Old Photograph Green Hotel Kinross Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Green Hotel in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Racecourse Musselburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Racecourse in Musselburgh, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. 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 High Street New Galloway Scotland

Old photograph of people, shop, car, cottage, town clock and houses on the High Street in New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This village was formally founded in the 17th century by the Viscount of Kenmure and granted Royal Burgh status in 1630, this was to enable it to serve as a market town. However, Kirkcudbright, only 19 miles to the south, was larger and drew more traders. New Galloway thus grew very slowly and is the smallest Royal Burgh in Scotland.



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Old Photograph Tour Bus Kyle of Lochalsh Scotland

Old photograph of a coach tour bus and passengers at the ferry to Isle of Skye in Kyle of Lochalsh, across from Isle of Skye, Scotland. Kyle of Lochalsh is a village on the North West coast of the Scottish Highlands. It is located on the Lochalsh peninsula, at the entrance to Loch Alsh, opposite the village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two villages until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge, about a mile to the west, in 1995. Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is connected to Inverness by the Kyle of Lochalsh railway line, built in 1897 to improve public transport to the north west of Scotland. The line ends on the water's edge, near where the ferry connection used to run. 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 Trams Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of men going to work on Trams in Falkirk, Scotland. The Falkirk and District Tramways operated a tramway service in Falkirk between 1905 and 1936. The company started services on 21 October 1905. The company obtained most its initial tramcars from the Compagnie Générale de Construction of St Denis, France. Three others were obtained from Brush. The Scottish Motor Traction Company took over the company in 1935, and the tramway services were closed on 21 July 1936 in favour of its own bus services. Tramcar 14 survived and is now restored and in the custody of Falkirk Museums. 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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