Old Photograph Glasgow Road Denny Scotland

Old photograph of a car on Glasgow Road in Denny located seven miles West of Falkirk, Scotland. Thomas Bain was born in Denny on December 14, 1834. He was a Canadian parliamentarian. He was the son of Walter Bain, and migrated to Canada with his family when he was three years old. They settled on a bush farm in Wentworth County near Hamilton, Ontario. He was elected to the County Council in the 1860s and became Warden. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1872 federal election as a Liberal. He was re-elected on six subsequent occasions, serving as a Member of Parliament for 28 years before retiring in 1900. In the House, he usually spoke on agricultural issues, and became Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization in 1896. In 1874, he married Helen Weir. When the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, James David Edgar, died unexpectedly in July 1899, Wilfrid Laurier asked Bain to become the new Speaker for the remainder of Egar's term. Bain served as Speaker until the House was dissolved for the 1900 election in which he did not run. After retiring from politics, Bain became President of the Landed Banking and Loan Company and the Malcolm and Souter Furniture Company. He died in Dundas, on January 18, 1915, Ontario at age 80. 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 Steam Train Blair Atholl Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station yard in Blair Atholl by Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. This intermediate station on the Perth to Inverness main line of the former Highland Railway was opened as Blair Athole station by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 9 September 1863. It was renamed Blair Atholl station on 7 September 1893, and remains in regular use by passenger trains. 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 Sheds Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of steam trains at the Railway Sheds in Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Garlieston Scotland

Old photograph of cars, houses and people in Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, later 6th Earl of Galloway. During the Second World War the village became part of the secret Mulberry Harbour project. The profile of the beach and sea bed at Garlieston was similar to that of the proposed harbour points in Normandy and that, coupled with the remote nature of the locality, led to Garlieston and the surrounding area being selected as the development region for the harbours. After the Allies successfully held beachheads following D-Day, two prefabricated harbours were taken in sections across the English Channel from Britain with the invading army and assembled off Omaha and Gold Beach. 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 Main Street Glenluce Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, buildings and people on the main street in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Ghlinn Lus, meaning " valley of light " or " valley of the Water of Luce." Robert the Bruce stopped for a rest at Glenluce. This village is in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It lies on the A75 road between Stranraer and Newton Stewart. Near to the village is Glenluce Abbey, a disused Cistercian monastery built in 1192 by Lochlann, Lord of Galloway. Following the Reformation it was abandoned, falling into its current ruinous state. Glenluce was served by Glenluce railway station from 1862 by the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway which provided a strategic link to Northern Ireland under British Rail. However, it was cut under the Beeching Axe in 1965. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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