Old Photograph Pierhead Street Stromness Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car and bus on Pierhead Street in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland. It was a lively, crowded area where ships were supplied and crewed. The area includes the 18th century Login’s Inn, which provided water to sailors and was a hub for explorers.


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Old Photograph Little Duchrae Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage where Samuel Rutherford was born in Little Duchrae near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Samuel Rutherford Crockett, born 24th September 1859, died 16th April 1914, was a Scottish novelist. He was born at Duchrae, Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, the illegitimate grandson of a farmer. He was raised on his grandfather's Galloway farm, and graduated from Edinburgh University during 1879. His first successful story of The Stickit Minister was published during 1893.



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Old Photograph Grandholm Bridge Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of Grandholm bridge over the River Don in Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland. The Grandholm Bridge is a private bridge, constructed for the Crombie Mills in the 1920s.




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Old Photograph Cottage Nethy Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of elderly Scots outside a cottage in Nethy Bridge, Scotland. Known locally as simply as " Nethy " the village has, since Victorian times been a tourist destination noted for its quiet and secluded location at the edge of the Abernethy Forest. It is situated in the heart of Strathspey in the Highlands of Scotland between Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey.



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Old Photograph Kildonan House Barrhill Scotland

Old photograph of Kildonan House by Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Euan Wallace Member of Parliament inherited the estate on condition that he made it his home. He employed Miller to design this enormous house in English Manorial Revival style, complete with a theatre and indoor tennis courts. Kildonan was ready for occupation by 1923, the world it was designed for had all but vanished and the interiors were never completed. Captain David Euan Wallace, born 20 April 1892, died 9 February 1941, who went by his middle name of Euan, was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II. He was the son of John Wallace, of Glassingall, Dunblane, at that time in Perthshire. Wallace gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards Reserve, acted as a special Commissioner for the North East coast and acted as Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada in 1920 and was decorated with the award of the Military Cross. He was first elected to the House of Commons at Member of Parliament) for Rugby, England from 1922 to 1923, then represented Hornsey from 1924 until his death in 1941.



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