Old Photograph East End Princes Street Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of cars, trams, people and buildings on the East End of Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. Princes Street was originally to have been called St Giles Street after the patron saint of Edinburgh. However, King George III rejected the name, St Giles being also the patron saint of lepers and the name of a notorious rookery of slums in London, England. The street is named after King George's two eldest sons, the Prince George, Duke of Rothesay, later King George IV, and the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. It was laid out according to formal plans for Edinburgh's New Town, now known as the First New Town. These were devised by the architect James Craig and building began around 1770. Princes Street represented a critical part of the plan, being the outer edge, facing Edinburgh Castle and the original city. Originally all buildings had the same format: set back from the street with stairs down to a basement and stairs up to the ground floor with two storeys and an attic above. Of this original format only one such property remains in its original form. Through the 19th century most buildings were redeveloped at a larger scale and the street evolved from residential to mainly retail uses.



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Old Photograph Stirling Street Alva Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, people and car on Stirling Street in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. John Eadie was born on 9 May 1810 in Alva. Having studied the arts curriculum at the University of Glasgow, he studied for the ministry at the Divinity Hall of the United Secession Church, a dissenting body which, on its union a few years later with the Relief Church, adopted the title the United Presbyterian Church. In 1843 Eadie was appointed professor of biblical literature and hermeneutics in the Divinity Hall of the United Presbyterian body. He held this appointment along with his ministerial charge for the rest of his life.
He died at 6 Thornville Terrace[2] in Hillhead, Glasgow on 3 June 1876.

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Old Photograph Low Street Banff Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, people and fountain on Low Street in Banff, Scotland. Sir James Milne Wilson was born in Banff on 29 February 1812, the third son of John Wilson, a shipowner, and his wife, Barbara Gray; maternal grandson of Alexander Gray and wife, Jean Bean. He was Educated at Banff and Edinburgh, he then emigrated to Tasmania in 1829, studied practical engineering and afterwards became a ship's officer. He was connected with the Cascade Brewery for 14 years and became its manager. He entered politics in October 1859 as member for Hobart in the legislative council, and in January 1863 joined the Whyte cabinet as minister without portfolio. In 1868, at the time of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, Wilson was Mayor of Hobart and on 4 August 1869 became Premier and colonial secretary in a ministry which lasted until November 1872. In 1847, he married Deborah Hope, daughter of Peter Degraves. He was elected President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, and held this position until his death on 29 February 1880, on his " 17th " birthday aged 68. He achieved the extremely rare feat of being both born on 29 February, making him a leapling, and dying on the same date at the age of 68.



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Old Photograph Buccleuch Street Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops, houses and horse and cart on Buccleuch Street in Dumfries, Scotland. A market town and former royal burgh within Dumfries and Galloway. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the hometown of Robert Burns from 1791 until his death in 1796. The poet is now buried in St. Michael's Churchyard in the Burns Mausoleum. Burns was born in Ayrshire and spent many years there before moving to Dumfriesshire.

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Old Photograph Rosefield Mills Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of Rosefield Mills in Dumfries, Scotland. Rosefield Woollen Mill was built between 1886 and 1894 for Charteris Spence and Company, the architect was Alan Crombie.



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