Old Photographs Crofters With Oxen And Carts Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of crofters with an Oxen and carts on Fair Isle, Scotland. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands. For two thousand years and more, oxen, or bullocks, were the main beasts of burden on British farms and roads. Then, in the 40 years from 1800 to 1840, they all but disappeared, hustled into history by social reforms, industrialisation and a growing need for speed. 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 Passenger Bus Ayr Scotland

Old photograph of a passenger bus in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boat And Crew Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of fisherman in a fishing boat by the Fair Isle, Scotland. Fair Isle is the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney island. The majority of the sixty islanders live in the crofts on the southern half of the island. Fair Isle has been occupied since the Bronze Age. Fair Isle is known for a traditional style of knitting. 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 Kylesku Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of the ferry to Kylesku in Sutherland, Scotland. Kylesku is a small, remote fishing hamlet in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It is located where Loch Glencoul and Loch Gleann Dubh join to form a sea passage Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin which links to Eddrachillis Bay. 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 Camping John O' Groats Scotland

Old photograph of people camping at John o' Groats, Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish place takes its name from Jan de Groote, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, recently acquired from Norway, from James IV, King of Scots, in 1496.



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