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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Old Photograph Woman Stranraer Scotland

Old photograph of a woman in Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Around 1600, Stranraer had become the market town for western Wigtownshire. At about this time, Stranraer was reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the Plantation of Ulster. Stranraer became a royal burgh in 1617. The first harbour in Stranraer was built in the middle of the 18th century, with further port development in the 1820s. The arrival of the railway from Dumfries in 1861, which closed in 1965), which gave the shortest journey to/from London, England, established Stranraer as the area's main port. In 1862, the line was extended to serve the harbour directly, and a link to Portpatrick was also opened. In 1877, a rail connection north to Girvan and Glasgow was also established. Stranraer remained the main Scottish port for the Irish ferries for the next 150 years or so. 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 Family Huntly Scotland

Old photograph of a family in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Huntly is the historic home of the Gordon Highlanders regiment which traditionally recruited throughout the North East of Scotland. John Perie VC was born in 1831 in Huntly. he was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He died on 17 September 1874. Huntly was the home town of the writer George MacDonald born 1824, died 1905. Ian Cameron, father of British Prime Minister, David Cameron, was from Glass, Huntly; he was born at Blairmore House. 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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