Old Photograph Fish On Pier Mallaig Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen and fish on the pier in Mallaig, Lochaber, Scotland. The village of Mallaig was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to the western part of the peninsula and turn to fishing as a way of life. The population and local economy expanded rapidly in the 20th century with the arrival of the railway. Ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Bruce Watt Sea Cruises sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, and the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Mallaig is the main commercial fishing port on the West Coast of Scotland, and during the 1960s was the busiest herring port in Europe. Mallaig prided itself at that time on its famous traditionally smoked kippers, but today only one traditional smokehouse remains, Jaffy's and Sons. Mallaig and the surrounding area is a popular area for holidays.



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Old Photograph Church Picnic Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of church picnic outside Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.



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Old Photograph Meigle House Scotland

Old photograph of Meigle House by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is said to have been built on the site of a Pictish castle, probably occupied by Simon de Meggill sometime in the 12th century.





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Old Photograph Barclay Street Stonehaven Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shops and people on Barclay Street in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Stonehaven was a Jacobite town during the Jacobite rising of 1715, and it was a safe base for the retreating Jacobite army to stay overnight on the night of 5th of February 1716. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Stonehaven, part of the Episcopalian north east, was again reliably Jacobite and it was one of the north eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment were periodically landed from France.



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Old Photograph Blacksmiths Dinnet Scotland

Old photograph of Blacksmiths outside a thatched smiddy cottage in Dinnet, Royal Deeside, Scotland.



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