Old Photograph Cottages Foulden Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Foulden in the Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located not far above the Whiteadder Water, and 7 miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In the 17th century the barony of Foulden and its lands were conveyed to Sir John Wilkie, a rich burgess of Lanark. In 1696 John Wilkie's residence in Foulden had six taxable hearths, virtually everyone else in the vicinity having just one. Foulden remained with this family until they failed in the male line with James Bruce Wilkie of Foulden, a Captain in the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment, who died December 12, 1935.



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Old Photographs Leitholm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, shop, car and people in Leitholm located four miles North of Coldstream, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded, along with Eccles, by settler John Edgar. Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Duns, Eccles, Ednam, Fogo, Greenlaw, Hume Castle, Polwarth, Westruther.



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Old Photograph Cottages Stobs Village Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Stobs village near Hawick, Borders Scotland. In 1914 men from all over the British Empire came to a Camp by Stobs to train as soldiers. So great were the numbers that men had to be accommodated in the town church in Hawick, public halls, and even a local mill was pressed into service. Among the many Scottish regiments to train at Stobs were the 12th Scottish Rifles, the 9th Royal Scots and the 13th Highland Light Infantry. But in late 1914, it was announced that Stobs Camp would house German prisoners of war. The POWs were put to work in construction, building a highly praised sewerage system for the camp. Other prisoners of war also worked on nearby farms.



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Tour Scotland Music Video If I Was A Blackbird

Tour Scotland Music recommendation, If I Was A Blackbird by Silly Wizard. A beautiful and sad song, sung by Andy M. Stewart of Silly Wizard.

I am a young sailor, my story is sad,
Though once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad,
I courted a lassie by night and by day,
Oh but now she has left me, and sailed far away.

Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.

Or if I was a scholar and could handle the pen
Once secret love letter to my true love I'd send
And tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
Since she's gone and left me in yon flowery glen.

Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.

I sailed o'er the ocean, my fortune to seek
Though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
I returned and I told her my love was still warm
But she turned away lightly and great was her scorn.

Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.

I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
And to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
I offered to marry and to stay by her side
But she says in the morning she sails with the tide.

Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.

My parents, they chide me, oh they will not agree
Saying that me and my false love, married should never be
Oh let them deprive me, or let them do what they will
While there's breath in my body she's the one I love still.

Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.

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Old Photograph Stacking Peats Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter stacking Peats on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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