Old Photograph Girl Anstruther East Neuk of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of girl in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Victoria Infirmary Hospital Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and cars outside the Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Victoria Infirmary was a teaching hospital situated at Langside/Battlefield in the south east of Glasgow from 1880 until 2015. It provided a range of health care services including Accident and Emergency, General Medicine, including sub specialties, General Surgery, including sub specialties. Medicine for the Elderly, including Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Day Services, Orthopaedics and a wide range of outpatient clinics. In later years it had an acute operational bed complement of approximately 370. 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 Heugh Road Portpatrick Scotland

Old photograph church, houses and cottages on Heugh Road in Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dating back some 700 years and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick's position on the Rhins of Galloway affords visitors views of the Northern Irish coast 21 miles to the west, with clifftop walks and beaches both north and south. This Scottish village was founded on fishing, operating from the sandy, crescent-shaped harbour that remains the focal point of the village today. 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 Eglington Street Saltcoats Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children on Eglington Street in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the town's earliest industry when salt was harvested from the sea water of the Firth of Clyde, carried out in small cottages along the shore. In the late 18th Century, several shipyards operated at Saltcoats, producing some 60 to 70 ships. The leading shipbuilder was William Ritchie, but in 1790 he moved his business to Belfast. By the early 19th Century the town no longer produced ships. 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 High Street Gatehouse of Fleet Scotland

Old photograph of houses and the clock tower on the High Street in Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Gatehouse of Fleet is the birthplace of Victorian artist John Faed. The renowned inventor of clockwork mechanisms, Robert Williamson was also known to have set up a workshop in the town in 1778, which burned to the ground, and claimed his life, in 1794. The town takes its name from its location near the mouth of the river called the Water of Fleet which empties into Wigtown Bay at Fleet Bay, and its former role as the location of the toll booth on the late 18th century stagecoach route from Dumfries to Stranraer, now the A75 road. It was a safe haven along this route, and travellers would often stop in the area rather than furthering the journey at night due to the high numbers of bandits and highwaymen at the time.



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