Old Photograph Crofter Spinning Wheel Balmacara Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter with a spinning wheel outside a cottage in Balmacara village on the north shore of Loch Alsh near Kyle of Lochalsh, across from Isle of Skye, Scotland. Blog post 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 Bernera Barracks Glenelg Scotland

Old photograph of Bernera Barracks in Glenelg near the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Bernera Barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745. The barracks were built by Sir Patrick Strachan. Some of the stone used in the construction was taken from a nearby broch. The Government troops who were garrisoned here during the Jacobite uprisings were also intended to control the crossing to Skye. The barracks are now in ruins, a state which they appear to have entered by the close of the eighteenth century, shortly after the withdrawal of troops in 1797.



You can still sail over the sea to Skye on the ferry from Glenelg to Kylerhea on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph War Memorial East Wemyss Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Agnew John S.
Anderson David
Anderson Herbert
Ashwood John
Bertram Thomas
Brown Andrew
Brown Thomas
Burditt John
Burke Thomas
Burt Robert
Christie Norman
Clark James
Cooper Thomas
Craig Jack
Craig John
Craigie Alexander
Craigie John
Dorward Thomas P.
Fairfull Robert
Fleming Duncan
Fotheringham James
Frame John A.
Gordon Alexander J.
Gordon Douglas
Gourlay James
Gourlie Joseph
Gray Matthew
Guthrie Alexander
Hadden Charles
Heddie Andrew
Lawrie Andrew
Lindsay John R.
Locke Horace
MaGuire Charles
McCarthey George
McDonald David
McGregor Archibald
McKenzie William
Millie A. Stewart
Moodie Alexander
Morgan John
Morgan William
Morgan William Kyles
Murray J.C.D. Geddes
Murray John
Nisbet Robert
Oates William
Pake John
Powell Patrick J.G.
Queripel John
Rolland James
Ross James A.
Sanderson John
Scott Munro B.
Simpson Andrew
Simpson George
Simpson Robert
Simpson William
Spence Alexander
Stewart John
Thomson William
Torbett James
Turner George
Warrenden Robert
Welsh John
Whyte John
Williamson Henry
Wilson Alexander
Wilson James
Wyles William

The distance from East Wemyss to Glasgow and Paisley is 65 miles





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Old Photograph Redhaven Street Whitehills Scotland

Old photograph of a church, car, cottages and people on Redhaven Street in Whitehills located three miles West of Banff, Scotland. A five miles long coastal path stretches from the Whitehills Harbour to Banff Harbour.



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Old Photograph Savings Bank Govan Scotland

Old photograph of the Savings Bank in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. Govan located on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick. Historically it was part of the County of Lanark. Govan was at one point; the centre of the world renowned Clydeside shipbuilding industry, but few shipyards remain today. In 1841, Robert Napier began iron shipbuilding in Govan, and in 1843 produced its first ship, the Vanguard. He also procured a contract with the Royal Navy to produce vessels, notably the Jackal, the Lizard, and the Bloodhound. He also allowed naval officers in training to visit the shipyard to familiarise themselves with the new vessels. Napier's Shipyard in Govan was later acquired by William Beardmore and Company in 1900, before being sold on to Harland & Wolff in 1912. It finally closed in 1962 and most of the site was redeveloped into housing. Govan's other major shipbuilding firm was founded in the 1860s as: Randolph, Elder and Company, later becoming John Elder and Company. In 1885, the yard moved further west to its present site and was reorganised as the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd. This company continued until 1965, when it filed for bankruptcy. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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