Old Photograph Kitchen Staff Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of kitchen staff in a mansion house in Edinburgh, 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 Photographs Fortrose Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Fortrose, Moray Firth, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Bridge Street Girvan Scotland

Old photographs of shops, buildings and people on Bridge Street in Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is stituated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, 21 miles South of Ayr, and 29 miles North of Stranraer, and is the main ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland. The opening of the railways, initially with the Maybole and Girvan Railway at the end of the 1850s, encouraged the development of Girvan as a seaside resort with beaches and cliffs. Most of the streets in the south east of Girvan are named after trees, examples are Maple Drive, Elder Avenue, Pine Quadrant, etc. 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 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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