Old Photograph High Street Dumbarton Scotland

Old photograph of the High Street in Dumbarton, Scotland. Dumbarton emerged from the 19th century as a centre for shipbuilding, glassmaking, and whisky production. However these industries have since declined, and Dumbarton today is increasingly a commuter town for Glasgow. David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, to parents Tom, from Lambhill, Glasgow, and Emma. He is the elder of two children. Two years after his birth, his parents moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and then to Arbutus, Maryland, in the United States, when he was 8 or 9 years old. His father worked as an electronics engineer. David Byrne was the founding member, principal songwriter, and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, active between 1975 and 1991.



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Old Photograph Glasgow Road Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Glasgow Road, Paisley, Scotland.

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The High Street thronged with trams and shoppers, Camphill School, the Coats Observatory and Ferguslie Thread Works are a few of the locations pictured in this engaging little book. The author, Don Malcolm, is a well-known resident of the town, and has included many personal and anecdotal recollections alongside interesting facts about Paisley's history. Yesterday's Paisley.

Old Photographs High Street Kirkcaldy Scotland

Old photograph of High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Adam Smith, was born in Kirkcaldy in 1723. He became a well renowned lecturer in economics and he is best remembered for the first serious study of economics on a massive and International scale originally titled, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and later abbreviated by publishers to The Wealth Of Nations. It was written at his mother’s house in the High Street of Kirkcaldy.



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Old Photograph Colquhoun Arms Hotel Luss Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of the Colquhoun Arms Hotel in Luss by Loch Lomond, Scotland. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. In 1625 Sir John Colquhoun of Luss was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. However in 1632 he was accused of absconding with his wife's sister, Lady Catherine Graham, daughter of the Earl of Montrose. He was accused of using sorcery and witchcraft and perhaps wisely he did not return to answer these charges. He became a fugitive and his estates were forfeited. Sir John's eldest son recovered the estates in 1646. In 1703 Sir Humphrey Colquhoun, fifth Baronet represented Dunbartonshire in the last Scottish Parliament. He strongly opposed the Treaty of Union. He died without male issue and the title passed to his daughter's husband, James Grant of Pluscardine. However when Pluscardine's elder brother died he re-assumed the name of Grant. He was the ancestor of the Earls of Seafield and Barons of Strathspey, on whom the baronetcy devolved. The estate was succeeded to by Sir James Grant Colquhoun who was the fourth son of James Grant and Ann Colquhoun. He built the mansion of Rossdhu which remains the seat of the chiefs of Clan Colquhoun. The present Church of Scotland place of worship in Lussa was built in 1875 by Sir James Colquhoun, in memory of his father who had drowned in the loch in December 1873
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Old Photographs Port Seton Scotland

Old photograph of Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland. Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town on the coast of the Firth of Forth, four miles north east of Musselburgh. The burgh of Cockenzie was created in 1591 by King James VI of Scotland. Port Seton harbour was built by George Seton, 11th Lord Seton between 1655 and 1665. Cockenzie and Port Seton have grown from what were initially two small fishing villages. The older parts of the town, between the two harbours, retain a more traditional feel and look, similar to many other small fishing villages on the east coast of Scotland. Although the fishing industry has declined in recent years the harbour at Port Seton still retains a small fleet of vessels, mainly fishing for prawns. In the past Cockenzie was also involved in the salt making and coal mining industries.

Old photograph of Port Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.


Old photograph of Port Seton, Scotland.



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