Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Gairloch

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Gairloch, Scotland. Located on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands. The lands around Gairloch have been mostly in the ownership of the Mackenzies of Gairloch since the 15th century, when they were acquired by Hector Roy Mackenzie. The Mackenzies were clan leaders in the traditional sense and were known for their attachment to their tenants. During the 19th century, Sir Hector Mackenzie and his sons Sir Francis and Dr John Mackenzie refused to evict a single tenant during the clearances, despite the estate running at a loss. As a result, evicted Highlanders from other communities came to live in the area and has caused Gairloch to maintain a thriving community even today..

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Tour Scotland Video Winter Drive Around St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive around the streets on ancestry visit to St Andrews, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Winter Drive From Kingsbarns To St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive North on the A917 road from Kingsbarns, on ancestry visit to St Andrews, Scotland. The A917 is the East Fife Coast Road, running round three sides of the rectangle between Largo and St Andrews. The road goes into St Andrews along St Mary Street, Abbey Walk and Abbey Street to reach a mini roundabout on the A918 South Street. It then turns right to run along the eastern end of South Street before passing the cathedral to run onto North Street. It ends at the north end of City Road at a triple point: the other two roads are the A91 and A915.

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Old Photograph Shop Back Causeway Street Culross Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the John Penney shop on Back Causeway Street in Culross, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Geddes School Culross Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Geddes School and houses in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Stewart McPherson VC, was a Scottish soldier in India and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth military forces. He was born in Culross in 1819, the only son of Mungo and Mary. He left Geddes Public School at 15 to become an apprentice weaver in Dunfermline, but he was soon lured by adventure and foreign travel. In December 1839 he walked to Stirling to join the British Army's 78th Highlanders, which were later to become the Seaforth Highlanders Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's. He married a Culross girl, Elizabeth Haig, in 1848 and the couple went on to have six children - Stewart, Sarah, Eliza, Robina, Ferguson and McGregor. McPherson saw action in Persia, India and Ireland before arriving in Bengal, India. He was approximately 38 years old, and now a colour sergeant. During his time here, his actions during the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Mutiny earned him the Victoria Cross. His citation reads: For daring gallantry in the Lucknow Residency on the 26th September, 1857, in having rescued, at great personal risk, a wounded Private of his Company, who was lying in a most exposed situation, under a very heavy fire. Colour Sergeant McPherson was also distinguished on many occasions by his coolness and incredible gallantry in action. McPherson was presented with his award by Queen Victoria in December 1880, at Windsor Castle. Only three weeks after receiving his award, he discharged himself from the army and returned to Culross, where he was appointed superintendent of Glasgow Industrial Schools based in Bailieston. A decade later, the family moved again to Culross where they bought a house in Low Valleyfield. As a reminder of his time in India it was named Lucknow Villa and it was there that he died, aged 70, in 1892.



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