Old Photograph Wylie Barr And Ross Bakery Paisley Road Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Wylie Barr and Ross Bakery at 365 Paisley Road in Glasgow, Scotland. The premises was also known as the Sunshine Bakery in 1918. The Company went into voluntary liquidation in 1953. The factory was taken over by Scribbans-Kemp, Scotland, Limited.

The Barr surname of Scottish origin is locational from two places so called, in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, and derives from the Gaelic " barr ", height or hill. There is a Middle English word " barre ", with the same meaning, thus it is thought that this name could be topographical for one living near a place of that description. In Scotland Albyn de Barr was baillie of Ayr in 1340. Anne Barr married John Bickerton on October 21st, 1731 at Christchurch, Greyfriars, Newgate in London, England.



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Old Photograph Pitcastle House Strathtay Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Pitcastle House in Strathtay, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees Spittalfield Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of trees by Spittalfield, Perthshire, Scotland. Spittalfield is located between Caputh and Meikleour, on the A984 road 6 miles east of Dunkeld.

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Old Photograph Balevullin Isle of Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of a thatched cottage in Balevullin on the on the North West corner of the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. James Galbraith was Head of the Parochial School at Balevullin from 1874. James and his wife Janet with two of their Donald grandchildren, still lived at the croft house at Balevullin around 1890. James and his family were originally from Gigha. The Duke of Argyll displaced the MacLeod family off their croft to Kilmoluaig to make way for them. After James` death the family`s title to the croft at Balevullin was challenged by the Duke, despite one of James` daughters, Sarah, now living in Glasgow, continuing to pay the rent, and her two sisters still living there. One sister, Mary Galbraith, married John MacDonald of Cornaigmore in 1907 and they continued to run the croft. However, after 10 years of pursuit, the Duke took the matter to Court and the croft was given up around 1913.



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Old Photograph Whaling Ship Queen Alexandra Collafirth Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the whaling ship, owned by the Alexandra Whale Fishing Company, with a whale in tow, arriving at the Norwegian whaling station at Collafirth on the Shetland Islands, Scotland.



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