Old photograph of shops, cars, people, houses and the Tudor Cinema on Fenwick Road in Giffnock located six miles from Paisley, Scotland. Giffnock was primarily a scattered farming community until late 1780. In 1835, the first sandstone quarry in Giffnock opened. Before long, the town became known for this industry, and at its peak, there were four quarries in Giffnock, three surface quarries and one underground quarry, which together employed over 1,000 men. Sandstone from the Giffnock quarries was primarily used within the nearby city of Glasgow and can be found in older parts of the University of Glasgow and the interior of Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Coal mining was also carried out in Giffnock, between 1850 and 1926.
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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 Carts And Carters Whistlefield Scotland
Old photograph of carts and Carters by the hotel in Whistlefield near, Dunoon, Scotland. Scottish Carters Worked with horses and carts on farms or in towns and villages. 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 River Lyne West Linton Scotland
Old photograph of the River Lyne by West Linton, Scotland. West Linton a village and civil parish in the Tweeddale area of the Scottish Borders previously the in the historic county of Peeblesshire. At the end of the eighteenth century there were between twenty and thirty looms in the village, rising to about eighty in the early nineteenth century, some weaving household goods but most weaving cotton cloth for Edinburgh and Glasgow merchants. It is estimated that in 1834 about fifty hands worked in the mines and quarries of the area. In 1834 there were five tailors in the village, four dressmakers, two butchers, five carriers, nine retailers of meal, groceries and spirits, two surgeons and four innkeepers. 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 Victoria Street Craigellachie Moray Scotland
Old photograph of cyclists, car, houses and people on Victoria Street in Craigellachie near Aberlour located twelve miles South of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada, is named after the Scottish village and is the place where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven in November 1885. Craigellachie has two malt whisky distilleries, Craigellachie and The Macallan, and is home to the Speyside Cooperage. 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 Photographs Townhead Street Lockerbie Scotland
Old photograph of children, a horse and cart, shops, houses, cottages and church on Townhead Street in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town is located approximately 75 miles from from Glasgow, and 20 miles from the border with England. The town came to international attention in December 1988 when the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed there following a terrorist bomb attack aboard the flight. 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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