Old Photograph Rosemount Place Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on Rosemount Place in Aberdeen, Scotland. When referring to Rosemount, the area is generally taken to include Rosemount Place and the surrounding streets. It is situated to the north west of the city centre and is bounded by Berryden, Midstocket and Queens Cross. The area is largely Victorian with grey granite tenement blocks representative of the period. At the west end of Rosemount larger houses exist on streets such as Belvidere Crescent. Victoria Park can be found in the north of the area. Rosemount Place itself is now a very busy street for both cars and pedestrian and has small shops lining almost the entire street. It maintains a lot of traditional premises such as butchers, fishmongers, cheese shops and bakers. It has a number of smaller boutique shops. This area is one of the few still in existence in Aberdeen where a large number of independent stores can be found. Due to this fact, it remains popular and many businesses are prosperous, with empty units rare.



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Old Photograph Whaling Boats Stromness Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Norwegian whaling boats in the harbour in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Whitehall Stronsay Scotland

Old photograph of houses, cottages and children in Whitehall village on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Whitehall takes its name from a house built in the 1670s by Patrick Fea, a retired privateer, whose descendant John Fea pioneered the kelp burning industry on the island in 1722. The fall of the herring industry came with over fishing, and the outbreak of WWII. At its height, 300 boats were moored in Whitehall harbour, along with fifteen curing stations, and 1500 fishwives. The island of Stronsay itself is now agricultural, but during the 18th and 19th centuries, kelp collection and herring curing employed up to five thousand people. The population, which is high for a Scottish island, was over a thousand for the entire 19th century through the mid 20th century, with the 1891 census recording a population of 1275 people, excluding seasonal itinerants involved in the herring industry.



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Old Photograph Procession To Strathcona Hall Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the procession to Strathcona Hall on 25th September 1906 for the royal opening of Marischal College extensions in Aberdeen, Scotland. Construction of Marischal College building began in the 1830s and a second phase was completed in 1906.



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Old Photograph Earl Jellicoe Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Earl Jellicoe outside a house by Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, born 5 December 1859, died 20 November 1935, was a Royal Navy officer. In July 1902 Jellicoe married Gwendoline Cayzer, daughter of the shipping magnate Sir Charles Cayzer; they had a son and five daughters. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during World War I. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial: he made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port, at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain, but at the time the British public were disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a victory on the scale of the Battle of Trafalgar. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoy, but was removed at the end of 1917. Jellicoe was created Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa Flow on 7 March 1918. He also served as the Governor-General of New Zealand in the early 1920s.



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