Old Photographs Millport Scotland

Old photograph of Millport, Scotland. This is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire. During the development of the River Clyde as a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs and Excise. Several of the streets in Millport are named after crew members of the Revenue cutter Royal George. The Victorian era was a period of rapid growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property. To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built, along with new tenements. These still form the backbone of the housing stock. Millport, along with Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going doon the watter, down the water, meaning taking a trip aboard a River Clyde paddle steamer. Millport has an 18 hole golf course, with views over the Arran hills and the Firth of Clyde. 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 Kinghorn Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. The old town was dramatically transformed in 1846 by the construction of the railway viaduct across the valley of the burn and the opening of Kinghorn Station by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway which had its terminus at Burntisland for ferries across the Forth to Granton.


Old photograph of the beach at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Threave Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located on an island in the River Dee, west of Castle Douglas, this Scottish castle was the home of 'Black' Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their fall in 1455. Tour Scottish Castles.



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Old Photograph River Tweed Scotland

Old photograph of the River Tweed, Scottish Borders, Scotland. In the background is Abbotsford House, which was at one time the residence of historical novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott. The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is a river 97 miles long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. The Tweed is one of the great salmon fishing rivers of Britain.



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Old Photographs Princes Pier Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of Princes Pier, Greenock, Scotland. This pier was the terminus on the River Clyde of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Passengers used to flock down from St Enoch station in Glasgow and board steamers to places like Dunoon, and Rothesay.

Old photograph of Princes Pier, Greenock, Scotland.

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Old Greenock features a stunning collection of 170 photographs showcasing the town's historic past. There are fascinating glimpses of areas where overcrowding in the early twentieth century gave rise to living conditions unimaginable today. These neighbourhoods were swept away by a series of redevelopments; just one example of how this historic town has changed during its relatively short existence. Well-remembered local businesses such as Shannons and Mackays are also pictured, along with sobering images of the aftermath of the Blitz and pictures of Greenock's legendary docks highlighting its shipbuilding heritage. Joy Monteith has written an engrossing narrative to accompany the pictures, making this book a must for anyone who has any connection with Greenock past or present. Old Greenock.