Old Photograph Portnacroish Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and house in Portnacroish located two miles North East of Port Appin in Argyll, Scotland. Castle Stalker lies in an islet within Loch Laich and opposite Portnacroish.

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Old Photograph Bridgend Lochwinnoch Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Bridgend, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. Bridgend is these days a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. 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 Townhead Of Greenlaw Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horse and cart and people in Townhead Of Greenlaw by Castle Douglas Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Thomas Gibson was born in Greenlaw on 8 January 1825 he son of Thomas Gibson and his wife Helen Lunham. He was educated at the free church school in Greenlaw. He went to Canada West in 1854 and worked for Howick Township for 7 years. He represented Huron North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874 and Huron East from 1875 to 1898. He was a Liberal. The township of Gibson, now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the Muskoka District, was named after him. He died in January 1901 and is buried in Wroxeter, Ontario.


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Old Photograph Fishwife Packing Herring Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife packing herring in Peterhead, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade.



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Old Photograph Market Square Mid Calder Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, and people on Market Square in Mid Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located on a steep hill overlooking the River Almond and Calder Wood, around 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The town has been on a major crossroads since its origin some time in the eleventh century. For centuries a large part of the economy of the Scottish Highlands revolved around the breeding and trading of Highland Cows. They were moved along drove roads from all parts of the country, including some of the islands, to trysts or markets held in Crieff and Falkirk. Most of the cattle would then be driven south to feed consumers in England. Several of the drove routes used came together at Mid Calder. Huge herds of cattle would come across fords or bridges over the River Almond before crossing the Pentland Hills to West Linton. The peak year was 1840 when some 150,000 cattle passed through the area over the three months from August to October. This traffic helped support no fewer than nine public houses in the village.





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