Old Photograph Faith Crescent Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of houses and children on Faith Crescent in Stirling, Scotland. Like many surrounding streets, such as Aitken Crescent and Crum Crescent, Faith Crescent was part of the significant residential development in the 1950s and 1960s. This era saw Stirling expand southward into St. Ninians to provide modern social and private housing for its growing population.


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Old Photograph Steam Train Portobello Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train locomotive outside Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Portobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth.



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Old Photograph Ferry Lochboisdale Scotland

Old photograph of a ferry arriving at Lochboisdale, South Uist, Scotland. This Scottish island town profited from the herring boom in the 19th century, and a steamer pier was built in 1880. In 1905, a mission church was built, and by 1953, steamers were connecting Lochboisdale with Oban, Castlebay, Mallaig and Lochmaddy.



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Old Photograph London Scottish Regiment Balmoral Scotland

Old photograph of soldiers from the London Scottish Regiment on the grounds of Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The regiment was founded in 1859, part of the widespread volunteer movement which developed in the face of potential French invasion after Felice Orsini's attack on Napoleon III was linked to Britain. Originally as part of the Volunteer Force sponsored by The Highland Society of London and The Caledonian Society of London, England, a group of individual Scots raised The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel, Lord Elcho, later The Earl of Wemyss and March. Over many years the London Scottish have changed titles and composition, and today they are a A company of The London Regiment. 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 Tillypronie House Scotland

Old photograph of Tillypronie House by Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house dates from 1867, when Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone. The estate, as it then was, belonged to the family of the Queen's physician, Sir James Clark, who was instrumental in introducing Queen Victoria to Deesdie and Balmoral. Sir James Clark was born in Cullen, Banffshire, and was educated at Fordyce school. He studied at Aberdeen University, where he took an arts degree with the intention of studying law, and graduated with an M.A., before discovering a preference for medicine. He then went to Edinburgh University, and in 1809 became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He then entered the medical service of the Royal Navy. He served at the Royal Hospital Haslar, in Hampshire, until July 1810, when he was appointed assistant surgeon aboard HMS Thistle. After the ship was wrecked in 1811 south of Sandy Hook in New Jersey, he returned to Great Britain, where he was promoted to the rank of surgeon, and served successively on the HMS Colobrée, which was also wrecked, as well as on the Chesapeake and Maidstone. In 1834, King Leopold recommended Clark as court physician to his widowed sister, the Duchess of Kent, and her daughter, Princess Victoria. King Leopold made him a knight in his order of Leopold in 1834 and a commander in 1850. He began a process of gradual retirement in 1860, and moved to Bagshot Park, Surrey, England, which the Queen had lent him for life. His wife, Barbara Stephen, known as Minnie, whom he had married in 1820, died in 1862. They had one son, John Forbes Clark. Sir James Clark died at Bagshot Park in 1870, aged 81, and was buried at Kensal Green.



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