Old Photographs Brora Scotland

Old photograph of Brora, Sutherland, Scotland. A small industrial village having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Whisky Distillery (as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is now called the Brora distillery, wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. This distinction gave rise to the local nickname of Electric City at the time,



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Old Photographs Broad Street Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of Broad Street, Peterhead, Scotland. Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian North Eastern fishing ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty-Five. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. 1593 saw the construction of Peterhead's first harbour.

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Old Photograph Harbour North Berwick Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in North Berwick, Scotland. The harbour was built around 1150, with the first documented record of its existence coming in 1177. In the early days there were ferry services to Earlsferry near Elie in Fife, with up to 10,000 pilgrims passing through the port every year on their way to St Andrews. When North Berwick received the Royal Charter and became a Royal Burgh in 1373, the design of a ferryboat was incorporated into the town crest, which remains unchanged today. However, pilgrims gradually became few and far between and after over 500 years of operation the ferry services had disappeared by 1692. The focus of the harbour then switched to commerce and fishing. The main exports in 1794 being wheat and barley, and the main imports wood and iron. The harbour was deepened in 1804 and again in 1831 allowing large commercial craft to dock. The arrival of the railway in North Berwick lessened the need for freight to be shipped in but allowed local fishermen to send their catches to all parts of the UK and beyond.



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Old Photograph Quay Street Ullapool Scotland

Old photograph of Quay Street, Ullapool, Wester Ross, Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides.



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Old Photographs Cupar Scotland

Old photograph of the Cross, Cupar, Fife, Scotland.



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