a Highland Cow on visit to the Highlands of Perthshire, Scotland. Highland coos are a Scottish cattle breed. They have long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindle, red, yellow, white, silver or dun, and they are raised primarily for their meat. They are a hardy breed due to their native environment, the Highlands of Scotland. This results in long hair, giving the breed its ability to overwinter. Bulls can weigh up to 800 kilograms, 1,800 pounds, and cows up to 500 kilograms, 1,100 pounds. Their milk generally has a very high butterfat content, and their meat, regarded as of the highest quality, is gaining mainstream acceptance as it is lower in cholesterol than other varieties of beef.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Pipe Band Drummers St John's Place City Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Scottish drummers from Perth and District Pipe Band on St John's Place in the city centre on visit to Perth Perthshire, Scotland. The drum corps of a pipe band consists of a section of drummers playing Highland snare drums and the bass section. In the early days of pipe bands, rope tension snare drums were common, but as the technology evolved, so did the music. Pipe band drummers now play on drums with very tight, knitted kevlar heads, designed for maximum tension to create a very crisp and strident sound. Due to technological innovations and changing aesthetics, this crispness has become an integral part of the pipe band sound. Since today's drum is so facile as a result of its design, players are often able to execute extremely complicated and technically demanding rudimentary patterns.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Portpatrick

Tour Scotland travel Blog video of old photographs of Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dating back some 700 years and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick's position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the Northern Irish coast 21 miles to the west, with clifftop walks and beaches both north and south. This Scottish village was founded on fishing, operating from the sandy, crescent-shaped harbour that remains the focal point of the village today. 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 Roods Street Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of shops and people on Roods Street in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Sir David Percival Dalbreck Wilkie was born on 5 November 1882 in Kirriemuir. He was the second son of David Wilkie, a wealthy jute manufacturer and his wife Margaret Lawson Mill. He attended Edinburgh Academy from 1896 to 1899 and then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating in 1908. Wilkie was initially employed from 1910 as a surgeon at Leith Hospital, in the harbour area of Edinburgh, and in 1912 moved to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, as House Surgeon. On 26 April 1913, he was commissioned as a surgeon in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. During the First World War, he served on the hospital ship St Margaret of Scotland, first in the Mediterranean and then in Salonika. He had been promoted to surgeon lieutenant commander by the end of the war. Following the war, in 1924 he was appointed Professor of Systematic Surgery at Edinburgh University. In 1925, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: his proposers were James Lorrain Smith, Arthur Robertson Cushny, George Barger, and David Murray Lyon. In the 1936 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor and therefore granted the title sir. In 1936, he served as President to the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. He died whilst on a trip to London on 28 August 1938, aged only 55.



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Old Photograph Rait Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage and houses in Rait Perthshire, Scotland. The surname Rait, also seen as Raitt and Rate, has been taken from different places all over the country. Nairn, Perth, and Ayrshire all have places named Rait, as well as Fife with Raith. A charter by John Comyn, cousin of the John Comyn killed by Robert the Bruce in Dunfries, 1306, Earl of Buchan, was witnessed by Andreas de Raath in 1299. A lease of property, for land in village of Glesbany, was witnessed in 1321by John de Ratis. It is recorded that in Scone, in 1332, an agreement between John de Rate and the abbot and convent was made, and after a brief episcopate, John Rait, bishop of Aberdeen died in 1355. David Rat was a recorded citizen of Brechin in 1471, Gavin Rath was commissary, in 1477, of William Scheves, archdeacon of St. Andrews, and in Glasgow, in 1487, Andrew Rayt was recorded as being in possession of a tenement. An old family in the Mearns area were the Raits of Hallgreen. Other recorded spellings of this name include Raitht, Reat, and Reyth.



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Old Photograph High Street Ballantrae Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people on the High Street in Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland. Ballantrae is a village in Carrick, South Ayrshire. In June 1673, while holding a conventicle at Knockdow near Ballantrae, Alexander Peden, was captured by Major William Cockburn, and condemned by the Privy Council to four years and three months imprisonment on the Bass Rock and a further fifteen months in the Edinburgh Tolbooth. The town is the fictional setting of the novel The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson.


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Old Photograph Dockyard Invergordon Scotland

Old photograph of the dockyard in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. In the early 1900's Invergordon became a naval base; the Firth was thought suitable because of the channel depth and frequently had visits from the Home Fleet. During the First World War, from 1914 to 1918, Invergordon was a full scale base for the Royal Navy, providing fuel oil, water and dockyard repairs. The town's population mushroomed when 6,000 people came to work in the dockyards.



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Old Photograph Old Kirk Kilmacolm Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, people and the old kirk in Kilmacolm located fifteen miles West of Glasgow, Scotland. A white painted church with a tower built in 1830 by James Dempster of Greenock, on the site of 13th and 16th century churches. James Dempster was born in 1797, the son of James Dempster, master joiner, and his wife, Elizabeth McFarlane. He practised as an architect and land surveyor in Greenock. Dempster was involved with a number of the town's works, he was involved the layout of a park developed from land given by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart in 1852, and must have been reasonably prosperous as he bequeathed money to the ragged school in his will. James Dempster died on 19 July 1867. He was single.



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Old Photograph Mill Blyth Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of the Mill, built in 1817, in Blyth Bridge, a small village close to West Linton in the Borders of Scotland. Blyth Bridge is located in a bend on the A701 road which goes from Moffat to Edinburgh, close to the junction with the East to West road, the A72, which goes to Peebles. Places nearby include the Lyne Water, Carlops, Romannobridge, and the Deepsyke Forest. The Mill is a 2 storey L plan building with an 8 spoke, low breast shrouded paddle wheel with wooden spokes and paddles and iron axle and rings, 4 feet wide by 15feet 6 inches in dameter.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Police Car Escorting Mobile Home Transport Truck Near Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a police car escorting a Mobile Home transport truck during Storm Ali on Coupar Angus Road on visit near Scone by Perth Perthshire, Scotland. Police Scotland manages the movement of abnormal indivisible loads throughout Scotland. Anyone intending to move an abnormal load throughout Scotland has a legal obligation to notify the Chief Officer of Police Scotland. An abnormal load is any load that cannot be broken down into smaller loads for transport without undue expense or risk of damage. Hauliers will be charged for the movements if they exceed one hour. This time is calculated from the Officers base to the load destination.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Autumn Crichton Castle Midlothian

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of Crichton Castle on ancestry visit to Midlothian, Scotland. Constructed as a tower house in the late 14th century, and it was expanded as power of the Crichton family grew. However, the Crichtons fell from favour in the later 15th century, and the castle passed to the Earls of Bothwell. Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, constructed the Italianate north range in the 1580s, featuring an elaborate diamond patterned facade. After Bothwell was accused of witchcraft the castle fell into neglect.

That castle rises on the steep
Of the green vale of Tyne:
And far beneath, where slow they creep,
From pool to eddy, dark and deep,
Where alders moist and willows weep,
You hear her streams repine.
The towers in different ages rose;
Their various architecture shows
The builders' various hands;
A mighty mass that could oppose,
When deadliest hatred fired its foes,
The vengeful Douglas bands.
From " Marmion " by Sir Walter Scott

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Crichton Collegiate Church Midlothian

Tour Scotland travel video of Crichton Collegiate Church on ancestry visit to Midlothian, Scotland. This Scottish Church was founded in 1449 and has been in continuous use as a place of Christian worship for more than 550 years. The church was built in a Gothic and Romanesque cruciform style with a large central tower; the nave was used as the place of worship for the poor people. This continued until the Scottish Reformation of 1560 when it was considered unusable.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Storm Ali Road Trip Drive Through Scone By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a Storm Ali road trip drive through Scone by Perth Perthshire, Scotland. Wind and heavy rain from Storm Ali began to lash the UK and Ireland as the first named storm of the season moved in. Not a great day to visit.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Storm Ali From Railway Bridge In Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Storm Ali from the railway bridge over the River Tay on visit to Perth Perthshire, Scotland. Strong wind from Storm Ali began to lash the UK and Ireland as the first named storm of the season moved in.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Rainbow During Storm Ali Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a rainbow behind trees during Storm Ali on visit to rural Perthshire, Scotland. Still windy with showers of rain which bring rainbows.

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Old Photograph Shorehead Road By The Harbour Arbroath Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Shorehead Road by the harbour in Arbroath, Scotland. Arbroath is located on the North Sea coast, around 16 miles North East of Dundee and 45 miles South West of Aberdeen. Arbroath's history as a town begins in the High Middle Ages with the founding of Arbroath Abbey in 1178. Arbroath grew considerably during the Industrial Revolution owing to the expansion of firstly the flax and secondly the jute industries and the engineering sector. A new harbour was built in 1839 and by the 20th century, Arbroath had become one of the larger fishing ports in Scotland.



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Old Photograph North Gray Street Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on North Gray Street in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Formerly a prosperous fishing and whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the “ richest square mile in Europe ”. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.



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Old Photograph Castlefield Cupar Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses and cottages by Castlefield in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The town is believed to have grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and was owned by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the county of Fife and as a market town catering for both cattle and sheep. The historic town centre is the junction of Bonnygate and the Crossgate. This is where the town's mercat cross, is located with the original shaft being supported by a unicorn. It dates from 1683. To the east is St Catherine Street, home to the burgh chambers and county buildings, both designed by Robert Hutchison. 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 Ythan Terrace Ellon Scotland

Old photograph of houses and children on Ythan Terrace in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ellon is in the ancient region of Formartine. Its name is believed to derive from the Gaelic term Eilean, an island, on account of the presence of an island in the River Ythan, which offered a convenient fording point. After Robert the Bruce defeated Comyn's son, John, at the Battle of Barra on 24 December 1307, there followed the Harrying of Buchan and Ellon Castle was destroyed by fire. A stone bearing the Kennedy arms is set into the ruins.



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Old Photograph Bridge Street Fauldhouse Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people on Bridge Street in Fauldhouse in West Lothian. Fauldhouse was known until the 19th century by the names Falas or latterly Fallas. There are families with the surname Fallas, who obviously had ancestors who came from Fauldhouse. The name Fallas or Fauldhouse has been translated as house on the fold or house in the field.

Fala, is of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Fala in Midlothian. The name is believed to derive from the Medieval English " Falwe ", meaning " Fallow " i.e. a piece of ploughed ground left uncropped for a year or more. The surname was first recorded in the latter part of the 12th Century. One, Bartholomew de Faulaw was witness to a charter in favour of the House of Soltre between the years 1214 and 1240. One, George de Falow was Provost of Edinburgh in 1421. The variant spellings Fallawe, Fawlo, Faulo and Falowe appear on record in Scotland during the period 1426 to 1453. James Fala was a tenant under the Abbey of Kelso in 1576. On June 24th, 1723 William Falla and Janet Veitch were married in Edinburgh, Midlothian. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Radulf Falache, charter witness, which was dated circa 1165 in The Register of Paisley Monastery, during the reign of King William.





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Old Photograph Gordon Street Huntly Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Gordon Street in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The surname with spellings of Gordon, Gorden and Gourdon, is of locational origins. It is Scottish from Gordon in Berwickshire. Sir Adam de Gordon, died 1333, was Justiciar of Scotland from 1310 to 1314. He obtained the Lordship of Strathbogie, which he named Huntly in 1315. Branches of his family have since held the titles of Lord of Strathbogie, Duke of Gordon and Earl and Marquess of Huntly. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richer de Gordun. This was dated 1154, in the Records of St. Michael's Church in Kelso in the Scottish Borders.



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Old Photograph Bobbin MIll Inchmarlo Scotland

Old photograph of the Bobbin MIll in Inchmarlo near Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on yarn or thread is wond. As used in spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or lacemaking, the bobbin provides temporary or permanent storage for yarn.



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Old Photograph Cross Cafe Church Street Kilbarchan Scotland

Old photograph of the Cross Cafe, houses and people on Church Street in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish village was known for its former weaving industry. At one time there were 800 weavers in this village.



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Old Photograph Tarbat House Scotland

Old photograph of Tarbat House near Kildary, Easter Ross, Scotland. The mansion house was built in 1787 by the Edinburgh architect James McLeran for John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod who was born at Castle Leod near Strathpeffer. He was the eldest son of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie and Isabel Gordon. He was a Freemason, his father being the Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1737 to 1738. He married Margery Forbes, daughter of James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes. Mackenzie was styled Lord MacLeod in 1731. Sailing to join the rebel army on board the sloop " Hound ", he fought with his father's clan at the Battle of Falkirk, leading the Cromartie's Regiment of about 500 clansmen in the Jacobite rising of 1745 during which he was taken prisoner, with his father and 218 others, on 15 April 1746 at Dunrobin Castle, by a party of the William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland's militia the day before the Battle of Culloden, in the last siege fought on the mainland of Great Britain. On 20 December 1746 he was not brought to trial before the Commissioners, though he pleaded guilty to high treason, but received full pardon on 26 January 1748 on condition " that within six months of his 21st birthday he would convey to the Crown all his rights in the Earldom " which was not restored until the reign of Queen Victoria. Leaving Scotland, Mackenzie initially lived in Berlin with Field Marshal Keith, who assisted him in obtaining a commission in the Swedish Army in 1750. Returning to Scotland John Mackenzie settled in Ross-shire where he entered politics holding the office of Member of Parliament between 1780 and 1784. Promoted to the rank of Major General in 1782, he regained his family estates in 1784. John Mackenzie died in Edinburgh on 2 April 1789 following a year of illness, without descendants and was buried at the Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh. 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 Navidale House Hotel Helmsdale Scotland

Old travel photograph of the Navidale House Hotel in Helmsdale, Sutherland. Scotland. Navidale House Hotel is a substantial 1850s built property, that is the former home of the Duke of Sutherland. Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by King William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the Dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the United Kingdom.



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Old Photograph Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, horse and carriage, houses and people on Victoria Road in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Kirkcaldy between 1903 and 1931. Services started on 28 February 1903. From 25 August 1906 through services were operated by the Wemyss and District Tramways Company on their route to Leven, Fife. The Kirkcaldy Tramway had two main routes, a lower one extending into Dysart, and the upper one connecting with the Wemyss and District Tramways Company line. Both routes were linked by connections on Whytescauseway and St Clair Street. Services were closed on 15 May 1931. Some of the tramcars remained in service with the Wemyss and District Tramways Company until this closed in 1932.



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Old Photograph Fever Hospital Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Fever Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Fevers, including smallpox, typhus and enteric fever, were one of the greatest problems with which cities had to deal. The problems were made even worse by the arrival of cholera in London in 1832. The size of epidemics and the risk to the population led many cities to establish some form of ‘house of recovery’ or ‘pest-house’, but the size of London meant that the few facilities which existed were inevitably overstretched. At times of crisis the hospitals might admit some patients, others would be cared for in the workhouses, but many died or recovered at home. Those who were wealthy were invariably looked after at home, where they would be more comfortable and could receive better care, as well as being isolated from others. From the early 16th century, the establishment of a harbour in Kirkcaldy at the East Burn confirmed the town's early role as an important trading port. The town also began to develop around the salt, coal mining and nail making industries. The production of linen which followed in 1672 was later instrumental in the introduction of floorcloth in 1847 by linen manufacturer, Michael Nairn. In 1877 this in turn contributed to linoleum, which became the town's most successful industry: Kirkcaldy was a world producer until well into the mid 1960s. Kirkcaldy has long been nicknamed the Lang Toun, Scots for " long town " in reference to the early town's main street. The street later reached a length of nearly 4 miles, connecting the burgh to the neighbouring settlements of Linktown, Pathhead, Sinclairtown and Gallatown, which became part of the town in 1876. The formerly separate burgh of Dysart was merged into Kirkcaldy in 1930. 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 Academy Street Coatbridge Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Academy Street in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This town was a major Scottish centre for iron works and coal mining during the 19th century and in this period was described as the industrial heartland of Scotland and the Iron Burgh. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video St Mungo's Parish Church Penicuik Midlothian

Tour Scotland travel video of St Mungo's Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. Kentigern, known as St Mungo, was an apostle of the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late 6th century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. Kentigern was given the name Mungo by Saint Serf, who ran a monastery at Culross in Fife and took in both mother and son. St Serf then oversaw Mungo's upbringing. At the age of 25, Mungo began his missionary work on the banks of the River Clyde. Mungo worked on the banks of the River Clyde for 13 years until the anti-Christian King Morken of Strathclyde drove him out in about AD565. Mungo made his way through Cumbria to Wales, where he spent time with St David, possibly founded a cathedral at St Asaph, and even found time for a pilgrimage to Rome. But in the 570s King Rhydderch Hael of Strathclyde, having overthrown Morken, invited Mungo to become Archbishop of Strathclyde. Mungo initially based himself in northern Galloway. In August 584 Mungo is said to have converted the bard Merlin to Christianity near the site of a church he later founded: Stobo Kirk. Mungo later returned to the River Clyde, where his church became the focus of a large community that became known as Clas-gu or " dear family ". From these beginnings emerged the modern city of Glasgow. Penicuik is twinned with the town of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in France.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Reformation St. Mungo's Parish Church Penicuik Midlothian

Tour Scotland travel video of the ruins of the old Reformation church in St Mungo's Church cemetery on ancestry, genealogy history visit and trip to Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The ruins of the former parish church stands within the churchyard of the present church. The tower is a 17th century structure, rubble built, and three storeys in height, and has a hipped timber built and slated roof.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Annabel Millar Gravestone St Mungo's Church Cemetery Penicuik Midlothian

Tour Scotland travel video of the Annabel Millar gravestone in St Mungo's Church cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Penicuik, Midlothian. Annabel Millar spouse to Thomas Rutherford Papermaker at Pennycuik, 1737. Millar is Anglo Saxon occupational name derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century " mylnere " meaning the " operator of the mill ". The mill was an important centre in every medieval settlement, where peasants gathered to have their corn ground into flour. The miller often kept a proportion of the ground corn by way of payment. David Millar, together with his wife Rose, daughters Ann and Mary-Jane, and son Robert, were famine emigrants, who sailed from Belfast aboard the Glenmore bound for New York, America in February 1847. The Millar surname is an Anglo Saxon occupational name derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century " mylnere " meaning the " operator of the mill ". The mill was an important centre in every medieval settlement, where peasants gathered to have their corn ground into flour. The miller often kept a proportion of the ground corn by way of payment. The surname from this source is first recorded towards the end of the 13th Century, and is found in the records of every county in England. In the modern idiom the spelling of the name is Miller or Millar, the latter being a Scottish form.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Howgate Carrier Memorial St Mungo's Church Cemetery Penicuik Midlothian

Tour Scotland travel video of the Howgate Carrier memorial in St Mungo's Church cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. Although a this is a memorial to James Noble and his wife Ailie, it is actually more of a memorial to the series of stories written by an eminent surgeon, Dr John Brown, the stories were called Rab and his Friends. The characters of James Noble and Ailie are based on a local cart driver John Jackson, who married a Margaret Todd in 1807, moved up to Loanstone and eventually died in 1830. Rab was a large bull mastiff, owned by John Jackson which, after his death stopped eating , became hostile and was killed by Jackson's successor as a cart driver.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Badenoch and Strathspey Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Badenoch and Strathspey Pipe Band playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Badenoch and Strathspey was traditionally divided between the Highland region and the Grampian region and stretches from Loch Laggan in the south west to the beautiful town of Grantown on Spey in the north east. This area is sometimes referred to as Monarch of the Glen Country, named after the succesful BBC series on the so called estate of Glenbogle from which the castle can be found opposite loch Laggan and is called Ardverikie castle

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Tour Scotland Travel Video City Of St Andrews Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the City Of St Andrews Pipe Band from Fife playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Glenrothes And District Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Glenrothes and District Pipe Band from Fife playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Perth And District Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Perth and District Pipe Band playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Armoured Vehicles 3 Scots Homecoming Parade Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of armoured vehicles and soldiers on the move at the 3 Scots, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, homecoming parade in the City Centre on visit to Perth Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Northern Constabulary Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Northern Constabulary Pipe Band playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Northern Constabulary Community Pipe Band is a voluntary group of musicians drawn from the Police family and members of the public of the City of Inverness and around the Highlands and Islands.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Bagpipes Music 3 Scots Homecoming Parade Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of bagpipes music by pipers from the the Pipes and Drums of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland before the 3 Scots homecoming parade in the City Centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire. The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland, 3 SCOTS, is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment of Foot, The Black Watch, was amalgamated with the 73rd Perthshire Regiment of Foot. It was known as The Black Watch Royal Highlanders from 1881 to 1931 and The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment from 1931 to 2006.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Shetland Pony Cruachan VI 3 Scots Homecoming Parade Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the black Shetland pony Cruachan VI, the Regimental Mascot of The Royal Regiment of Scotland at the 3 Scots homecoming parade in the City Centre on visit to Perth Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video 3 Scots Royal Regiment Homecoming Parade Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland homecoming parade in the City Centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire. The parade, on Sunday the 16th of September, 2018, included the regiment’s Shetland Pony mascot, Cruachan IV, and the pipes and drums. The battalion has been supporting the coalition effort against the so-called Islamic State in the Middle East as part of Operation Shader. Part of their work included helping train local forces and providing security to US troops at Al-Assad Air Base. It is one of the first times American forces have trusted a foreign military with such a role. Please like this video and show your support for the 3 Scots.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Bagpipes Music Marching Pipe Band City Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the bagpipes and drums music of Perth and District Pipe Band marching through the city centre on visit to Perth Perthshire, Scotland. The band wore the Royal Stewart tartan until the early 1990s where it was changed to the New Perthshire Muted Tartan.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Isle Of Skye Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Isle Of Skye Pipe Band playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The Isle of Skye Pipe Band are based in Portree, on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides. They regularly play at functions across the north of Scotland, with their regular spot being in Somerled Square in Portree during the summer months.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Ellon and District Royal British Legion Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Ellon and District Royal British Legion Pipe Band from Aberdeenshire playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The band’s first pipe major was Douglas Findlater, who retired in 1977, and Drew Robertson took over the role. He continued until 2007, when he stepped down, and pipe major Stuart Robertson took over. The band are a popular attraction at many local events and competitions, including the Braemar Gathering. Members have also played further afield, including Belgium. A highlight for the band was playing at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Lanark And District Pipe Band 2018 Highland Games Parade Pitlochry Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Lanark and District Pipe Band playing bagpipes and drums music and marching to Atholl Street towards Ferry Road and Recreation Ground at the 2018 Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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