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Old Photograph Dunmore Street Balfron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, Bus and people on Dunmore Street in Balfron located 18 miles West of Stirling, Scotland. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory village. The name means, village of mourning, in Gaelic. This originates from a legend that the village was attacked by wolves, which stole children out of their homes. In 1789, when Robert Dunmore built Ballindalloch Cotton Works he expanded the settlement from a hamlet of around 50 people to a bustling Industrial Revolution planned village with a population of almost 1,000 within a year. As the cotton boom began to fail, the arrival of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway transformed Balfron into a popular holiday resort.

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Balfron village in Stirlingshire located 18 miles West of Stirling, Scotland. The village is located It is situated near Endrick Water on the A875 road, 18 miles west of Stirling and 16 miles north of Glasgow. Although a rural settlement, it lies within commuting distance of Glasgow, and serves as a dormitory village. The name means village of mourning in Gaelic. This originates from a legend that the village was attacked by wolves, which stole children out of their homes. In 1789, when Robert Dunmore built Ballindalloch Cotton Works he expanded the settlement from a hamlet of around 50 people to a bustling Industrial Revolution planned village with a population of almost 1,000 within a year. As the cotton boom began to fail, the arrival of the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway transformed Balfron into a popular holiday resort. The station closed in 1951. 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 Ballogie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ballogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Most of Ballogie lies within the parish of Birse, although the northern part extends into the parish of Aboyne and Glentanar. The ancient name of the estate was Tillysnaught, and in 1650 belonged to a branch of the Roses of Kilravock. It passed afterwards to a Forbes, then the Innes and Farquharson families, before being sold to James Dyce Nicol, Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Buckie Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The station was opened by the Great North of Scotland Railway on its Moray Firth coast line in 1886, served by Aberdeen to Elgin trains. The Highland Railway had opened another station in Buckie two years previously, on a branch from Keith, but this closed in 1915. The Great North of Scotland Railway was absorbed by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1921 and became part of British Railways when the railways were nationalised in 1948. The station was closed on 6 May 1968. 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 Photographs Railway Station Annan Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Annan, near Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish railway station serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line 17½ miles North West of Carlisle, England. Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, then run by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. 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 Photographs Chalmers Street Ardrishaig Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, cars and people in Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is located at the southern entrance to the Crinan Canal, on the side of a hill bordering Loch Fyne immediately to the south of Lochgilphead. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.