Old Photograph Railway Line Ivybank Port Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train on the railway line at Ivybank, Port Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Greenock and Ayrshire Railway Company opened a line from Glasgow St Enoch to Princes Pier in Greenock in 1869. Unlike the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway line which approached the town along the Clyde coast, this line ran inland, passing through Paisley, Johnstone, Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm before dropping down the hill through Port Glasgow on the way to Princes Pier in the west end of Greenock. The company was absorbed by Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1872.



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Old Photograph Stanley Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Stanley Castle located 14 miles from Port Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. This partially submerged Scottish castle in the Stanley Reservoir, was built in the early 15th century and is now an inaccessible ruin. 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 St Bride's Kirk Douglas South Lanarkshire Scotland

Old photograph of St Bride's Kirk in Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish church originated in the 14th century. It became the mausoleum of the Lords of Douglas. The church clock installed sometime in the 16th century, is rumoured to have been given as a gift to the village by Mary, Queen of Scots, after spending time in the area. 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 Douglas South Lanarkshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish villages is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland, to Edinburgh on the East, around 12 miles south west of Lanark. The Douglas family took this name when their ancestors settled here in the 12th century. Within the village stands a statue to one of the Covenanters, James Gavin who was persecuted for his religious faith and had his ears cut off with his own tailoring scissors for refusing to renounce it. After suffering this humiliation he was transported to a life of slavery in the cotton fields of the West Indies. The village was shaped later by the Industrial Revolution, which brought woolen mills and coal mining. The village was also one of several locations near which a large camp of the Polish Army was set up in 1940. Units of the 10th Polish Cavalry, including the Podhalanski, Highland Battalion, 10th Mounted Rifles Regiment, the 24th Lancers as well as brigade support and service units were stationed here for a brief period in a temporary tented camp before moving north to Fife and Angus where they were deployed to defend the east coast of Scotland against invasion.



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Old Photographs Drummond Street Comrie Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a motorcycle with a sidecar, cottages, houses and hotel on Drummond Street in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Comrie's early prosperity derived from weaving. This was mostly done as domestic piecework. Comrie was also important as a droving town. Cattle destined for the markets of the Scottish Lowlands and ultimately England would be driven south from their grazing areas in the Highlands.


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