Old Photographs Balgrayhill Road Springburn Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, Trams, and people on Balgrayhill Road in Springburn Glasgow, Scotland. Balgray Hill was developed for the more affluent who lived on the higher slopes overlooking the city's railway workshops.


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Old Photograph Parkhead Cross Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, people and Tram on Parkhead Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road, now the Gallowgate and Tollcross Road, and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five way junction at Parkhead Cross. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis was laid out in 1847 beside the Gallowgate. The area flourished with the discovery of coal in 1837 and grew into an industrial centre. In 1897 William Beardmore and Company became famous with the production of high grade steel and castings at the local Parkhead Forge, founded about 1837 and extended between 1884 and 1914. After years of decline, the massive plant was closed in 1976.





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Old Photograph Yachting Pond Ayr Scotland

Old photograph of boys by the yachting pond in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayr Model Yacht Sailing and Power Club was formed on 8th March 1910 at a public meeting held in the YMCA rooms, Hight Street, Ayr. Ayr Town Council had begun building a model yachting pond at Newton Park, and that had prompted the meeting which led to the formation of a yachting club. Blog post 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 Mussel Sellers Scotland

Old photograph of Mussel sellers in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Musselburgh the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. Blog post 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 Railway Station Dunning Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. This intermediate Scottish train station on the Stirling to Perth portion of the Larbert to Kinnaber Junction, main line, of the former Caledonian Railway was opened by the Scottish Central Railway on 22 or 23 May 1848. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 11 June 1956.



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