Old Photograph Railway Station Torphins Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Deeside Railway line, used by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when they travelled by Royal carriage to Ballater, passed through this area until 1966.



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Old Photographs Airth Scotland

Old photograph of stables, Post Office and houses in Airth located six miles North of Falkirk, Scotland. The village has a long association with the River Forth and it was on the banks of the river that a royal dockyard was created. It was used during the years 1507 to 1513 in the reign of King James IV to build ships of war at the pool of Airth. History reveals that a primitive form of dry dock was used. Strong timbers would be used to form the “stocks” for the vessel and a clay dam would prevent the river from penetrating the working area. When the ship was ready, the dam would be breached, at high tide, to enable it to float out into the river. The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships. A number of smaller vessels from the village were burned by loyalist troops and that proved damaging to Airth's subsequent development as a port. However, as late as 1820 sloops built in the shipyards at Airth were among those recorded as operating in the middle of the Forth.

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Old Photograph Glenramskill Scotland

Old photograph of Glenramskill hamlet near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. There used to be a Scottish whisky distillery here in 1825 which was sold to Robert Relston in 1837. The distillery was finally closed in 1852.



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Old Photograph Gledfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Gledfield House by Ardgay, Sutherland, Scotland. The original house at Gledfield dates from the early 18th. century. The estate was purchased in the 1850s by the Matheson family who were largely responsible for the restoration of the property during the late 19th. century. The Matheson wealth was derived from the Jardine Matheson empire, the great traders of the Far East. Modifications and improvements were carried out by the well known architects Ross & Macbeth, under the instruction of Sir Kenneth Matheson, from 1895 to 1907. 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 Shore Road Stevenston Scotland

Old photograph of houses and Ardeer Parish Church on Shore Road in Stevenston in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The church was officially opened on Friday, 14 June 1895, the dedicatory service being conducted by the Reverend Alexander Robertson McEwan. Reverend Andrew Morris Moodie’s first sermon in the new church was to the children on the afternoon of Sunday, 16 June 1895. It is early 20th century red sandstone Gothic building in the perpendicular style, designed by John Bennie Wilson. Perpendicular Gothic, it has an octagonal two-stage tower, with corbelled shafts at the angles to the upper stage flanking bipartite belfrey louvred lights; the parapet has battlements and truncated pinnacles are located at the angles.



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