Old Photograph Upper Breakish Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of people outside a house in Upper Breakish, Isle of Skye, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Notre Dame Roman Catholic School For Girls Dumbarton Scotland

Old photograph of the Notre Dame Roman Catholic School for girls built in 1912 in Dumbarton, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Tram Dumbarton Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram and people in Dumbarton, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Bank Street Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of people and buildings on Bank Street in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. George Brown was born in Alloa on November 29, 1818. He was a Scottish born Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. A noted Reform politician, he is best known as the founder and editor of the Toronto Globe, Canada's most influential newspaper at the time. He was an articulate champion of the grievances and anger of Upper Canada (Ontario). He played a major role in securing national unity. His career in active politics faltered after 1865, but he remained a powerful spokesman for the Liberal Party promoting westward expansion and opposing the policies of Conservative Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. On March 25, 1880, a former Globe employee, George Bennett, dismissed by a foreman, shot George Brown at the Globe office. Brown caught his hand and pushed the gun down, but Bennett managed to shoot Brown in the leg. What seemed to be a minor injury turned gangrenous, and seven weeks later, on May 9, 1880, Brown died from the wound. Brown was buried at Toronto Necropolis. Bennett was hanged for the crime. His wife, Anne Nelson, returned to Scotland thereafter where she died in 1906. She is buried on the southern terrace of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. The grave also commemorates George Brown. In 1885 his daughters Margaret and Catherine were two of the first women to graduate from University of Toronto, Canada.



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Old Photograph Ballencrieff Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ballencrieff, West Lothian, Scotland. Ballencrieff is situated equidistant between the towns of Bathgate and Torphichen and seven miles south of Linlithgow. Neighbouring towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Livingston, Stoneyburn and Whitburn. Edinburgh Airport is 16 miles away, to the East. Ballencrieff is very close to the Neolithic burial site at Cairnpapple Hill, and the surrounding area shows signs of habitation since about 3500 BC. The name Ballencrieff comes from the Scottish Gaelic Baile na Craoibhe meaning " Farm by the tree ". The area is dominated by agriculture and is home to farms and fisheries, such as Ballencrieff Farm. The Ballencrieff Fishery is well known for its trout, and welcomes fly anglers in their hundreds every year.



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