Old Photograph Geordie Gibb Whisky Shop Markinch Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Geordie Gibb Whisky Shop in Markinch village in Fife, Scotland. During the industrial revolution in the middle of the 19th century, the village started to adapt to spinning and weaving production. The use of water wheels of the corn and meal mills encouraged new industries to begin along the River Leven on land between Auchmuty, now part of Glenrothes, and Milton of Balgonie in the form of paper mills, bleach mills and ironworks. Papermaking was an important local employer based on the town's close proximity to the River Leven.



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Tour Scotland Video Gavin Munro That Bar and Loft Nightclub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro from the Red Pine Timber Company Band singing Your Cheatin' Heart in That Bar and Loft Nightclub in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Longstay Band That Bar and Loft Nightclub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Longstay Band singing Folsom Prison Blues in That Bar and Loft Nightclub in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Harry Lauder And His Wife Scotland

Old photograph of Harry Lauder and his wife during the last days before his death in Scotland. Harry was the eldest of seven children to John Lauder, a potter, and his wife Isabelle née Macleod. John Lauder, was a descendent of Lauders of the Bass, and Isabella was born in Arbroath in Angus, to a family from the Black Isle. Lauder's father moved to Newbold, Derbyshire, England, in 1882 to take up a job designing china, but died of pneumonia later that year. Upon his death, Isabella moved the family to Arbroath and Harry worked part-time at the local flax. The following year he moved independently to Hamilton, South Lanarkshire where he was employed as a miner, a job which he maintained for the next decade. On 19 June 1891, at age 21, Lauder married Ann, daughter of James Vallance, a colliery manager in Hamilton. At around that time, Lauder initiated a singing career and gained a reasonable reputation as a singer and comedian with local concert parties. To pass the time, Lauder sang to fellow miners who encouraged him to perform in local music halls. While singing in nearby Larkhall, he received 5 shillings, the first time he was paid for singing. He received further engagements including a weekly " go as you please " night held by Mrs. Christina Baylis at her Scotia Music Hall, Metropole Theatre in Glasgow. By the 1900s, Lauder had become the highest paid performer in the world, and was the first Scottish artist to sell a million records. He raised vast amounts of money for the war effort during World War I, for which he was subsequently knighted in 1919. He went into semi retirement in the mid 1930s, but briefly emerged to entertain troops in World War II. By the late 1940s he was suffering from long periods of ill health and died in Scotland in 1950. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Hotel Poolewe Wester Ross Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel and cottages in Poolewe, Wester Ross, Scotland. The Northern Lights are often visible from this Scottish village depending on the weather and time of year, though winter is best. Inverewe Garden is a botanical garden in the Scottish Highlands. It is located just to the north of Poolewe in Wester Ross, and is noted for the breadth of its collection.



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