Old Photograph The Den Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of people walking in the Den in Kirriemuir, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Birthplace J.M. Barrie Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of the birthplace of J. M. Barrie, born on May 9, 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. J.M. Barrie was a Scottish dramatist, best known for writing Peter Pan in 1904, or The Boy Who Would Never Grow Up. The son of Scottish weavers, he moved to London, England, to pursue his interest in becoming a playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired his masterpiece. Based on Barrie's enchanting characters, Disney created the animated classic, Peter Pan, in 1953.



Tour Scotland video of the J. M. Barrie memorial fountain in Kirriemuir, Scotland. This fountain which is no longer used as such is decorated with motifs drawn from the works of J. M. Barrie including Mary Rose, Peter Pan, The Boy David and the Window in Thrums. The Boy David holds a sling in one hand and a heavy sword in the other. Peter Pan is also given a sword. The inscription reads, " In memory of James M. Barrie, novelist and playwright, 1860 to 1937.

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Tour Scotland Photographs At Dusk Christmas Eve Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2011, in Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is where I was raised in Scotland, but not as you might think. Sometime, between six weeks and six months old, I was removed from Buckhaven, where I was born on December 12th, and taken to Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife. It was all over for me and the woman and man whose baby I was. They were gone for good, and I was just gone. I was locked away and treated very badly as a child, and I learned early never to cry. So, I walked, always walked. No car, no bus, no money. I can't remember a time when I wasn't walking by the seashore. It was my survival from the very start.

As a teenager I had anger so big it would fill up Cellardyke harbour. I used to feel completely hopeless. I was a solitary person, as I can be today, always longing for just one person to know me, to really know me. As a young person growing up in Cellardyke, everyone saw me, but no one knew me; no one knew what I was going through. I lived in a home that did not represent a safe and loving haven. I knew I did not belong there, and when I could, I left, with nowhere to leave to. From that day forward I vowed that no one would ever get to to lock me in or lock me out again.

I decided that every day for the rest of my life, wherever I was, I would look for a beauty in my surroundings. No matter how dark the dusk, I would look for the light; no matter how cold or wild the storm, I would find inspiration within it. Today, once again, I stood by the seashore of my youth. But I felt no anger about my past, only deep and abiding love for the sea and sky here. On the darkest day, there is always light to be found. I believe that to be true.

Tour Scotland photograph shot today at dusk on Christmas Eve in Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Elderly Fishwife Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of an elderly fishwife outside a cottage in Auchmithie, location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph North Pier Harbour Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats at the North Pier in the harbour in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade. Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty Five.



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