Old Photographs Vementry Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Vementry, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Vementry is an uninhabited Scottish island in Shetland on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island was last inhabited in the 1840s. On the island are two 6 inch First World War gun emplacements which overlook the narrow entrance into the former naval anchorage of Busta Voe on Swarbacks Head, a cliff standing around 161 feet above sea level. These guns were removed from HMS Gibraltar an Edgar Class cruiser which was acting as a depot ship for 10th Cruiser Squadron. They were manned by a mixed crew of Royal Navy Sailors and Royal Marines. The island is known for the well preserved remains of a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn. There is no ferry service to the island, although the shepherd on the nearby mainland farm occasionally makes the short trip to work with stock on the island.

Old photograph of Peerie Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland. A small U-shaped inlet on the southeast coast of Vementry, one of the Shetland Islands, Peerie Voe, which mean, little inlet, opens onto the Uyea Sound.

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Old Photograph Market Cross Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Market Cross in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. Peebles Market Cross formerly stood at the intersection of the High Street, Northgate and Eastgate. In 1807 it was demolished, having become ruinous, but the shaft and head were given to Sir J Hay, who re-erected them at Kinsmeadows, where the cross stood in 1856. In 1859 it was returned to the town by Sir A Hay, and placed in the centre of the quadrangle of the Chambers Institute. In 1895, the cross was re-erected on its original site, on another pedestal; then in 1964 the cross was removed to its present position, a few yards East of the former one, and mounted on a new pedestal.



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Old Photograph Brecklet Ballachulish Scotland

Old photograph of Brecklet, Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland.



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Old Photographs People On The The Beach In Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of people on a crowded beach in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Stanley Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. Stanley is a village on the right bank of the River Tay in an area popular for salmon fishing. The village gained its name from Lady Amelia Stanley, the daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl, decided, in the 18th century to harness of the nearby River Tay to power a cotton mill., Richard Arkwright, an inventor of cotton spinning machinery set up a cotton mill in Stanley as well as one at New Lanark. Stanley Mills opened in 1787, and by its 10th year employed 350 people. The village was built to house the workers of the mill. Work on the village began in 1784. It was designed by the Duke of Atholl’s factor James Stobie. By 1799 the village’s population was around 400, and by 1831 it had reached around 2000 residents.

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