Tour Scotland Video Fisherrow Harbour East Lothian

Tour Scotland video of Fisherrow harbour on ancestry visit to Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. There has been fishing at Fisherrow and Musselburgh since Roman times, and the present 18th century harbour is very close to the Roman harbour which served the Inveresk Roman fort on the high ground east of the River Esk. The Fisherrow fishermen used to fish for herring,and later for white fish, prawns and sprats. The harbour was home to a large fishing fleet.

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Old Photographs Italian Chapel Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of the Italian Chapel, Orkney Islands, Scotland. 550 Italian prisoners of war, captured in North Africa during World War II, were brought to Orkney in 1942. They constructed the Churchill Barriers, four causeways created to block access to Scapa Flow. 200 of those prisoners were based at Camp 60 on Lamb Holm. In 1943, Major T P Buckland, Camp 60's new commandant, and Father Giacobazzi, the Camp's priest, agreed that a place of worship was required. The chapel was constructed from limited materials by the prisoners. Two Nissen huts were joined end-to-end. The corrugated interior was then covered with plasterboard and the altar and altar rail were constructed from concrete left over from work on the barriers. Most of the interior decoration was done by Domenico Chiocchetti, a POW from Moena. He painted the sanctuary end of the chapel and fellow-prisoners decorated the entire interior. They created a front facade out of concrete, concealing the shape of the hut and making the building look like a church. Chiocchetti remained on the island to finish the chapel, even when his fellow prisoners were released shortly before the end of the war.

Old photograph of the Italian Chapel, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Children Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of children and a horse and cart in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Poolewe Scotland

Old photograph of Poolewe in Wester Ross, Scotland. The Northern Lights are often visible from this Scottish village depending on the weather and time of year, though winter is best.

Old photograph of Poolewe in Wester Ross, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crofters Children Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters children in a cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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