Old Photograph Mercat Cross Thornhill Scotland

Old photograph of people by the Mercat Cross on East Morton Street in Thornhill which is located north of Dumfries, Scotland. The Pegasus, or flying horse, on top of the Market Cross, is the emblem of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry since the 1300s. This area is the heart of the famous Clan Douglas, who effectively ran Scotland in bygone days.



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Old Photograph North Hermitage Street Newcastleton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people on North Hermitage Street in Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Newcastleton was built as a result of the land clearances in the 1790s when people were forced to move from Old Castleton village. The present village is within the historic boundaries of Roxburghshire, a few miles from the border of Scotland with England. The village is in Liddesdale and is on the Liddel Water, and is the site of Hermitage Castle.



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Old Photographs Railway Statiion Achanalt Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Achanalt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was on the Kyle of Lochalsh West Highland Line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Almondbank Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Almondbanka near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Opened on 1 January 1858 by the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway, later absorbed by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed to passenger traffic by the British Railways Board on 1 October 1951. The station remained open to goods traffic, servicing the local Royal Naval Workshops which had its own small branch line, connecting the site to the station. Almondbank Station was finally closed to goods traffic with the closure of the entire Perth to Crieff line on 25 January 1964.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Invergordon Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. On 26 November 1944, Royal Air Force Short Sunderland DD851 of the 4th Operational Training Unit departed Cromarty Firth, RAF Station Alness on an anti-submarine patrol of the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. During the initial climb a connecting rod on the starboard inner engine broke, the engine caught fire and fell off. The Sunderland, with a full load of fuel and depth charges then crashed into the railway line 2 miles northeast of Invergordon Railway Station where all 11 of the RCAF crew were killed. The crew are buried in the Stonefall Air Force Cemetery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.



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