Old Photograph Sanatorium Shotts Scotland

Old photograph of cars outside the Sanatorium in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shotts had its own Infectious Diseases Hospital in the Shotts Sanatorium, mainly for tuberculosis, the scourge of the early nineteen hundreds. 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 Goodalls Motor And Cycle Works Echt Scotland

Old photograph of cars outside Goodalls Motor And Cycle Works in Echt village located twelve miles from Aberdeen, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Playground Tayport Scotland

Old photograph of children in the playground in Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Loanhead Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses. horse and cart and children in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland. This Scottish town was granted a charter allowing a weekly market and annual fair in 1669. Coal was mined profitably in the area for Sir John Clerk of Penicuik by 1685. The Springfield paper mill, in the valley of the River North Esk to the south of the town, commenced in 1742, while Polton mill followed in 1750. By 1754 Loanhead was a medium sized village. The limestone industry was a source of employment by the late eighteenth century. The coal industry continued to expand and by 1874 the town was linked to the railway. Shale was mined between Loanhead and Burdiehouse in the late nineteenth century, from 1880 under the Clippens Oil Company of Paisley, by Glasgow.



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Old Photograph King Edward VII Blairgowrrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the visit of King Edward VII to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. King Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. In 1863 he married Alexandra of Denmark. When he finally became King Edward VII on the death of his mother in 1901 he frequently made trips to Balmoral Castle. 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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