Old Photograph Concert Buckhaven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of an outdoor concert on the coast by Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland. Once a thriving weaving village and fishing port, in 1831 it was reported as having the second largest fishing fleet in Scotland with a total of 198 boats. Fishing declined during the 19th century, but in the 1860s Buckhaven developed more into a mining town. Although coal waste blackened its beaches and silted up its now non existent harbour, it later became a Fife coast holiday resort and recreation area for locals. The fishing community of Buckhaven is said to have been largely the descendants of Norsemen who settled there in the 9th century. Centuries later Buckhaven's fisherfolk bought an Episcopal Church in St Andrews in 1869 and transported it stone by stone to Buckhaven, using fishing boats.


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Old Photograph Boiling Whelks Coast Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife boiling whelks by the coast of Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Whelks are salt water molluscs with grey or brownish shells rather like snails.



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Old Photograph Twin Pioneer Plane Prestwick Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer aeroplane above the airport at Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Plane To Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of the Northern Scottish Airways aeroplane to the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. On 5 December 1935 Northern and Scottish Airways, owned by George Nicholson, started a twice weekly flight from Glasgow to Skye. The twin engine six-seater de Havilland Dragon took 1½ hours to fly from Renfrew to Glenbrittle. It provided not only a valuable service to business men and tourists but also a much needed air ambulance. A network was built up serving such places as Barra, Belfast, Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, North Uist, Perth, Skye, South Uist and Tiree. On 12 August 1937, Scottish Airways Ltd was formed to merge the operations of Northern & Scottish Airlines with Highland Airways Ltd. When war was declared in 1939 all internal air travel had to be suspended. The services to the islands were later re-instated but it was not until 1947 that the company was merged, along with other independent airline companies, to form British European Airways Corporation.



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Old Photograph Mars Wark Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of Mars Wark in Stirling, Scotland. Mars Wark, or Work, was built in 1572 by the Early of Mar. The Earl of Mar's house in Stirling was located on the approach to Stirling Castle, the Earl of Mar was governor of the castle during the mid 16th century.



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