Old Photograph Cottage Post Office Haroldswick Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Haroldswick on the Island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Haroldswick comes from the Viking King Harald, and is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings on the Shetland Islands. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is now held by the post office in Baltasound.





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Old Photograph George Hotel Inveraray Scotland

Old photograph of passenger bus and cars outside the George Hotel in Inveraray, Scotland. The George Hotel was originally two private houses completed in 1770. They were part of a project by the 3rd Duke of Argyll, started in 1744, to build a whole new town in Inveraray. This was to be the first example in Scotland of a planned town. The Duke of Argyll employed the services of Adam and Milne, renowned architects of their time. The buildings in the main town remain whitewashed with blackened window surrounds. The industry of the town was herring fishing. The smoking of these fish produced the famous Loch Fyne Kipper. The fish industry survives along the longest sea loch in Scotland, with farmed salmon, mussels and oysters.



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Old Photograph Church Isle of Whithorn Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Isle of Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Former Free Church of 1844 on a spectacular location on the foreshore of this old fishing village with its natural harbour. Simple white rectangle with bellcote. Heritage display telling the story of the church today and village life in the past. Various scenes from the 1973 film The Wicker Man were filmed in and around the Isle of Whithorn.



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Old Photographs Bonnygate Street Cupar Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, people and buildings on Bonnygate Street in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. he town is believed to have grown around the site of Cupar Castle, which was the seat of the sheriff and was owned by the earls of Fife. The area became a centre for judiciary as the county of Fife and as a market town catering for both cattle and sheep. The historic town centre is the junction of Bonnygate and the Crossgate. This is where the town's mercat cross, is located with the original shaft being supported by a unicorn. It dates from 1683. To the east is St Catherine Street, home to the burgh chambers and county buildings, both designed by Robert Hutchison. 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 Beach Lundin Links East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cars by the beach in Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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