Old Photograph Pipe Band Cowal Highland Games Dunoon Scotland

Old photograph of a Pipe Band at the Cowal Highland Games in Dunoon, Scotland. The first Cowal Games was held in Dunoon in 1894, and attracted fewer than 2,000 spectators. By 1901, attendances reached 5,000, and the first overseas competitor, an American athlete, took part. 1906 saw the introduction of a pipe band competition. In 1929, the first approaches from Scottish societies overseas were received, and this has continued as expatriates the world over have turned to Dunoon for advice and practical assistance in setting up their own Gatherings. After a break during the years of World War II, the first post war Gathering, in 1946, attracted attendances of 28,000. However, the record attendance, to date at least, was in 1950 when 30,000 visitors attended, one of whom was then Prime Minister Clement Attlee.



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Old Photograph Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe Scotland

Old photograph of Kilchurn Castle on a rocky peninsula at the north eastern end of Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish castle was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glen Orchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane also known as the Breadalbane family branch, of the Clan Campbell. It was built in about 1450 by Sir Colin Campbell, first Lord of Glenorchy, as a five storey tower house with a courtyard defended by an outer wall. By about 1500 an additional range and a hall had been added to the south side of the castle. Further buildings went up during the 16th and 17th centuries. Kilchurn was on a small island in Loch Awe scarcely larger than the castle itself, although it is now connected to the mainland as the water level was altered in 1817.



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Old Photograph Pitcruvie Castle Largo East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Pitcruvie Castle located North of Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish castle was originally a late 15th century stone rectangular three storey tower house, founded by Lord Lindsay of the Byres. John Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay of Pitcruvy, the Master of Lindsay, and grandson of Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay. He became Lord Lindsay of the Byres in 1526, and also assumed the disputed office of Sheriff of Fife. According to Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie he was compelled to give over some of his lands to the Earl of Angus, who was at that time very powerful because he had custody of the young James V of Scotland. He was made an Extraordinary Senator of the College of Justice on 27 June 1532. John, an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1541, was present at the trials of Sir John Borthwick for heresy and James Hamilton of Finnart for treason. John witnessed the death of James V at Falkland Palace. In 1543, John Lindsay and seven other lords took custody of the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, and conveyed her from Linlithgow Palace to Stirling Castle. 264. John was one of the commanders at the Scottish victory against England at the battle of Ancrum in 1545. During the Scottish Reformation, John mediated between the French troops of Mary of Guise and the Protestant Lords of the Congregation at Cupar Muir on 19 June 1559, arranging a truce.



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Old Photograph Spiggie Bridge Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the Spiggie Bridge, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The bridge was built in 1907. The name " Spiggie " is derived from the Old Norse word Spikka, which refers to an old Norse river in the area.


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Old Photograph Thatched Cottages Montgomerie Street Girvan South Ayrshire Scotland

Old photographs of thatched cottages and church on Montgomerie Street in Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland.



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