Old Photograph Buccleuch Arms Hotel St Boswells Scotland

Old photograph of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. St Boswells is known for being on the route of St Cuthbert's Way, a long distance footpath linking Melrose Abbey to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the Northumberland coast in north east England. The name commemorates Saint Boisil, an Abbot of Melrose. The village has an annual gypsy fair, originally a focus for the trade of horses. This fair once attracted Gypsies from most parts of Scotland, northern England and Ireland.



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Old Photograph Monks Nunraw Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Monks gathering silage at Nunraw Abbey by Haddington, Scotland. Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist ( Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae ) monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland, and consecrated as an Abbey in 1948, it nestles at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the southern edge of East Lothian. The estate of the abbey is technically called White Castle after an early hill-fort on the land. Originally owned by the Cistercian Nuns of Haddington, the area that they settled becoming known as Nunraw, meaning Nun's Row. The Nunnery of Haddington was founded by Ada de Warenne, Countess of Huntingdon and daughter of the Earl of Surrey, soon after the death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and the small evidence that is available suggests that Nunraw was a Grange of that convent.



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Old Photograph Playhouse Cinema Invergordon Scotland

Old photograph of the Playhouse Cinema in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Maxwell Street Dalbeattie Scotland

Old photograph of a car, shops and houses on Maxwell Street in Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town is famed for its granite industry and for being the home town of William McMaster Murdoch First Officer of the RMS Titanic. William, born 28 February 1873, died 15 April 1912, was a Scottish sailor who served as First Officer aboard the RMS Titanic. He was notable as the officer in charge when the Titanic collided with an iceberg. Mystery also surrounds his death. Born from a family of sailors, William Murdoch was an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve; he was employed by the White Star Line in 1900 and quickly rose to the rank of officer. In 1903, his leadership became recognized when he avoided a collision with the Arabic. In April 1912, Murdoch served as First Officer aboard the RMS Titanic. He is notable as the officer in charge on the bridge the night the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. He was one of 1,500 people who died in the disaster.



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Old Photograph Palace Hotel Fort William Scotland

Old photograph of the Palace Hotel in Fort William, Scotland.



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