Old Photograph Lindsay House Cathcart Scotland

Old photograph of Lindsay House at the north end of the Old Bridge, or Snuff Mill Bridge, in Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was designed by John Baird, and built for David Lindsay in 1863. The tall, narrow baronial building seems out of keeping with the cottages in the area. It was said that the then Earl of Cathcart, whose permission had to be sought for the building, was most displeased when he realised the scale of the building. Above the door is a perfect monogram with all the letters of the name Lindsay intertwined. David Lindsay, born 1817, died 1902, owned the nearby mill, popularly known as the Snuff Mill. The chief products of the mill were paper and cardboard used in bookbinding. The mill closed after Lindsay's death. 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 Cottages Stow Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Stow located seven miles North of Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. In 1870, James Thin, who was a Scottish bookseller, purchased a plot of land in the village and had a house built which was completed in 1873 and was named Ashlea. Until going into administration in 2002, the James Thin book company was principal academic bookshop in Edinburgh, with its main premises near the University of Edinburgh in Infirmary Street. It also had branches in other cities, including Perth, Perthshire, and Dundee. 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 Photographs Rachan House Scotland

Old photograph of Rachan House by Broughton in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. James Tweedie, of Quarter and Rachan, and his father, spent £80,000 between 1838 and 1860 on the purchase of Rachan and other properties. Rachan from at least 1406 to 1752, belonged to the Geddeses, of whom James Geddes, born 1710, died 1748, was author of An Essay on the Composition of the Ancients.

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Old Photograph Children Broxburn Scotland

Old photograph of children on the main street in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. The village that later became Broxburn probably originated around 1350 when Margery le Cheyne inherited the eastern half of the Barony of Strathbrock, Easter Strathbrock, on the death of her father, Sir Reginald le Cheyne III. The hamlet that grew up around her residence was then called Eastertoun, eastern town, after the land on which it stood. The lands of Strathbrock were earlier owned by Freskin the Fleming, granted to him under a charter from King David I. Eastertoun was burned to the ground sometime in 1443 during a conflict between William, Earl of Douglas, Lieutenant General of Scotland, and William, Lord Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland. It was destroyed again in 1455 during fighting between the Douglases and King James II. After the conflict, peace was regained and the town was gradually resettled. The village was renamed Broxburn in 1600 by Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland. 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 Ruthven House Meigle Scotland

Old photograph of Ruthven House by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. John Bannerman Milne, born 1902, died 1968, once owned this house. He was born one of three sons of Charles Milne, a Dundee coal merchant. When he was nine, he bought his first violin. By the age of sixteen, he was working at Dura Works Jute Mill from 5.30am to 6.00pm, teaching the violin from 6.00pm to 8.00pm and then playing in a dance hall until midnight. His first entertainment job was at the Variety Theatre, Dundee, as a 19 shillings a week " musical director and cleaner ". He eventually bought the theatre in 1925 and never looked back. Within ten years he presided over a theatre, cinema and bingo empire that stretched from Stornaway to Galashiels. 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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