Old Photograph Golf Course Kilmacolm Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course in Kilmacolm located fifteen miles West of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1891, Kilmacolm is one of the more popular clubs on the outskirts of Glasgow. The parish church in this Scottish village was mentioned in a papal bull of 1225, indicating its subservience to Paisley Abbey and sits on the site of an ancient religious community, dating to the 5th or 6th centuries. The character of the village changed significantly in the Victorian era with the arrival of the railway in Kilmacolm in 1869. Many of Kilmacolm's modern buildings were constructed between this date and the outbreak of World War I.



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Old Photograph Hatton of Fintray Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages and people in the village of Hatton of Fintray by the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name of the parish of Fintray is said to be derived from the Gaelic, Fionn-traigh, meaning “ the white, or fair margin of coast, or boundary of coast ” an appellation descriptive enough of the greater portion of the parish which lies along the left, or north bank of the Don. The parish is bounded on the south by the river Don, which separates it from the parishes of Dyce, Kinellar and Kintore; by the parish of Keith-hall on the north and west; and by Newmachar on the east. It was once a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river.



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Old Photograph Temperance Hotel Barbaraville Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Temperance Hotel in Barbaraville, a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. As it was a Temperance Hotel it was not permitted to sell alcohol. The Temperance Scotland Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained " wet " or went " dry, " that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited. The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast. The Act was a result of the strong temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War. Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight temperance propaganda. From 1820 onwards local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol. The nearest small towns are Tain to the north east and Invergordon to the West.



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Old Photograph Balconie Street Evanton Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, houses and people on Balconie Street in Evanton, Easter Ross, Scotland. The current town was founded in the early nineteenth century by Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter Balconie who named it after his son Evan, but the core of the village buildings date from the Victorian era. The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 , on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It was said that Sir Hector rolled stones from the top of the hill to the bottom, thereby extending the amount of time worked and paying the labourers for additional hours. In 1860, the Highland Railway decided to construct a railway line going from Inverness through Easter Ross. The line was completed by 1862, and the following year, on 23 May 1863, Evanton gained its own railway station. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Brewery Truck Banff Scotland

Old photograph of a Brewery Truck in Banff, Scotland. Banff is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Banff is a former royal burgh, and is the traditional county town of Banffshire. The first recorded Sheriff of Banff was Richard de Strathewan in 1264, and in 1372 Royal Burgh status was conferred by King Robert II. By the 15th century Banff was one of three principal towns exporting salmon to the continent of Europe, along with Aberdeen and Montrose.



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