Old Photograph Paddle Steamer Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of a paddle steamer leaving the pier and castle in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, 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 George Watson's College Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of pupils outside George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. The school was established according to the instructions of George Watson, born 1654, died 1723, who bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to found a school for the provision of post primary boarding education. The school opened as George Watson's Hospital on Whitsunday, 17 May 1741. The initial roll consisted of 11 boys, aged 9 to 10 years; by 1749 there were 30. By 1749 there were 30, while in 1842 pupils numbered 86. In 1869, the original hospital building was sold to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. When the infirmary sought to expand in 1871, the school moved a short distance west to the former Merchant Maiden Hospital building in Archibald Place. 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 Necropolis Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Necropolis in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery located on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried here. Typically for the period only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone. Approximately 3500 monuments exist here. The planning of the cemetery began formally by the Merchants' House of Glasgow in 1831, and Glasgow Necropolis officially opened in April 1833. Predating the cemetery, the statue of John Knox sitting on a column at the top of the hill, dates from 1825. Alexander Thomson designed a number of its tombs, and John Bryce and David Hamilton designed other architecture for the grounds.



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Old Photograph Duke Of Wellington Statue Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Duke Of Wellington statue in Edinburgh, Scotland. This statue, erected in 1852, stands outside Register House. The bronze statue of the Duke mounted on a rearing horse was sculpted by Sir John Steel, born, 1804, died 1891. 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 Prince Albert Statue Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Prince Albert statue in Edinburgh, Scotland. This statue stands in the centre of Charlotte Square, in front of West Register House. In 1861 a plan was drawn up by Robert Matheson, Clerk of Works for Scotland for a larger, more square garden in Charlotte Square, centred upon a memorial to the recently deceased Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria. The commission for the sculpture was granted in 1865 to Sir John Steell. The main statue features an equestrian statue of the prince, in field marshal's uniform, dwarfing the four figures around the base. It was unveiled by Queen Victoria herself in 1876. The stone plinth was designed by the architect David Bryce and the four corner figures are by David Watson Stevenson. 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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