Old Photograph Cricket Team Panicuik Scotland

Old photograph of a cricket team in Penicuik, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Newmilns Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and houses in Newmilns in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Newmilns became a free Burgh of Barony on 9 January 1490, a privilege bestowed upon George Campbell of Loudoun, and consequently the people of Newmilns, by King James IV. This was an important stage in the development of Newmilns as it granted liberties over control of the local economy, the right to elect local Baillies and necessary local government officials and the right to hold weekly markets and annual fairs. Towards the end of the 16th Century, Hugenot refugees settled in the area and introduced Newmilns to the craft of weaving. About two centuries later, Britain began importing cotton from the USA and as Newmilns by this time had a long established weaving tradition, the town's handloom industry rose to national prominence. Newmilns is situated around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty five miles South West of Glasgow.





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Old Photograph Lochview Terrace Gartcosh Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Lochview Terrace in Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies a few miles east of Glasgow, and about a mile northwest of the town of Coatbridge. Gartcosh Fireclay Works was established by James Binnie in 1863. Although mostly concerned with firebrick manufacture, during the early years its output was much more varied, extending to garden vases and pedestals, garden edges, fountains, chimney cans, roof tiles, cattle troughs, sewage pipes and other products. It was one of a group of such businesses in the area, with others at Cardowan, Garnkirk, Heathfield and Glenboig. Gartcosh Fireclay Works eventually closed down in the 1950s, when local supplies of fireclay were exhausted.

In 1865 Gartcosh became the home of Woodneuk Iron Works owned by William Gray & Co. It was bought by Smith & McLeans in 1872 and subsequently Colville's steel mills. British Steel Corporation took ownership of the Colville's steel mill in Gartcosh in 1967 and operated until its closure in February 1986. 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 Cottages Kirkcolm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Kirkcolm, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The Rhins of Galloway otherwise known as the Rhins of Wigtownshire, or as The Rhins, also spelt The Rhinns; is a hammer-head peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway. Stretching more than 25 miles from north to south, its southern tip is the Mull of Galloway, the southernmost point of Scotland. The principal settlements are Stranraer at the head of Loch Ryan and the small tourist village of Portpatrick on the west coast, other villages are dotted up and down the peninsula, including Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Lochans, and in the South Rhins; Stoneykirk, Sandhead, Ardwell and Drummore.

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Old Photograph Parish Church Kilmelford Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Kilmelford near Oban, Scotland. A small Scottish church built in 1785, re-roofed in 1890. Oblong plan with gable front with birdcage belfry and 8 spoked wheel window over pointed arch entrance.



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