Old Photograph Camastianavaig Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Camastianavaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Camastianavaig also known as Camustinivaig, is a crofting township on the on the shores of the Sound of Raasay, three miles South East of Portree. The Allt Osglan watercourse flows from Loch Fada through the township into Tianavaig Bay. The township is near the scene of the Battle of the Braes, Scottish Gaelic: Blàr a' Chumhaing. in 1882. Local crofting tenants facing eviction from the land withheld rent and released sheep onto a forbidden area on the shores of Ben Lee. Sent to evict them, the Sheriff Officer from Portree was met by an angry mob, who forced him to burn the eviction notices. Subsequently 50 Glasgow policemen, sent to quell the rebellion, faced 100 men, women and children, armed with sticks and stones. Small fines were imposed in court, but it was clear that law and order could only be enforced with military assistance. After the Battle of the Braes, the unrest spread to Glendale, Skye. The rebellion led to the Napier Commission and ultimately the Crofters Act of 1886, which brought security of tenure and the right to hand a croft on to their heirs.



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Old Photograph Usher Hall Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland. The construction of the hall was funded by Andrew Usher, a whisky distiller and blender, who donated £100,000 to the city specifically to fund a new concert hall. The choice of site caused early delays but in 1910 an architectural competition was announced with the requirement that the hall be simple but dignified. The winning bid, one of 130 entries, came from Stockdale Harrison & Howard H Thomson of Leicester. england. The design was partly a backlash against Victorian Gothic, with a return to classical features owing much to the Beaux-Arts style. On 19 July 1911, King George V and Queen Mary laid two memorial stones, an event attended by over a thousand people. The dome was designed to reflect the curvature of the walls, but not to give a domed interior, which would have been acoustically disastrous. The interior of the hall is adorned with decorative plaster panels by the Edinburgh sculptor Harry Gamley. The figures depicted in these panels show figures from the world of music, as well as famous Scots. These include: Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, Allan Ramsay, Robert Louis Stevenson, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg and Anton Rubinstein. Harry Gamley's work also features on the outside of the building with two large figures representing Inspiration and Achievement, as well as another three figures by Crossland McClure depicting the Soul of Music, Music of the Sea and Music of the Woods. The finished building was officially opened on 16 March 1914 with a concert featuring music by Handel, Bach, Wagner, Beethoven and the Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn. The final cost of building the Usher Hall was £134,000. Andrew Usher died before building work was started.



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Old Photograph William Fleming Butchers Cart Arbroath Scotland

Old photograph of William Fleming with his horse and Butchers Cart in Arbroath, Scotland. Arbroath was the location of the Battle of Arbroath in 1446. A series of disagreements between the Chief Justiciary of Arbroath, Alexander Lindsay, third Earl of Crawford and Bishop James Kennedy of St Andrews, Fife, resulted in Lindsay sacking the bishop's lands and burning his properties. Lindsay was excommunicated for his troubles and it was felt that this was incompatible with his role as Chief Justiciary. The monks of Arbroath Abbey selected Alexander Ogilvy of Inverquharity as his replacement and the insult led to pitched battle in the town, leaving 500 dead, including Lindsay and Ogilvy. Large parts of the town were destroyed in the aftermath by the Lindsay family.



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Old Photograph Ross Hotel Arrochar Scotland

Old photograph of the Ross hotel in Arrochar, Scotland. Arrochar is a Scottish village located near the head of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps. For over five centuries this area, the feudal barony of Arrochar, was held by the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane and before them by their ancestors the barons of Arrochar. The family is Celtic in the male line and native to their Highland homeland of tall peaks and deep lochs just above the waist of Scotland. The settlement was a key target for Viking raiders who took their boats two miles overland to Tarbet to attack the unprotected inland settlements at Loch Lomond before their defeat in 1263 at the battle of Largs.



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Old Photograph Putting Green Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of people on the putting green in Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.



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