Old Photograph Glasterlaw Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, horse and cart and people in Glasterlaw by Friockheim, Angus, 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 Tram New Bridge Musselburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram on the New Bridge in Musselburgh, Scotland. The New Bridge over the River Esk was designed in 1806 by architect Sir John Rennie, with five arches and niched piers over rounded cutwaters. It was greatly widened in 1924 by Blyth & Blyth. 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 Lovers Walk Rothesay Scotland

Old photograph of Lovers Walk by Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. During the Victorian era, Rothesay developed as a popular tourist destination. It became hugely popular with visitors from Glasgow. 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 High School Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the High School in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. The school was established in 1582 as Kirkcaldy Burgh School; the " High School " name dates from the middle part of the 19th century. The school's motto is Usque conabor, " I will strive to my utmost ". The pupils of Kirkcaldy High School are organised into four different houses. Originally the House system was named after areas of Kirkcaldy, Balwearie, Raith, Ravenscraig, and St. Serfs. Now the houses are named after famous persons of the town. Oswald, named after an old Kirkcaldy family, at one time associated with the Dunnikier estate, on which the school is now sited. Adam Smith, named after the famous economist who wrote " The Wealth of Nations " and attended the school in the eighteenth century. Carlyle, named after the famous writer Thomas Carlyle who famously wrote " The French Revolution, A History " and taught at the school between 1816 and 1818.



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Old Photographs Polton Street Bonnyrigg Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, people, houses and school on Polton Street in Bonnyrigg located eight miles South East of Edinburgh, Scotland. Bonnyrigg, a small ex mining town in Midlothian, located eight miles South East of Edinburgh city centre. In 1766 a village called Bannockrigg, is shown on maps, then in 1815, the spelling changes to Bannocrig. This spelling remains until 1854, when for some unknown reason the spelling changes to the now familiar Bonnyrigg. The first church in Bonnyrigg was built in 1845 and its first minister was Thomas Pitcairn. In 1865 the villages of Bonnyrigg, Red Row, Polton Street, Hillhead and Broomieknowe combined to form the burgh of Bonnyrigg. Bonnyrigg was a mining village until the 1920s and had a carpet factory that was demolished in 1994. The village centre mostly dates from the 19th Century. Bonnyrigg railway station was a railway station that served the town of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland from 1855 to 1965 on the Peebles Railway. 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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