Old Photograph Scotsman Reading Bible Knowehead Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of a Scotsman reading his Bible outside a cottage in Knowehead, Kirriemuir, Scotland. While several early editions of the King James New Testament were published in Scotland it was not until 1633 that the first complete King James Bible was published. It coincided with coronation of King Charles I in Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Steam Roller Accident At Finavon Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of a Steam Roller accident at Finavon Bridge which spans the River South Esk in Angus, Scotland. The South Esk, Scottish Gaelic: Easg Dheas, is a river that rises in the Grampian Mountains at Loch Esk in Glen Doll and flows through Glen Clova to Strathmore at Cortachy, 5 km north of Kirriemuir. Its course takes it past Brechin and enters the North Sea at Montrose. The river gives its name to the title of Earl of Southesk, held by the Carnegie family.



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Old Photograph Football Club Brechin Scotland

Old photograph of the Football Club in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The club was founded in 1906 by players and officials from two comparatively successful local junior sides, Brechin Harp and Brechin Hearts. A deputation from the Forfarshire Football Association had met with representatives of the local game at the Temperance Hall in City Road and managed to persuade them that Brechin would benefit from having a single senior club. Although Brechin Harp folded with the establishment of the senior side, Brechin Hearts continued as a viable and successful Junior side until the years of the Great War. The club won its first important local honour, the Forfarshire Cup, in the 1909–10 season with a side that featured nine players from the town.



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Old Photograph Cottage Post Office Tarfside Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Tarfside, Angus, Scotland. Tarfside is a small Scottish village located in the upper course of the Glen Esk valley of the River North Esk around nine miles north of Edzell. Tarfside has a footpath to nearby Loch Lee, and the area is much enjoyed by walkers.



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Old Photograph Kydd's Quadrille Band Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of Kydd's Quadrille Band in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. There are a number of variants of the modern surname including Kidd, Kidde, Kyd, Kydde, Kidman, etc. Early examples of the surname recordings include Reginald Kyd in the Hundred Rolls of Oxford for the year 1273, Willelmus Kydde in the 1379 Poll Tax Rolls of the same city, and Roger Kidd, who is recorded as being at James Cittye, Virginea on February 23rd 1623. This Roger Kidd was one of the very earliest settlers in the New World. Another was William Kidd of Boston, Massachusetts, who in 1696 was given the command of a privateer to suppress piracy in 1696, but undertook piracy himself, finding it more profitable.



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