Tour Scotland Video Scotch College Pipe Band Crieff Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scotch College Pipe Band marching through town at the Highland Gathering on ancestry visit to Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The Pipes and Drums of Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia.

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Old Photograph Clifford Street Ibrox Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a street sweeper and buildings on Clifford Street in Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland. Ibrox is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan. It is within walking distance of the new Pacific Quay Media Park, housing BBC Scotland, Scottish TV and other production companies along with the Glasgow Science Centre. The opening of the Clyde Arc provides easy road access to the north of the river. The home of football club Rangers F.C. is located in Ibrox and is known as Ibrox Stadium.



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Old Photograph Pearce Statue Govan Scotland

Old photograph of people below the Pearce Statue in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The statue was designed by Edward Onslow Ford and built in 1894 as a tribute to Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet, born 8 January 1833, died 18 December 1888. He was a British shipbuilder, under whose management the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan on the River Clyde became the leading shipbuilding company in the world. He was later a Conservative Party politician. He was born near Chatham in Kent, England, where he trained as a shipwright and naval architect at the Chatham Dockyard. He died suddenly at the age of 55 in his home on Piccadilly in London, England. He was survived by his wife Dinah Elizabeth Socoter, who was originally from Gravesend in Kent. Their only child was William George Pearce, who succeeded to the baronetcy.



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Old Photograph Cardonald School Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Cardonald School in Glasgow, Scotland. Cardonald School was established when a school building and teacher's house were built at the corner of Paisley Road West and Lammermoor Avenue. The two-roomed, single-storey school building was extended in 1899 with the addition of a second storey, and was further extended in 1911. Cardonald School remained the only school in the area until the 1930s when Lourdes Primary School and Angus Oval Primary School. Cardonald School closed in 1966, with Angus Oval Primary School being renamed as Cardonald Primary School.



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Old Photograph High Street Newburgh Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a church, shops, houses and people on the High Street in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. Newburgh's High Street is central to a town founded around the fishing settlement established by 1191, which became a burgh dependent on Lindores Abbey in 1266 and a Royal Burgh in 1631. The street features 18th and 19th-century buildings, a Town House built in 1808, and reflects the area's history of salmon fishing, weaving, and later the Tayside Floorcloth Company.
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