Old Photograph Fishwives Stornoway Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives gutting herring by the harbour in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. This Scottish town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, under the name Stjórnavágr. This town, and what eventually became its present day version, grew up around a sheltered natural harbour well placed at a central point on the island for fishing boats and for the convenience of people from all over the island, to arrive at the port of Stornoway, either by family boat or horse drawn coach for ongoing travel and trade with the mainland of Scotland and to all points south.





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Old Photograph Post Office Kilbirnie Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

James Jameson was born in Kilbirnie on 15 August 1837. He was a notable British army surgeon during the late 19th century, seeing service during the Franco-Prussian War and heading the Army Medical Services from 1896 to 1901, during which time the Royal Army Medical Corps was established. He was educated at Glasgow University, and entered the Army as a staff assistant surgeon in 1857. He saw service in Canada in 1862 and in Trinidad in 1870, where he was promoted to Surgeon for service during a yellow fever epidemic. He commanded a division of the English Ambulance during the Franco Prussian War from 1870 to 1871 and was promoted to Surgeon Major in 1873. He was appointed Brigade Surgeon in 1883, deputy Surgeon General in 1888, and Surgeon Major General in 1893. In 1896, he succeeded Sir William MacKinnon as Director General in 1896, retaining the post until his retirement in 1901, by which time he had overseen operations in the Second Boer War. Jameson married the daughter of the Reverend Robert David Cartwright, of Kingston, Canada, who survived him with five sons and a daughter. He died at his home in Eltham on 13 September 1904 and was buried with military honours in Greenwich Cemetery on 17 September 1904.



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Old Photograph Commercial Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on Commercial Street in Dundee, Scotland. The upper part of Commercial Street was rebuilt in the re-planning of the old central area of the town. The eastern side was designed in an approximation to the Paris of 1876 but it was not finished until 1892. William Mackison, burgh engineer, began the design, in 1871. Its name indicates the considerable commercial activity in the town, especially in Trust business. The lower part of Commercial Street was laid out and partially completed by the Town Council in 1834, chiefly to give easy access to Exchange Street.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car And Passengers Trossachs Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car and passengers in the Trossachs, Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Paddle Steamer Tarbet Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a paddle steamer at the pier by Tarbet, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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