Old Photograph Knockankelly Whiting Bay Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and farm in Knockankelly by Whiting Bay on the Island of Arran, Scotland. The village is approximately 3 miles south of the village of Lamlash. Whiting Bay is the third largest village on the island, after Lamlash and Brodick, and was once the site of the longest pier in Scotland. Like all villages on Arran, tourism is important to the village. To the north of the village at Kings Cross Point between Lamlash and Whiting Bay is an Iron Age fort known locally as the Viking Fort. According to local legend, this is the site where Robert the Bruce mistook farmers' fires on the mainland as the signal to launch his campaign. This site was also the location of a Viking ship burial excavated in the earlier 20th century. 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 Murray Place Lamlash Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cottages on Murray Place in Lamlash on the Island of Arran, Scotland. The village was the training place for No. 11 Scottish Commando during the early years of the Second World War. In general the Highland Clearances on Arran seem to have been less brutal than in many other places in Scotland, but when the crofters in Glen Sannox had to make way for large scale sheep farming, many of them saw no other option than to emigrate, and they departed from Lamlash. A plaque in the village recalls their departure and their new life as settlers in Canada with the following words: Erected on behalf of Arran clearance descendants across North America to their brave forefathers who departed from their beloved island home to Canada during the clearance years 1829 to 1840. Here at Lamlash on April 25th 1829 part of the clearance when embarking on the brig Caledonia the Reverend A Mackay preached, " Casting all your care upon him: for he careth for you. " The Caledonia arrived at Quebec City June 25th 1829. The group was the first of more than 300 Arran colonists of Megantic County, Province of Quebec, Canada. The largest group, more than 400, had as their destination the seaport town of Dalhousie, New Brunswick to be pioneer settlers of the Restigouche-Bay Chaleur District. " Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is highland ". A chlann eilean mo ghaoil bithibh dileas d'a cheile. 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 Photographs Cree Bridge Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of the Cree Bridge in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Cree Bridge links Newton Stewart with the small village of Minnigaff. The granite bridge was designed by John Rennie, born 1761, died 1821, who also designed the original Waterloo Bridge in London, England. Work began on the Cree Bridge in 1813. 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 Dining Room Fife Arms Hotel Braemar Scotland

Old photograph of the dining room in the Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar, Royal Deeside, Scotland. Historically the village of Braemar is situated in the upper end of the historical Earldom of Mar or literally the Braes o' Mar. Malcolm III with his first Queen came to the area in around 1059, and according to legend held a great gathering at the original settlement of Doldencha, situated under the present day graveyard. These days an annual Highland Games Gathering is held at Braemar on the first Saturday in September and is traditionally attended by the British Royal Family. 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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Tour Scotland Video Sean Regan Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of Sean Regan playing the flute outside St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. The term Irish Flute or Scottish Flute refers to a conical-bore, simple-system wooden flute of the type favoured by classical flautists of the early 19th century, or to a flute of modern manufacture derived from this design, often with modifications to optimize its use in Irish Traditional Music or Scottish Traditional Music. The vast majority of traditional Irish flute players use a wooden, simple-system flute.

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