Old Photograph Town Clock Hawick Scotland

Old photograph of cars and town clock in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. In the centre of the High Street is the Scots baronial style Town Hall, built in 1886, and the east end has an equestrian statue, known as the Horse, erected in 1914. 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 War Memorial Portknockie Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Portknockie, Moray Firth, Scotland.

Includes the following names;

David, Mair. AB Seaman Deck Hand, Royal Naval Reserve, Princess Beatrice, born in Portknockie, died at sea, aged 36, 05, October, 1914.
John Wood, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, born in Portknockie, died at sea, age 47, 26 Apr, 1917. Son of the late James and Helen Wood, of Portnockie. Husband of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen.
William George Wood, 2nd Deckhand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December 1915, aged 49. Son of John and Jessie Wood, of Portknockie. Husband of Beatrice Wood, of 16, Park Street, Portknockie, Banffshire.
James Wood, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 21. Son of Helen Wood, of 21, Reidhaven Street, Portknockie, Banffshire, and the late John Wood, Skipper, R.N.R.
William Mair, Deck Hand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, aged 19. Son of James and Margaret Mair, of Aranmore, Portknockie, Banffshire.
Robert Grant, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 26 February, 1916, aged 28. Son of Robert Grant & Mary Ann Wood. Husband of Barbara Ann Robertson.
John Mair, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 6 March, 1916, aged 23. Sister of Catherine, 333 Portnockie, Banffshire.
Peter Grant, Stoker 1st Class, born Glasgow, died at sea, 31 May, 1916, aged 26. Son of Elizabeth 22 Oakbank Street Glasgow.
John Wood, Skipper, Royal Naval Reserve, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 51. Husband of Helen Donaldson Wood, of 21, Reidhaven St., Portknockie, Banffshire.
John Wood, Engineman, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 26 April, 1917, aged 20. Son of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen, and the late John Wood, Skipper, native of Portnockie.
William George Wood, 2nd Deckhand, Royal Naval Reserve, born Portknockie, died at sea, 27 December, 1915, aged 49. Son of John and Jessie Wood, of Portknockie. Husband of Beatrice Wood, of 16, Park St., Portknockie, Banffshire.

The distance from Portknockie to Glasgow and Paisley is 200 miles.



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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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