Old Photograph 1906 Football Team Kilmarnock Scotland

Old photograph of the 1906 Football Team in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boats Harbour Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Historically, Thurso was known for its linen cloth and had a thriving tanning business. Fishing has always been of major significance in the running of the local economy, and the Thurso Shipowner's Association overlooked much of the shipping activity.



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Old Photograph Montgomery Street Irvine Scotland

Old photograph of shops, horses and carts, buildings, church and people on Montgomery Street in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Irvine was the site of Scotland's 12th century Military Capital and former headquarters of the Lord High Constable of Scotland, Hugh de Morville. It also served as the Capital of Cunninghame and was, at the time of David I, Robert II and Robert III one of the earliest capitals of Scotland. The town was once a haunt of Robert Burns, after whom two streets in the town are named: Burns Street and Burns Crescent. He is known to have worked in a flax mill on the Glasgow Vennel. There are also conflicting rumours that Mary, Queen of Scots stayed briefly at nearby Seagate Castle.



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Old Photograph Kirk Wynd Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people, buildings and Commercial Bank on Kirk Wynd Street in Falkirk, Scotland. George Forrest who was born in Falkirk on 13 March 1873, was a Scottish botanist, who became one of the first explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country. Robert Dollar, also known as Captain Robert Dollar, who was born in 1844 in Bainsford, Falkirk. was a Scots American industrialist. The title Captain was honorary and he was called the Grand Old Man of the Pacific. Both were bestowed after his entry into the shipping industry. Dollar became a lumber baron, shipping magnate, philanthropist; he was also a Freemason. His biography and an extensive introduction by him is contained within the book, Men Who Are Making the West 1923. Thomas Clement Douglas was born in Falkirk on 20 October 1904. He was a Canadian social democratic politician and Baptist minister. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. He left federal politics to become the Saskatchewan CCF's leader and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961. His government was the first social democratic government in North America, and it introduced the continent's first single payer, universal health care program. Robert D. Wilson was born in Falkirk on February 3, 1839. He was an American farmer and politician. Wilson emigrated to the United States in 1854 and settled in the Town of Melrose, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Wilson was a farmer who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1880 and was a Republican


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Old Photograph Fishing Boat Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat leaving the harbour in St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. St Monans, often spelt St Monance, is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife and is named after the legendary Saint Monan. Situated approximately 3 miles west of Anstruther, this small community, whose inhabitants formerly made their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Walking Path. The village takes its name from St Monance who was killed by invading Danes in about 875. St Adrian was killed on the Isle of May in the same raid and 6,000 Fife Christians are said to have died.



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