Old Photograph Horse And Cart And Gardener Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and gardener in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Gypsy Camp Near Pitlochry Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a gypsy camp near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Highland Travellers also known as Tinkers are closely tied to the native Highlands, and many traveller families carry clan names like Macfie, Stewart, MacDonald, Cameron, Williamson and Macmillan. They followed a nomadic or settled lifestyle; passing from village to village and are strongly identified with the native Gaelic speaking population. Continuing their nomadic life, they would often pitch their tents on rough ground on the edge of the village and earn money there as tinsmiths, hawkers, horse dealers or pearl fishermen. Many found seasonal employment on farms, e.g. at the berry picking or during harvest time.

Old photograph of a woman cooking food at a gypsy camp near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Factory Workers Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of factory workers in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The town of Paisley once supported a number of engineering works some of which relied on the textile industry, others on shipbuilding. Paisley once had five shipyards including John Fullerton and Company, Bow, McLachlan and Company and Fleming and Ferguson. These have declined in the area, with engineering firms such as Fullerton, Hodgart and Barclay and Whites Engineering all now closed.



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Old Photograph Fishwives With Creels Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives with creels under the cliffs in Auchmithie, This was the location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishwives With Creels Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives with creels outside a a cottage in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

James Oswald was born in Crail in 1710. He was a Scottish composer, arranger, cellist, and music publisher, who was appointed as Chamber Composer for King George III but also wrote and published many Scottish folk tunes. As a young man he worked in Dunfermline, Fife as a musician and dancing master. Throughout his career he maintained an interest in traditional Scottish music, but he also composed in classical style galant forms. In 1741 he left Edinburgh for London where he eventually set up his own publishing house and published the Caledonian Pocket Companion, a collection of Scottish folk tunes. He was appointed Chamber Composer to George III in 1761, when George became King. He died in 1769.



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