Old Photograph Spinningdale Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland. Spinningdale is possibly named from the Norse for round valley, and is a hamlet on the north shore of Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands.



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Old Photographs Bo'ness West Lothian Scotland

Old photograph of Bo'ness in West Lothian, Scotland. Bo'ness has important historical links to the Roman period and marks the eastern extent of the Antonine Wall which stretched from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick on the west coast of Scotland. Bo'ness was a site for coal mining from medieval times. Clay mining was carried out on a smaller scale. The shore was the site of industrial salt making, evaporating seawater over coal fires.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Sunset Perthshire January 30th

Tour Scotland Winter photograph shot this afternoon at sunset just outside Perth, Scotland. The days are slowly getting longer now in Scotland. Shot these photographs at 4.30pm today.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph shot this afternoon at sunset just outside Perth, Scotland.

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Perthshire is at the very heart of Scotland and one of the most popular regions for visitors, offering a variety of Highland and Lowland landscapes with some of the most scenic and accessible countryside for shorter walks as well as evidence of its rich history at every turn. Perthshire 40 Town and Country Walks features traditional tourist hubs, such as Pitlochry, Dunkeld and Killin, with its historical connections to the county, as well as countryside around Blairgowrie, Crieff and Aberfeldy, finishing up at the Fair City of Perth and nearby Kinross. Perthshire: 40 Town and Country Walks (Pocket Mountains).

Tour Scotland Video The Ferryland Sealer Folk Night Wheel Inn Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Andrew Gordon singing The Ferryland Sealer song on visit and trip to a pub in Scone by Perth, Perthshire.
Oh, our schooner and our sloop in Ferryland they do lie
They are already rigged to be bound for the ice
All you lads of the Southern we will have you to beware
She is going to the ice in the Spring of the year

[Chorus:]

Laddie whack fall the laddie, laddie whack fall the day

Our course be east-north-east for two days and two nights
Our captain he cried out "Boys, look ahead for the ice!"
He hove her about standing in for the land,
And 'twas in a few hours we were firm in the jam.

Oh our captain he cried out, "Come on boys and lend a hand!"
Our cook he gets the breakfast and each man takes a dram.
With their hats in their hands it was earlye for to go,
Every man showed his action 'thout the missing of a blow

Some were killing some were scalping, some were hauling on board,
Some more they were firing and a-missing of their loads.
In the dusk of the evening all hands in from the cold,
And we counted nine hundred fine scalps in the hold.

We are now off Cape Spear and in sight of Cape Broyle
We will dance, sing, carouse, my boys, in just a little while.
We will soon enjoy the charms of our sweethearts and friends,
But it will not be long before we're down to the bend.

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Old Photograph Delivery Cart Scotland

Old photograph of a Delivery Cart in West Lothian, Scotland. In pre industrial times West Lothian was almost entirely agricultural. In the way of heavy industry there was a silver mine at Cairnpapple, a cotton mill at Blackburn, paper mills at Linlithgow, and shallow coal mines around Bathgate and Whitburn. The county was radically changed by the Industrial Revolution, with the opening of Sdeep pit iron, coal, and shale oil mines, as well as foundries and brickworks. Many of the houses built for the expanding population were shoddy, necessitating the building of thousands of new houses in the latter part of the 20th century.



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Old Photographs Comrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Ross Bridge over the River Earn in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Built in 1792 to provide access to The Ross, a community that was previously only reachable via a dangerous river ford, especially when the river was in flood. Comrie's early prosperity derived from weaving. This was mostly done as piecework in people's own cottages and houses. Comrie was also important as a droving town. Highland Cattle destined for the markets of the Scottish Lowlands and ultimately England would be driven south from their grazing areas in the Highlands. River crossings, such as at Comrie, were important staging posts on the way south. Much of the land around Comrie was owned by the Drummond family, Earls of Perth, latterly Earls of Ancaster, whose main seat was Drummond Castle, south of Crieff. Another branch of the Drummonds owned Drummondernoch, to the west of the town. Aberuchill Castle, however, just outside Comrie was originally a Campbell seat. Comrie underwent something of a renaissance in the early 19th century and Victorian periods as an attractive location for wealthy residents and visitors. Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland, the outlaw Rob Roy McGregor and Scotland's internationally renowned national poet Robert Burns all mentioned their stays in the village 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 Photographs Galston Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The name Galston means " place of the strangers " from the Gaelic word Gall, a stranger, and the Toun or Ton was a farm and its outbuildings. John Goldie, miscellaneous writer, was born in the parish of Galston in 1717 ; he moved to Kilmarnock, where he carried on the business of cabinetmaker, subsequently of wine merchant. He is author of a volume entitled Essays on Various Subjects, humorously known as Goldie’s Bible, and is held in grateful memory as a friend of Robert Burns. He died in 1809. The 17th century Presbyterians were against burials taking place within churches. In 1609 John Schaw of Sornbeg decided to bury his recently-deceased wife within Galston Church. He entered the kirk with a party of armed men and proceeded to break up flagstones and dig a grave where he interred his wife's body. He was fined £20 for this action and promised never to attempt this act again. Handball was popular in these parts during the 19th century and Galston was the site of the most important competition, held on the Saturday of the Glasgow Fair. Cessnock castle by Galston, dates from around the 15th Century. The Duke of Portland had it restored by 1900 and is now a private house. After her defeat at the battle of Langside, Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have taken refuge there. Other visitors of note include the reformist preacher John Knox and the poet Robert Burns. 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 Photographs Reflections Dusk Perthshire January 29th

Tour Scotland photograph shot today of reflections at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Trees and cloud reflected this afternoon in the River Isla, South of Blairgowrie.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today reflections at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk South of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Road Menders In Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of two road menders North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. In the old days roads in Perthshire were maintained by road menders. Heaps of stones for that purpose were kept in various locations near each road.



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Old Photograph Of Young Scots In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of young Scots in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Of Black Watch Soldier In Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Black Watch soldier in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The Black Watch 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 to form two battalions of the newly named Black Watch, Royal Highlanders. The 42nd became the 1st Battalion, and the 73rd became the 2nd Battalion. The 1st Battalion saw action at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir in September 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War. It was in combat again at the First and Second Battles of El Teb in February 1884, the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885 and the Battle of Kirbekan in February 1885 during the Mahdist War. The 2nd Battalion suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899 during the Second Boer War. The 1st Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 1st Brigade in the 1st Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. It saw action during the Retreat from Mons in August 1914, the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914 and the First Battle of the Aisne later in September 1914; it also took part in the advance to the Hindenburg Line in September 1918. The 2nd Battalion landed at Marseille as part of the Bareilly Brigade in the 7th Meerut Division in October 1914 for service on the Western Front. It took part in the defence of Givenchy in December 1915 and then moved to Mesopotamia later that month and saw action during the siege of Kut in Spring 1916, the fall of Baghdad in March 1917 and the Battle of Istabulat in April 1917. It transferred to Palestine in January 1918 and took part in the Battle of Megiddo in September 1918.



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Old Photograph The Black Watch In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of The Black Watch in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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