Old Photograph School Kilbarchan Scotland

Old photograph of children outside the school in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The name of this Scottish village means " chapel of St. Barchan ". It is known for its former weaving industry. At one time there were 800 handlooms in this village. Mary Barbour was born on 20 February 1875 at 37 New Street, Kilbarchan to Jean Gavin and James Rough, a handloom carpet weaver. She was the third of seven children. Barbour attended school until she was fourteen years old. In 1887, the family moved to the village of Elderslie and Barbour worked as a thread twister, eventually becoming a carpet printer. On 28 August 1896, Mary Rough married engineer David Barbour, born 2 May 1873, died 13 November 1957, at Wallace Place, Elderslie. By the 1901 census, the couple had settled in Govan at 5 Macleod Street, where they lived with their son James. By the 1911 census, the family, including another son, William, had moved to 43 Ure Street, now Uist Street. Barbour was closely associated with the Red Clydeside movement in the early 20th century and especially for her role as the main organiser of the women of Govan who took part in the rent strikes of 1915. In 1933 Barbour moved to a council house at 34 Cromdale Street in Drumoyne, Glasgow where she lived until her death. Barbour died the year after husband David at the age of 83 in the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, and her funeral was held at Craigton Crematorium in Cardonald near Govan.


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Old Photograph Ferry Tarbert Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of a ferry at the pier in Tarbert on Island Of Harris, Scotland. The name Tarbert means " isthmus ", " crossing point " or " portage ", in Gaelic. Tarbert now has a car ferry terminal, which operates to Uig on the Isle of Skye.





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Old Photograph East End Tarbert Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses at the East end of Tarbert on Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Tarbert is the main port and main settlement of Harris, with a population of about 550. The name Tarbert comes from the Norse tairbeart meaning " portage " or " isthmus ". It is located on an isthmus between Loch Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert. The village has a ferry terminal, local tourist information and some small shops, including a Harris Tweed shop overlooking the main access road to the CalMac ferry terminal and a general grocery store.





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Old Photograph Paper Mill Inverkeithing Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fire at the Paper Mill in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. The building burnt down in 1914. Inverkeithing is a town and a royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, located on the Firth of Forth. The Battle of Inverkeithing on 20 July 1651 was fought on two sites in the area, one north of the town close to Pitreavie Castle, the other to the south on and around the peninsula of North Queensferry and the isthmus connecting it to Inverkeithing. The battle took place during Oliver Cromwell's invasion of the Kingdom of Scotland following the Third English Civil War. It was an attempt by the English Parliamentarian forces to outflank the army of Scottish Covenanters loyal to Charles II at Stirling and get access to the north of Scotland. This was the last major engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and led to Scotland passing into Cromwell's control. Cromwell's troops crushed the Scots, forcing them to abandon Stirling and march south to support King Charles II. Of the estimated 800 Maclean clansmen who fought in the battle, only 35 were said to have survived. The Pinkerton Burn was said to have run red with blood for days afterwards. This was a significant episode in the history of Clan MacLean, and the 20th century poet Sorley MacLean mentions Inverkeithing in one of his poems. The port town was given burgh status by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century and is situated about 9 miles north from Edinburgh Airport and about 4 miles from the centre of Dunfermline. Inverkeithing is famous for its shipbreaking yard. The second RMS Mauretania and the hull of the RMS Olympic were dismantled here. 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 Castle Street Tayport Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shops and children on Castle Street in Tayport, Fife, Scotland. The settlement was originally called Partan Craig, Gaelic for " Crab Rock ". Over the following two hundred years English usage eroded many Gaelic place names in eastern Scotland and Partan Craig had become known as Portincragge by 1415 and as Port-in-Craige by the end of the 15th century. In 1598 the settlement received its burgh charter in the name of Ferry-Port on Craig. In the 1850s, the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company established a railway service running from Edinburgh to Aberdeen that passed through Ferry-Port on Craig. They used the simpler name of " Tayport " for the town. This less cumbersome name soon caught on and over time, Tayport replaced Ferry-Port on Craig as the more common name.



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