Old Photograph Bow Butts St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of people at the Bow Butts in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The name Bow Butts comes from the ancient requirement for all able bodied men to be able to bear arms in time of war, the weapon of choice being bow and arrow. Bow Butts was the archery range for St. Andrews.



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Old Photograph Carnwadric Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Trams in Carnwadric, Glasgow, Scotland. Carnwadric was originally a farm owned by Sir John Maxwell, one of approximately seven such large holdings owned by him and rented to others. The land was formerly owned by the Stuart kings and queens of Scotland. During ancient post Roman times, it was sought after by the Scots of Dál Riata and Angles of Northumbria, England. It formed part of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde, a Brittonic, rather than Gaelic, kingdom. Govan, another ancient village nearby and now also part of Glasgow, is rumoured to be named after King Arthur's knight Gawain. Pollokshaws and Thornliebank are the nearest ancient villages and were created mainly because of the textile industry. Manufacturing and printing of cloth were the main industries and formed the livelihoods of many of the villagers. Several immigrants came to the area to work in the industry. Irish linen workers, as well as Dutch workers (specialized in beetling) a form of transfer printing.



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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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