Tour Scotland Video Scottish Highland Dancers And Shetland Fiddlers Mini Military Tattoo Stirling

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Highland Dancers and Shetland Fiddlers in their Shetland Island jumpers on Port Street at the mini Military tattoo on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. The Shetland Fiddlers' Society is a group of fiddlers from Shetland that play regularly for Shetland Folk Dance and perform at events such as Shetland’s Folk Festival and Accordion and Fiddle Festival. The society had its origin in May 1960, when the first big post-war social event organized in Shetland took place. Known as the Hamefarin, it was an organized return trip to their native isles made by some 150 Shetlanders who had emigrated and settled worldwide in such countries as Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.

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Old Photograph Blanefield Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Blanefield, Scotland. To the West of this Scottish village is the volcanic plug Dumgoyne, Glengoyne Whisky Distillery and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The West Highland Way, a long distance walking trail passes close to the village. A rise in population during the early 19th century was due in part to the development of a large calico printfield at Blanefield, employing 78 adults and 45 children under 14, and two bleachfields at Dumbrock, employing 67 adults and 14 children under 14, working 10 or 11 hours each day, 6 days a week.



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Old Photograph Gartly Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Gartly located South of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the River Bogie, a tributary of the River Deveron. The River Bogie, also known as the Water of Bogie, is a river in North West Aberdeenshire, It is noted for its brown trout fishing. During the 19th century, the Bogie provided the linen bleachfields of Huntly, then a major textile centre, with water. Bogieside, the area along the banks of the river, is often referred to in local literature and folk songs, such as Adieu tae Bogieside and Bogie's Bonnie Belle.



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Old Photograph Craighall Castle Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Craighall Castle near Ceres, Fife, Scotland. A charter dated 1507 by Andrew Kinninmond was signed at Craighall and the lands and house of Craighall were held by that family until sold to Sir Thomas Hope who built the present mansion in 1637, incorporating the older tower. The tower was removed after the old granary was burnt down about 1954. Craighall Castle has now been demolished and most of the stones removed.

The surname Hope may be of native Scottish origin, being derived from the Scottish Borders family of Hop or Hoip. In 1296 John de Hop of Peeblesshire and Adam le Houp both appear on the Ragman Rolls submitting to King Edward I of England. It has been suggested that the name may be from the H'oublons of Picardy family in France. The French word oublon means hop, which when translated into English becomes Hope. The immediate ancestor of the principal line of the clan was John de Hope who is said to have come to Scotland from France in 1537 as part of the retinue of Magdalen, the first wife of James V of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Antwerp and District Pipe Band Scottish Highland Games Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Antwerp and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Games on ancestry visit to North Inch Park in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This wonderful band is from Belgium. The members travel many miles for band practice and competitions. The Antwerp & District Pipe Band is also a very international band, with players from the Netherlands, Scotland, Canada, Germany and France.

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