Old Photograph Island Crofter Knitting Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter knitting outside a cottage on the Shetland Islands, 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 Girl Gathering Peat Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter girl and her mother gathering Peat on the Isle Of Skye, 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 Milk Maid Scotland

Old photograph of a Milk Maid outside her cottage in the Highlands of Scotland. A milkmaid, or milk maid, was a girl or woman employed to milk dairy cows. She also used the milk to prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese. 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 Railway Isle of Mull Scotland

Old photograph of the railway on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. The Isle of Mull Railway was a 260 mm gauge line, 1 1⁄4 miles long, which ran from the ferry terminal at Craignure to Torosay Castle. The line opened in 1983 and closed in October 2010.



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Old Photograph Lunna Kirk Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Lunna Kirk on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The present church was built by the fourth Hunter of Lunna in 1753, but it incorporates parts of an earlier building that goes back to pre Reformation days. Before there was a road to Lunna Kirk, many of the congregation would travel there by boat. On the rocks below the Kirk, a ring remains where the boats would be tied up. 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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