Old Photograph Port Seton Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665. Until the mid 19th Century, fishing from Port Seton was largely based on shellfish, including oysters. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark's family originates from Port Seton; her father John Dalgleish Donaldson was born there in 1941.

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Old Photographs Cumbernauld Scotland

Old photograph of Cumbernauld, Scotland. Cumbernauld's history stretches to Roman times, with a settlement near the Antonine Wall, the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire. After the Second World War Glasgow was suffering from chronic shortages of housing and poor housing conditions, particularly in areas such as the Gorbals. As a direct result Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955.





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Old Photographs Buckhaven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Randolph Street, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland. The fishing community of Buckhaven is said to have been largely the descendants of Norsemen who settled there in the 9th century. Centuries later, Buckhaven's fisherfolk bought an Episcopal Church in St Andrews in 1869 and transported it stone by stone to Buckhaven, using fishing boats.. In the 1900s coal mining brought brought increased prosperity but it also destroyed the fishing. I was born in this street in this coastal village in Fife, Scotland. Long after this photograph was taken.



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Old Photographs Burntisland Scotland

Old photograph of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Clydebank Scotland

Old photograph of Clydebank, Scotland. Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton and the villages of Old Kilpatrick, Bowling and Milton to the west, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and Drumchapel districts of the adjacent City of Glasgow. Clydebank is part of the registration County of Dumbarton, the Dunbartonshire Crown Lieutenancy area, and the wider urban area of Greater Glasgow. Clydebank was founded as a police burgh on 18 November 1886.



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