Old Photograph St Ninian's Church Tynet Scotland

Old photograph of St Ninian's Church in Tynet near Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. St Ninian's replaced a church located in St Ninian's burial ground, Chapelford, that was destroyed by soldiers in 1728. Before the construction of St. Ninian's, services were held on an occasional basis, often at night in barns conducted by priests who traveled disguised as ordinary farmers. Erected in 1755, it is the oldest surviving Roman Catholic church built in Scotland after the Reformation.



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Old Photograph Balbegno Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Balbegno Castle by Fettercairn located North West of Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built was first built in 1569 in the time of John, the second of the Woods, proprietors of Balbegno And Thanes of Fettercairn. William Gladstone, who served as prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894, often visited the estate after it was bought by his family in 1829. He is said to have been so taken by it that he tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade his father to leave it to him over his older brother, Thomas. Liberal politician Gladstone was the oldest ever prime minister when he finally resigned at the age of 84. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer on four occasions and was committed to low public spending and to electoral reform. In his final years as a politician he proposed home rule for Ireland twice but was defeated by the House of Commons in 1886 and denied by the House of Lords in 1893. Gladstone believed his early experience in estate management was useful when he was chancellor.



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Old Photograph Church of St Mary and St Finnan Glenfinnan Scotland

Old photograph of the Church of St Mary and St Finnan at Glenfinnan, Scotland. This Scottish church was consecrated in 1873. The church is a memorial chapel to the MacDonalds of Glenaladale, the family with whom Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed prior to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745. The church contains a memorial to the Prince and headstones of members of the clan MacDonald family. Near the altar is the burial place of Father Donald MacDonald, the first parish priest, also one of the family who built the church.



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Tour Scotland Video Canadian Barn Dance Scottish Country Dance Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Canadian Barn Dance Scottish Country Dance at the food market on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Dunedin Dancers are a wonderful Scottish Dancing group from Edinburgh.

Dance Instructions
Dance around the space, couples facing anticlockwise, Ladies on partners right
Starting with outside foot walk forward for three steps and hop, walk backwards for three steps and hop
Skip sideways away from partner, men towards the centre, ladies outwards, for two steps and clap, Return to partner in waltz hold.
Skip sideways to the man's left for two steps and back
Polka anti-clockwise round the room

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Tour Scotland Video Mairi's Wedding Scottish Country Dance Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Mairi's Wedding Scottish Country Dance at the food market on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Dunedin Dancers are a wonderful Scottish Dancing group from Edinburgh. Mairi's Wedding, also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or Mairi Bhan, is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman, born 1865, died 1938, for Mary C. MacNiven, born 1905, died 1997 on the occasion of her winning the gold medal at the National Mòd in 1934. In 1959, James B. Cosh devised a Scottish country dance to the tune, which is 40 bars, in reel time.

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