Old Photograph Westbourne Gardens Kelvinside Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Westbourne Gardens in Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland. The developers of Hillhead, Kelvinside and Dowanhill sought to entice the burgeoning mercantile classes of Glasgow to grand new terraced and detached houses using the attractions of the fresh air and hilltop views, as well as the distance from the less salubrious sections of the city. Eventually, many of the great names in Glasgow commerce resided in the West End, and after the University of Glasgow moved to Gilmorehill in 1870, the area also became the home of the city's academic elite. In order to attract the cream of Glasgow society, the developers of the West End had to offer the highest standard of suburban building. In the second half of the nineteenth century Glasgow had many gifted architects who were capable of providing designs for these superlative buildings. Among the most renowned were: Charles Wilson, designer of Kirklee Terrace but best known for the Park Circus area on Woodlands Hill; Alexander " Greek " Thomson designer of Great Western Terrace, Westbourne Terrace and Northpark Terrace; John T. Rochead designer of Buckingham Terrace, Buckingham Terrace West and Grosvenor Terrace; and James Thomson designer of Crown Circus, Crown Gardens, Ashton Terrace, Belhaven Terrace, Belhaven Terrace West and Devonshire Terrace. Other architects who built the West End, and also lived there, were James Miller, John Keppie, Sir John J. Burnet, and, of course, Charles Rennie Mackintosh whose house at 78 Southpark Avenue was demolished in 1963 and the interior features stored away for nearly twenty years before being reconstructed to form part of the Hunterian Art Gallery at Glasgow University.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Tram To Ninewells In Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram going to Ninewells in Dundee, Scotland. The first municipal public transport in Dundee was operated by Dundee and District Tramways. From 1877, these were generally horse-drawn, but by June 1885 steam cars with green and white livery were introduced. Unusually, the tram lines were publicly built and owned, although initially leased by police commissionaires to private companies. All routes came under direct municipal control in 1893, which allowed the city to adopt overhead electric lines to power the trams. Between 1899 and 1902 the tramways were fully electrified. The first electric tram in Dundee started on 12 July 1900. The route ran from High Street to Ninewells in the West via Nethergate and Perth Road with a later route running to Dryburgh in the North.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photographs Hotel And Golf Course Turnberry Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel and golf course in Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. A Scottish golf resort on the coast of the outer Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire on the rugged coast, it now comprises three links golf courses, a golf academy, a five-star hotel, designed by James Miller and completed in 1906.

Old photograph of a golf course in Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland.

All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph River Tweed Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of boys by the River Tweed near Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is 97 miles long and flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Tweed cloth derives its name from its association with the River Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great salmon fishing rivers of Britain.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.

Old Photograph Newton Bridge Sma Glen Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Newton Bridge in The Sma Glen near Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. This was one of the traditional drove roads along which Highland cattle could be moved on the hoof. It linked Highland and Lowland Scotland. Its present name is a modern one for originally it was known as An Caol Ghleann, The Narrow Glen. Bonnie Prince Charlie marched through the glen on his way to the infamous massacre at Culloden in 1746. In the 18th century General Wade built a military road through the glen. Malcolm III of Scotland also marched through the glen to recover his kingdom from the usurper Macbeth. The Romans even built a fort and watchtower at Fendoch.



All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.