Old Photograph Children Cumbernauld Scotland

Old photograph of children in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cumbernauld's history stretches to Roman times, with a settlement near the Antonine Wall, the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire. After the Second World War Glasgow was suffering from chronic shortages of housing and poor housing conditions, particularly in areas such as the Gorbals. As a direct result Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955.





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Old Photograph Bowling Green Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of people on the Lawn Bowling Green in Carnoustie, Scotland. Carnoustie town is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast in Angus. It was founded in the late 18th century, and grew rapidly throughout the 19th century due to the growth of the local textile industry. It was popular as a tourist resort from the early Victorian era up to the latter half of the 20th century, due to its seaside location, and is best known for its associations with golf. 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 Avonbridge Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Avonbridge located seven miles South East of Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk is situated in the Forth Valley, almost midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining. The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century which no longer exists. Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for Stevenson Brothers a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods all over the United Kingdom. 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 Queen's Gardens St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, people and buildings on Queen's Gardens street in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The original garden ground, in the centre of the ancient Royal Burgh, is on the site of the medieval Greyfriars monastery and this piece of land was granted to the community of St Andrews by Mary Queen of Scots on 17 April 1567, a few months before her forced abdication. 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 Auldgirth Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Auldgirth bridge in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish bridge over the River Nith was designed by David Henderson and built by William Stewart in 1781. This bridge carries the public road across the River Nith immediately South West of Auldgirth village. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Closeburn and Keir. 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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