Old Photograph Bishopmill Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Bishopmill in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. A poorhouse was built in 1863 at Bishopmill to the north of Elgin. The architects were Alexander and William Reid.



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Old Photograph Club House Balcomie Golf Course Crail Scotland

Old photograph of the Club House at Balcomie Golf Course by Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In 1786, two years before George Washington was elected the first President of the USA and three years before the storming of the Bastille in Paris, a group of eleven gentlemen met at the Golf Inn in Crail and together formed the Crail Golfing Society. Since then, through the upheaval of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the Victorian Age, two World Wars and the Cold War, the gentlemen of Crail have continued to enjoy their golf while playing a full role in the events happening around them.




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Old Photographs Gretna Green Scotland

Old photographs of Gretna Green in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A Scottish a village in the south of Scotland famous for runaway weddings. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, near the mouth of the River Esk and was historically the first village in Scotland, following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Gretna Green is one of the world's most popular wedding destinations. Since 1929 both parties in Scotland have had to be at least 16 years old, but they still may marry without parental consent.

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Old Photograph Post Office John o' Groats Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office in John o' Groats, Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish town takes its name from Jan de Groote, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, recently acquired from Norway, from James IV, King of Scots, in 1496.




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Old Photograph St Ninian's Isle Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of St Ninian's Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The chapel on St. Ninian's Isle is famous for the 28 Pictish silver objects and the jaw bone of a porpoise which were buried under a cross marked slab close to the altar.



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