Old Photograph Tarbet Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a paddle steamer at the pier in Tarbet, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Traditionally on the northern fringes of the historic County of Dunbarton, this Scottish village is on the banks of Loch Lomond. It stands on an isthmus where Loch Long and Loch Lomond come close. The village of Arrochar stands at the head of Loch Long, at the other side of the isthmus. Arrochar and Tarbet railway station, on the West Highland Line, stands between the two villages.



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Old Photograph Cottages Charlestown Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Charlestown, Fife, Scotland. Charlestown was established in 1770 by Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin. The planned village is laid out in the shape of a letter E for Elgin. It was established as a harbour town for the shipment of coal mined on Lord Elgin's Fife estates, and for the production of lime. The harbour's outer basin was built around 1840. In 1887, on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the Queen's Hall was built at the village centre, to designs by Robert Rowand Anderson. Shipbuilding was carried on at Charlestown in the 19th century, as well as ship-breaking. Some of the German Imperial Fleet were brought here from Scapa Flow after World War I to be broken up.



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Tour Scotland April Video Youth Bicycle Tour Forgandenny Forteviot Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of part of the Youth Bicycle tour on the road between Forgandenny and Forteviot on visit to rural Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Airborne Forces Memorial St John's Kirk Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Airborne Forces Memorial on ancestry visit to St John's Kirk in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The bronze memorial bears the badges of the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service Regiment, along with a winged Pegasus and a paratrooper in full jump kit. The inscription reads, " At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will remember them. " The memorial was made by Peter Hicks Associates, the well-known producer of military plaques and statuettes.

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Tour Scotland April Video Organ Music St John's Kirk Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Organ music in St John's Kirk in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The organist is Toby Moschard a native of the Fair City of Perth. St John's Kirk was founded in 1126 and is still the centrepiece of the town. In 1559 John Knox preached a powerful sermon here that helped begin the Reformation, inci­ting a frenzied destruction of Scone abbey and other religious sites. Perth used to be known as St John's Town after this church, and the local football team is still called St Johnstone.

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