Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Scottish Horse Boer War Memorial Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Scottish Horse, Boer War, Memorial on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the Great War as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch and in World War II as part of The Royal Artillery.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Duke of York Statue Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Duke of York statue on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Standing figure of Frederick, Duke of York, wearing a long cloak, short boots, breeches and a ruff. Around his shoulders is a chain to which is attached a military cross. His cloak is tied with two long ropes ending in long tassels. In his right hand he holds a field glass and at his left side is a sword. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, born 1763, died 1827. Appointed Commander in Chief of the British Army in 1795.

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Tour Scotland Congratulates Lifeboat Crew From Anstruther Fife

Tour Scotland video of the lifeboat in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Having been raised in Anstruther, I am extremely proud of the three volunteer crew members from the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Anstruther who are to be recognised for their part in a dramatic rescue earlier this year. They saved the lives of two men whose boat was driven ashore in very stormy conditions in August in total darkness off the coast at Crail. Inshore lifeboat Helmsman Barry Gourlay, 30, is to be awarded the RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry, one of the charity’s highest accolades, for his courage and boat handling skills in extremely difficult conditions. His fellow volunteer crew members Rebecca Jewell, 30, and Euan Hoggan, 22, will be presented with the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum for their part in the rescue. Well done !!!



Tour Scotland video of crew from the Anstruther Inshore Lifeboat in Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A cold, wet and windy day on the East Coast of Scotland. It takes more than bad weather though to deter these fine men from having a wee swim in the outer harbour.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Interior Of Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland. Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery, and current Church of Scotland parish kirk, located on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, in west central Scotland. In 1163 Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland issued a charter for a priory to be set up on land owned by him in Paisley. Around 13 monks came from the Cluniac priory at Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England, to found the community. Paisley grew so rapidly that it was raised to the status of abbey in 1245. Monks from Paisley founded Crossraguel Abbey in Carrick, Ayrshire, in 1244. In 1307, Edward I of England had the abbey burned down. However, it was rebuilt later in the 14th century. William Wallace, born in nearby Elderslie is widely believed to have been educated for some time when he was a boy in the abbey.



Tour Scotland video of the interior of the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video East Stained Glass Window Paisley Abbey

Tour Scotland travel video of the Great East stained glass window in the Abbey in Paisley, Scotland. This window depicts the ascended Christ by the stained glass artist, Dr. Robert Douglas Strachan, born 26th May 1875, died in Aberdeen in 1950. He was considered the most significant Scottish designer of stained glass windows in the 20th Century. Schooled at Robert Gordon's, he studied art at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, at the Life School of the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, and the Royal Academy in London. From 1895 to 1897 Strachan worked in Manchester as a black and white artist on several newspapers, and as a political cartoonist for the Manchester Evening Chronicle, until ill health forced him to return to Aberdeen. Although Strachan was interested in Futurism, Cubism, and Vorticism, his work shows little influence of this. Strachan often composed his windows in areas of pure colour which were then defined by areas of silvery white. His largest commission was to design the windows for the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle.

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