Old Photograph Sheena Easton Scotland

Old photograph of Sheena Easton in Glasgow, Scotland. Easton was born Sheena Shirley Orr in the Scottish town of Bellshill, the youngest of six children of steel mill labourer Alex Orr and his wife Annie. She had two brothers, Robert and Alex, and three sisters, Marilyn, Anessa and Morag. Her top grades in school earned her a scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, where she trained from 1975 to 1979 as a speech and drama teacher by day, while singing with a band called Something Else by night at local clubs. In 1979, she married Sandi Easton, the first of her four husbands. They divorced after eight months, and Sheena decided to keep the surname Easton. Her 1980 debut singles, Modern Girl and 9 to 5, entered into the UK top ten, making her the first UK female artist to appear twice in the same top ten. In 1981, 9 to 5, topped the USA Hot 100, making her the third UK female solo artist to achieve this, following Petula Clark and Lulu. In the US, the song was released as Morning Train. A six time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1981 and Best Mexican American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song Me Gustas Tal Como Eres. She has received five U.S. Gold albums and one U.S. Platinum album. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 45 singles, and had 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She also had 25 top 40 hits in international territories around the world. In Canada, Easton scored three gold and two platinum albums. She has sold over 20 million albums and singles worldwide. Easton became the first artist in history to have a top 5 hit on five different Billboard charts consecutively.

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Old Photograph Norman Macleod Scotland

Old photograph of Norman Macleod who was born in Kirk Street in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. Norman born 3 June 1812, died 16 June 1872, was a Scottish clergyman and author. His parents were the Reverend Dr. Norman Macleod and Agnes Maxwell; his paternal grandfather, a minister of the parish of Morvern in Argyllshire, bore the same name. In 1827, Macleod became a student at the University of Glasgow; in 1831, he went to Edinburgh to study divinity under Dr Thomas Chalmers. On 18 March 1838, he became parish minister at Loudoun, Ayrshire. In 1851 he was called to the Barony church, Glasgow, in which city the rest of his days were passed. In 1867, along with Dr Archibald Watson, Macleod was sent to India, to inquire into the state of the missions. He undertook the journey in spite of failing health, and seems never to have recovered from its effects. His Glasgow church was named after him, the Macleod Parish Church; and the Macleod Missionary Institute was erected by the Barony church in Glasgow. Queen Victoria gave two memorial windows to Crathie church as a testimony of her admiration for his work. On 16 June 1872, he died in Glasgow. He was buried at Campsie.

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Old Photograph Anna Zinkeisen Scotland

Old photograph of Anna Zinkeisen who was born in Kilcreggan, Scotland. Anna, born 29 August 1901, died 23 September 1976, was a Scottish painter and artist. She was the daughter of Clare Bolton Charles and Victor Zinkeisen, a timber merchant. The family moved to Middlesex, England, in 1909, where Anna and her sister Doris attended the Harrow School of Art before they both won scholarships to the Royal Academy Schools. In 1935, Anna and Doris Zinkeisen were commissioned by John Brown and Company Shipbuilders of Clydebank by Glasgow, to paint murals on the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary. Their work can still be seen, in the Verandah Grill room, on the ship now permanently moored in Long Beach, California, USA. During World War II, Anna worked as a Medical Artist and nursing auxiliary in the Order of St John at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. She made pathological drawings of war injuries for the Royal College of Surgeons. Her self-portrait and her painting of plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe are both exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Stromness Orney Scotland

Old photograph of a woman standing outside her crofters cottage near Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Spectators Christmas Ba' Kirkwall Scotland

Old photograph of spectators at the Christmas Ba' game in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Kirkwall Ba Game, also spelled ba', is one of the main annual events held in the town of Kirkwall, in Orkney, Scotland. It is one of a number of Ba Games played in the streets of towns around Scotland; these are examples of traditional football games which are still played in towns in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Games are played twice a year, normally on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Played in the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall, the two sides are the Uppies and the Doonies, or more correctly, " Up-the-Gates " and " Doon-the-Gates " from Norn gata, path or road, although it is also common in Scots. The tradition belongs to Kirkwall and the surrounding area of St Ola, and has always been played by men from those two areas since before records began. In the past 50 years, mainly due to improved transport, the game's popularity has grown to include players from all areas of Orkney, including some of the outer isles.



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