Old Photograph Kirknewton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, car, and houses in Kirknewton in West Lothian, Scotland. During World War II, the Royal Air Force built a military airfield at Whitemoss, a mile south east of Kirknewton. RAF Kirknewton, as it was known, was home to a variety of units during the war and, like many other military airfields, fell quiet afterwards. In 1952 it became home to a number of small United States Air Force units tasked with providing mobile radio facilities to the USAF in Britain. The USAF left in 1966.




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Old Photographs Sinclair Street Helensburgh Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops and buildings on Sinclair Street in Helensburgh, Scotland. Street was laid out in the late 18th century as part of a formal grid pattern designed to rival the elegance of Edinburgh's New Town, the street is steeped in architectural and political history. This Scottish town is located on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. 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 Lyle Kirk Union Street Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of Lyle Kirk on Union Street in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish church was built as Trinity United Presbyterian Church in 1871, and designed by John Starforth in Gothic style with a square tower. Became St Andrews in 1967 when united with St Andrews, and became Ardgowan in 1992 when united with Union Church.



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Old Photograph Roxburgh Street Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and buildings on Roxburgh Street in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The fishing village of Greenock developed along this bay, and around 1635 Sir John Schaw had a jetty built into the bay which became known as Sir John's Bay. In that year he obtained a Charter raising Greenock to a Burgh of Barony with rights to a weekly market. In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour. Greenock suffered badly during the Second World War and its anchorage at the Tail of the Bank became the base for the Home Fleet as well as the main assembly point for Atlantic convoys. 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 High Street Tain Scotland

Old photograph of cars and buildings on the High Street in Tain, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. A leading landowning family of the area, the Clan Munro, provided political and religious figures to the town, including the dissenter Reverend John Munro of Tain who died in 1630. John was a Presbyterian minister of Tain, in the Scottish Highlands. As a Presbyterian, he resisted the efforts of King James VI of Scotland, later James I of England to unite the Presbyterian Church of Scotland with the Episcopalian Church of England. As a result he was persecuted for many years. He was the third son of Hugh Munro, 1st of Assynt, and grandson of Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis. His mother was Christina, a daughter of Robert Munro of Carbisdale. He was educated for the ministry at St Andrews University, in Fife, graduating as MA in 1590. He married Euphemia, a daughter of Andrew Munro, 5th of Milntown, a cousin of her husband. They had no children. A brother of John was the Reverend Robert Munro, minister of Creich from 1609 to around 1640. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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