Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of a vintage car and Ken Bridge by New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Ken Bridge, which links the village with the main road on the east side of the valley, was built in 1822 by the Scottish engineer, John Rennie, who also built the second London Bridge in England. John, born 7 June 1761, died 4 October 1821, was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, and docks. The youngest son of a farmer, he was born at Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian.
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Old photograph of shops, houses, church and people on Jarvey Street in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is by the M8 motorway 5 miles West of Livingston. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Richard Bladworth Angus was born on 28 May 1831, in Bathgate. He was a younger son of Alexander Angus, a merchant grocer from Rafford, Morayshire, and his wife Margaret Forrest from Bathgate. Alexander Angus was a friend of the father of Sir James Young Simpson, and five of his eight children came to Canada at various stages. Educated at Bathgate Academy, Richards' first employment was in Manchester, England, as a clerk with the Manchester and Liverpool Bank. In 1857, at Manchester, he married his wife, Mary Anne Daniels, the daughter of a Montreal wine merchant. In the same year as his marriage he went with his wife to Montreal and found employment as a book keeper with the Bank of Montreal, from where he advanced rapidly. He was a co-founder and vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway; President of the Bank of Montreal; President of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; President of the Montreal Art Association and co founder and President of the Mount Royal Club. He was the natural successor to Lord Mount Stephen as President of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, but did not desire the position; and he twice refused a knighthood. As one of Montreal's most prominent Scots Quebecers, he was elected President of the St Andrew's Society. In 1889, he co-founded the Mount Royal Club, where he was later President, and was a member of more than a dozen clubs throughout Canada, including: the St. James Club, of which he was formerly chairman; the Montreal Jockey Club; the Auto Club and Aero Club; the Forest and Stream Club; the Winter Club; the Rideau Club of Ottawa; The Toronto Club; the York Club and the Manitoba Club. He was an honorary member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. He died at his summer house, Pine Bluff, on 17 September 1922. On the day of his funeral, two days later, the CPR stopped all trains for two minutes, a symbolic gesture to one of its founding partners. He was buried at the Mount Royal Cemetery.
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Old photograph of shops, houses and people on Hopetown Street in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is by the M8 motorway 5 miles West of Livingston. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Richard Bladworth Angus was born in Bathgate on 28 May 1831. He was a Scottish Canadian financier, banker, and philanthropist. He was a co-founder and vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway; President of the Bank of Montreal; President of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; President of the Montreal Art Association and co-founder and President of the Mount Royal Club. He was the natural successor to Lord Mount Stephen as President of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, but did not desire the position; and he twice refused a knighthood. He died on 17 September 1922.
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Old photograph of thatched cottages in Gyaws, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Troon is famous for its Royal Troon golf course, one of the hosts to the Open Golf Championship. Troon Harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. Troon old railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The Grey Lady of Troon. The Grey Lady is a tale or fable that has surrounded Troon for years. She was first sighted by Jason Grant, a local farmer, in 1873.
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Old photograph of people outside the old Parish Church in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Founded in 1823, Troon Old Parish Church was recognized as a quoad sacra congregation church in 1837.
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