Old Photograph Clubhouse Golf Course Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of the clubhouse on the golf course in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The club was founded on 12 October 1892. Its original 9 hole course was located at Morning Hill on the farm of Edderton to the southwest of the town. This Scottish town is located at the confluence of the River Tweed and Eddleston Water, locally called the Cuddy. Initially a market town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry of the Scottish Borders up until the 1960s. The annual local festival is called the Beltane, and involves, as with many Borders festivals, a Common Riding. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Nethy Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Nethy Bridge, Scotland. The club was established in 1893 under the presidency of the Reverend Doctor Forsyth. While the village is now known as Nethy Bridge, the club retained the name " Abernethy " after the local parish.


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Old Photograph Ranfurly Castle Golf Course Scotland

Old photograph of a golfer on Ranfurly Castle golf course by Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The club was formed following a public meeting on 3 August 1889. The original 9 hole course was laid out by William Campbell near the ruins of the 15th-century Ranfurly Castle.


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Old Photograph Douneside House Scotland

Old photograph of Douneside House by Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was bought by Alexander MacRobert in 1888. Sir Alexander was knighted in 1910, becoming the first Baronet of Cawnpore and Cromar. The MacRobert Baronetcy, of Douneside was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 April 1922 for Alexander MacRobert, a self made millionaire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Alasdair in June of that year. Tragedy struck the family again when Alasdair was killed in a flying accident in 1938, and the title passed to his younger brother Roderic. In May 1941 Roderic was killed in action whilst flying a Hawker Hurricane fighter in the Middle East, and just over a month later on 30 June 1941, the title became extinct when the youngest brother Iain, was also killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Air Force. Their mother, Rachel, Lady MacRobert, born 1880, died 195), gave money to purchase a Short Stirling bomber, the aircraft was named MacRobert's Reply in memory of her three sons. Lady MacRobert believed that her sons had lived up to the family motto Virtutis Gloria Merces, translated as Honour is the Reward of Bravery. The MacRobert Award, which has been presented every year since 1969 by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is named in honour of Lady MacRobert. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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