Old Photograph Thatched Cottage Shop Melrose Scotland

Old photograph of a thatched cottage shop in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Piershill Barracks Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh, Scotland. The barracks were built as part of the British response to the threat of the French Revolution and were completed in 1793. Built along three sides of a quadrangle, they were occupied by various cavalry regiments who would exercise their horses along Portobello Beach. A General Court Martial was convened at the barracks on 25 September 1820 by order of Major General Sir Thomas Bradford, Commander in Chief, Scotland, to try all such prisoners brought before it, with Colonel Sir William Williams as presiding officer. They became the home of the Royal Scots Greys in the late 19th century but were condemned as insanitary and unfit for occupation by cavalry regiments in the early 20th century; this gave rise to concerns that the Royal Scots Greys would be disbanded leaving Scotland without a cavalry regiment. In practice the Royal Scots Greys moved to Redford Barracks and Piershill Barracks continued to be used on a much smaller scale by the Royal Horse Artillery. The barracks were vacated in 1934 and demolished in 1938, shortly before the start of the Second World War. The site is now occupied by the Piershill Square tenement blocks which were constructed using stone from the old barracks.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Innerleithen Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course by Innerleithen near Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The name Innerleithen comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning " confluence of the Leithen ", because it is here that the river joins the Tweed.



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Old Photograph 1st Tee Golf Course Nairn Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the 1st Tee of the golf course in Nairn, Moray, Scotland. Nairn is known as a world class golfing destination, with two 18 hole Championship golf courses. One of these, The Nairn Golf Club is one of the greatest traditional links courses in the world and was established in 1887. Its designers include Archie Simpson, Old Tom Morris and James Braid from Fife. It has hosted many tournaments culminating in the 1999 Walker Cup and is visited by golfers from all over the world. It is currently ranked number 24 in the definitive list of the Top 100 courses in Britain & Ireland, and was the venue for the 2012 Curtis Cup. The second is Nairn Dunbar Golf Club.



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Old Photograph McMaster Hall Girvan Scotland

Old photograph of McMaster Hall in Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Born in Kirkoswald parish in 1841, Mr McMaster became a successful banker in Canterbury. He attributed much of his success to his teacher Mr Forrester and his schooling in Girvan. He famously provided the funds to build a new town hall in Girvan, in the early 1900s. The McMaster Hall was reduced to a shell in a terrible fire in 1939, and was demolished in the 1950s. McMaster died in 1931, aged 89, so never knew of the disaster which befell the hall. In his will, he left bursary cash for boys attending Girvan High School to go to university in Glasgow or Edinburgh.



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