Tour Scotland 4K short Winter travel video clip, of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Hill of Beath, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. The village is located just outside Dunfermline and joined to Cowdenbeath.On 16 June 1670 the Hill of Beath was the location of a celebrated meeting of the Covenanters at which preachers John Blackadder and John Dickson officiated. It was described as a great gathering of persons who came from the east of Fife and as far West as Stirling. At that conventicle, during the height of the struggle against episcopal rule, the Covenanters brought swords and pistols to defend themselves against attack. Hill of Beath is the birthplace of Rangers F.C. legend Jim Baxter[ and Scotland captain Willie Cunningham and the home town of former Celtic F.C. captain Scott Brown. Football managers Dick Campbell and Ian Campbell were brought up in the village. Jim Baxter who was born on 29 September 1939 in Hill of Beath in Fife, Scotland. James Curran Baxter was a left footed Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers, whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as " Slim Jim ". However he started drinking heavily during a four month layoff caused by a leg fracture in December 1964, his fitness suffered, and he was transferred to Sunderland, England, in the summer of 1965. In two and a half years at Sunderland he played 98 games and scored 12 goals, becoming known for drinking himself unconscious the night before a match and playing well the next day. At the end of 1967 Sunderland transferred him to Nottingham Forest, who gave him a free transfer back to Rangers in 1969 after 50 games. After a further year with Rangers Baxter retired from football in 1970, at the age of 31. In February 2001, Baxter was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the pancreas, and he died at his home on Glasgow's South Side on 14 April 2001, with his partner Norma and his sons Alan and Steven at his bedside. His funeral was held in Glasgow Cathedral, where a reading was given by Gordon Brown, a long time fan of Raith Rovers Football Club, where Baxter began his career. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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