Old Photograph Hapland Mill Dunlop Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Hapland Mill in Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Off the bend in the Stewarton Road, by the Railway Bridge, alongside the Glazert Burn was Hapland Mill, started by Mackie’s of Stewarton in 1832, producing woollen blankets until 1939. In later years it was spinning yarn for carpet manufacture. Unfortunately, the mill is now gone.



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Old Photograph Isles Of Fleet Scotland

Old photograph of the Isles Of Fleet in Fleet Bay which is part of Wigtown Bay, 18 miles Weest of Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. There are three main islands. Murray Isles, owned by the National Trust for Scotland, with the small rock " Horse Mark " off it. Ardwall Isle, which has a cairn and the remains of a chapel on it, and has the " Old Man of Fleet " off it. Barlocco Island, with the " Three Brethren " off it. Ardwall Isle and Barlocco Isle are two of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain and two of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland. Fleet Bay, which is part of Wigtown Bay,is in turn part of the Solway Firth in the Irish Sea.



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Old Photograph Walking Path West Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of people on the walking path in West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. West Princes Street Gardens were originally the private property of " the Princes Street Proprietors " who overlooked them from their houses on the western half of the street. This was passed to them from the council in 1816. Dogs, cricket, perambulators and smoking were prohibited under their rules, and people using bath chairs had to present a doctor's certificate to the Committee of the garden attesting to their ailment not being contagious. An application by the Scottish Association for Suppressing Drunkenness that the gardens be opened during Christmas and New Year " with the object of keeping parties out of the whisky shops i.e. illegal drinking premises " led eventually to them being opened to the general public on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and one other day in the year.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottages Carloway Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages near Carloway village on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Carloway has a few historical sites. An Iron Age Broch in Doune Carloway, a Blackhouse Village in Garenin and many others, including a standing stone called Clach an Tursa in Upper Carloway.



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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Scottish Shops

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Scottish shops and shopping in Scotland.

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