Old Photograph Nelson Street Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and houses on Nelson Street in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. Pirate William Kidd claimed on death row that he was born in Greenock, but subsequent evidence has shown that he was born either in Belfast, Ireland or Dundee. Robert Burns' lover Mary Campbell, Highland Mary, and her father sailed from Campbeltown to visit her brother in Greenock early in October 1786. Her brother fell ill with typhus, which she caught while nursing him. She died of typhus on 20 or 21 October 1786, and was buried in the Old West Kirk graveyard. In 1842 increasing interest in their romance led to a monument being erected by public subscription to mark the grave. In 1920 when the church site was needed to expand Harland and Wolff's shipyard, the monument was moved to its present site in Greenock Cemetery, with her remains being transferred to a casket and re-interred with due ceremony. The church itself was moved and rebuilt in its current location at the west end of the Esplanade in 1926.



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Old Photograph Brass Band Biggar Scotland

Old photograph of a Brass Band in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In the 14th century, the Fleming family were given lands in this area by Robert the Bruce, whose cause they had supported. This Scottish town is situated in the Southern Uplands, near the River Clyde, around thirty miles from Edinburgh along the A702. The closest towns are Lanark and Peebles. 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 Fincastle Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Fincastle, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Doune Broch Carloway Scotland

Old photograph of Doune Broch at Carloway on the Island of Lewis, Scotland. Dun Carloway was probably built in the 1st century AD. The broch was occasionally used in later times as a stronghold. The Morrisons of Ness put Dun Carloway into use in 1601. The story goes that they had stolen cattle from the MacAuleys of Uig. The MacAuleys wanted their cattle back and found the Morrisons in the broch. One of them, Donald Cam MacAuley, climbed the outer wall using two daggers and managed to smoke-out the inhabitants by throwing heather into the broch and then setting fire to it The MacAuleys then destroyed the broch.




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Old Photograph Paddle Steamer Wemyss Castle Elie Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the paddle steamer Wemyss Castle at the pier in Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish paddle steamer was built in 1872 originally for North British Steam Packet Co's Clyde services. The North British Railway was earlier than its rivals in operating its own steamers rather than relying on private owners to provide connections at the railheads. The Railway established the North British Steam Packet Company to run services from the railhead at Helensburgh to Dunoon and Rothesay and also to Ardrishaig, in competition with the route to the West Highlands operated by David Hutcheson. Two large steamers were ordered for the 1866 season which ended in operational and financial failure. A more limited service was resumed in 1869 and a regular service was established from the north bank of the Clyde.



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