Old Photograph Soldiers Railway Station Perth Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers in the railway station in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Forth And Clyde Canal Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. This is a Scottish town and former royal burgh in East Dunbartonshire. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal, about 8 miles North East of central Glasgow. Kirkintilloch comes from the Gaelic Cair Ceann Tulaich or Cathair Cheann Tulaich, meaning fort at the end of the hill. The fort referred to is the former Roman settlement on the Antonine Wall. Following the Scottish victory in the wars of independence and the subsequent decline of Clan Cumming, the baronies of Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, and Cumbernauld were granted by Robert Bruce to Sir Malcolm Fleming, Sheriff of Dumbarton and a supporter of the Bruce faction in the war. On 3 January 1746, the retreating Jacobite army of Charles Stuart made its way through Kirkintilloch, on its way back from Derby, and on the march to Falkirk and ultimately Culloden. The town was one of the hotbeds of the industrial revolution in Scotland, beginning with the emergence of a booming textile industry in the area. There were 185 weavers in Kirkintilloch by 1790, and in 1867 James Slimon's cotton mill at Kelvinside employed 200 women. With the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal through the town in 1773, and the establishment of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway in 1826, Kirkintilloch developed further as an important transportation hub, inland port, and production centre for iron, coal, nickel, and even small ships.





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Old Photograph Firemen Neilston Scotland

Old photograph of firemen in Neilston, East Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. Before formal brigades existed, residents in villages like Neilston relied on simple tools like leather buckets, fire hooks, used to pull down thatched roofs, and water squirts.


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Old Photograph St Andrew's Ambulance Association Ambulance Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a St Andrew's Ambulance Association ambulance in Paisley, by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1882, St Andrew's Ambulance Association was formed in Glasgow by a group of local doctors and businessmen who were concerned by the rapid increase in accidents resulting from traffic and modern machinery. First aid and casualty transportation classes were conducted and Scotland's first ambulance was bought by the Association in April 1882, which served Glasgow and the surrounding area providing first aid and transportation to hospital to accident victims. In the following years, the number of calls the Association responded to grew so as by 1886 there were six ambulances stationed in towns throughout Scotland. 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 Post Office Lochranza Scotland

Old photograph of people waiting for the ferry outside the cottage Post Office in Lochranza, Island of Arran, Scotland. Lochranza is the furthest North of Arran's villages and is located in the north western corner of the island. The village is set on the shore of Loch Ranza, a small sea loch. Ferries run from here to Claonaig on the mainland.


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