Old Photograph Freeland House Scotland

Old photograph of Freeland House by Forgandenny in Perthshire, Scotland. The Freeland Estate was owned by Mr Collingwood Lindsay Wood and is now Strathallan School. He originally purchased the Ruthven estate in 1873, and added considerably to its wealth and size. If his only son, born in 1877, had lived, he would have inherited it all on his father’s death in 1906. However, Lindsay Wood’s wife, Francis, and their daughters stayed in residence for some years after his death, but the eventual decay of the estate and increasing debts forced the trustees to consider a somewhat forced sale. In 1917, the sale of the whole estate was made to Mr. Edwin Martin Stewart for £80,000. He was chairman of the Carntyne Iron and Steel Company Limited in Glasgow, and lived in Stirling with his family. Still a relatively young man, he unfortunately died at home in 1921, aged 51.



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Old Photograph College of Domestic Science Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the College of Domestic Science in, Glasgow, Scotland. In June 1912 a site was looked at on the corner of Park Drive and Park Avenue and the draft plans to build on this site were submitted to the College Governors on 6 December 1912. Final approval for the building was announced on 4 June 1913. Before work was completed on the new building it was taken over by the Red Cross and used as a hospital for the duration of the First World War. The first class was held in the building on 29 April 1919.



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Old Photographs Main Street West Kilbride Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on the Main Street in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland. West Kilbride, Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Iar, a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast by the Firth of Clyde, looking across to Goat Fell and the Isle of Arran. West Kilbride is generally believed to be named after the ancient Celtic Saint Brigid of Kildare, often known as St Bride. There has been a hamlet in the area since 82 AD when the Roman general Agricola stationed 30,000 troops in the area of the village now known as Gateside. Roman roads can still be explored around the village to this day. Several buildings in the area date back to medieval times. Law Castle, situated at the foot of Law Hill, was built in the 15th century for King James III's sister Mary. Portencross Castle, thought to date from the 14th century, is situated right next to the sea at Portencross harbour, The town became known as a weaving and agricultural town, one of many Ayrshire towns specialising in potatoes. Since the town became linked by rail to Glasgow in 1878, it began to attract more visitors. 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 Greensands Street Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of people and houses on Greensands Street in Dumfries, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Christmas Gift To Wounded Soldiers Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Christmas Gift to wounded World War One soldiers in a hospital in Dundee, Scotland. In the summer of 1914 war broke out in Europe and what followed was a world war on an unprecedented scale. Dundee gave an astonishing 63% of its eligible men to the armed forces leaving barely a street, house or tenement in the city unaffected. 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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