Old Photograph Crofter Tarfside Scotland

Old photograph of an elderly crofter with her spinning wheel outside her thatched cottage in Tarfside in Glenesk, Angus, Scotland. Tarfside is a small hamlet situated in the upper course of the Glen Esk valley of the River North Esk around 8 miles north of Edzell. History 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 Making Kippers In Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of making Kippers in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked over smouldering woodchips. History 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 Fishwives Harbour Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives at the harbour in Aberdeen, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishermen And Fishing Boat Ullapool Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen on a fishing boat near Ullapool, Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring fishing port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides. The village lies on the A835 road from Inverness. The Ullapool River flows through the village. History 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 Fish Gutters Ullapool Scotland

Old photograph of fish gutters in Ullapool, Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides. The town was historically in Cromartyshire, a county made up of many separate enclaves scattered across northern Ross-shire. Cromartyshire was abolished and combined with surrounding Ross-shire in 1890.



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