Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Photograph of Scotch Broom at Dunnottar Castle, Scotland. The bright yellow flowers in spring and early summer, depending on elevation, are most beautiful.
A photograph of Sandy Stevenson, photographer, and owner of Tour of Scotland Photographs. The photograph above was shot between Bridge of Balgie and Ben Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Old photograph of golfers on the Old Golf Course, St Andrews, Scotland. Golf Scotland. King James IV, who lifted the ban on golf in 1502 by buying the first official set of clubs in Perth, Perthshire, is also recorded as buying clubs in 1506 when he was in St Andrews, Fife.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
Old photograph of the Town Hall, Paisley, Scotland. Paisley Town Hall, the George A. Clark Town Hall, was funded by Clarks, the owners of the Anchor thread mill. George Aitken Clark, born 1823, died 1873, was a Scottish manufacturer and benefactor. He was the son of John Clark, a thread manufacturer in Paisley, where he was born on 9 August 1823. He was educated at Paisley grammar school, and in 1840 was sent to the firm of Kerr & Company of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. On reaching manhood he returned to Paisley, and entered into partnership with Messrs. Robert and John Ronald, shawlmakers, under the name of Ronald & Clark. In 1851 Clark gave up his partnership to go into with his brother-in-law, Robert Kerr, as a thread manufacturer. To extend the business he went in 1856 to the United States, and to avoid the tariffs the firm in 1864 established a factory at Newark, New Jersey, USA. It was a success, and Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton soon became a recognized American brand. In 1866 the firm amalgamated with the original firm of Clark under the name of Clark & Co., with an anchor as their trademark. Clark died at Newark on 13 February 1873.
Old photograph of the Court House in Greenock, Scotland. Greenock Court House dates to 1867 and was designed by the successful Edinburgh architectural practice of John Dick Peddie and Charles George Hood Kinnear. The building is a significant example of civic architecture as well as being an important early example of Scots Baronial design for a public building. Built in high quality materials, it has a distinctive and prominent central tower and forms a focal point in one of the main streets in the town.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
