Old Photograph Bicycle Shop Bruntsfield Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a bicycle shop in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, Scotland. The modern district of Bruntsfield lies west of Bruntsfield Links, beyond which lies the district of Marchmont. Merchiston is to the west and Tollcross to the north. To the south and east lies the former estate of Greenhill, and to the south Morningside. The estate built on land originally belonging to Bruntsfield House is called Marchmont, which the Warrender family began feuing in 1872. Many of the street names reflect the association with that family. The whole area lay within the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh, from which a former farm Burghmuirhead took its name which passed eventually to a small area within Bruntsfield.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Lesmahagow Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. The Lesmahgow Railway, south of Glasgow in Scotland, was developed by a company known as The Lesmahagow Branches, later known as The Lesmahgow Guarantee Company. It was not an independent company in the usual sense. It was a financially independent, self contained unit within the framework of the Caledonian Railway. The shareholders and officers of both companies were mainly the same people. The line was built largely to transport the vast amount coal being produced by the many mines in the area. Royal assent was given to build the line in 1847 but construction did not commence till 1854. In 1856 the line was opened in stages. Later there was found to be a demand for passenger services which commenced in 1868.





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Old Photograph Candacraig House Scotland

Old photograph of Candacraig house in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This house was owned from 1998 until 2013 by Billy Connolly and his wife Pamela Stephenson. William " Billy " Connolly, CBE was born on 24 November 1942 at 69 Dover Street, in Anderston, Glasgow. He is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname " The Big Yin ", meaning The Big One. His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder, specifically a boilermaker, in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer, firstly in the Humblebums alongside friend Gerry Rafferty until 1971, and subsequently as a solo artist. In the early 1970s, he made the transition from folk singer with a comedic persona to fully fledged comedian. Best known to many as a stand-up comedian, he appears in several lists of the greatest comedians ever, where he is often placed at the top.



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Old Photograph Pitmurchie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pitmurchie house in Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Pitmurchie is in the Parish of Lumphanan which is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where King Malcolm III of Scotland defeated Macbeth of Scotland. Macbeth was mortally wounded on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan. The Prophecy of Berchán has it that he was wounded at Lumphanan and died at Scone, Perthshire, sixty miles to the South, some days later. Mac Bethad's stepson Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin was installed as king soon after.



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Old Photograph Tearoom Cambus O'May Scotland

Old photograph of a house and Tearoom in Cambus O'May, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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