Old Photograph Ardeneden Garden Scotland

Old photograph of people in the gardens at Ardeneden near Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Promenade Joppa Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of people on the Promenade in Joppa a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. Joppa is now largely residential, but salt was once produced from sea water by evaporation at Joppa Pans. Practically nothing remains of the industrial buildings. On 16 October 1939 the German Luftwaffe made a daylight air raid up the Forth to bomb British battleships, HMS Edinburgh, HMS Mohawk and HMS Southampton, at Rosyth across the Firth of Forth in Fife. This was the first daylight air raid on Britain. Houses in Morton Street, Joppa, were damaged as a result of the bombing. The German pilots shot down during the raid were buried, following a ceremony at St Philip's Church, in nearby Portobello Cemetery which lies on Milton Road East. They were the first enemy casualties of the Second World War to be buried on British soil. 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 Drylaw Crescent Blackhall Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Drylaw Crescent in Blackhall a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Royal Hotel Milnathort Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Hotel in Milnathort, Perthshire, Scotland. Located on the A91, the main Stirling to St Andrews, Fife, road, Milnathort was developed as a market town with cotton weavers and makers of tartan shawls and plaids.



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Old Photographs St John Street Creetown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, people and Ellangowan Hotel on St John Street in Creetown near the head of Wigtown Bay, 18 miles Weest of Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village dates from 1785, and became a burgh of barony in 1792. Sir Walter Scott laid part of the scene of Guy Mannering in this neighborhood. Dr Thomas Brown, the metaphysician, born 1778, died 1820, was a native of the parish in which Creetown lies.



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