Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Hogganfield

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Hogganfield, a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, Scotland. Hogganfield is surrounded by the Glasgow districts of Blackhill, Craigend, Millerston, Provanmill, Riddrie, Robroyston, Ruchazie and Stepps. The M80, Stepps bypass, separates Hogganfield from Robroyston. Hogganfield is one of the highest points in Glasgow. The Molendinar Burn, a key influence in the siting of the city of Glasgow by St Kentigern flows from Frankfield Loch through Hogganfield Loch which is mentioned in the Thomas Richardson map of 1795. The loch is now part of a public park and bird sanctuary, the rare jack snipe as it travels from Siberia has been seen in the park. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Blackridge

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Blackridge, a small town in the western part of West Lothian. The town name dates to 1581, first recorded as Blakrig. Later, Blackrig and then Blackrigg became the standard spelling until Blackridge became the norm in official documents after about 1840. Blackrig remains the local pronunciation. The village grew from a population of under 200 to over 2,000 by World War I with coal mining and whinstone quarrying the main employments. The last colliery closed in the late 1950s and Blackridge became a dormitory for nearby towns. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Barrhill

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The village lies on the A714 road between Girvan and Newton Stewart. Barrhill railway station, on the Glasgow South Western Line is approximately ½ mile South West of the Village centre. This station featured in The Five Red Herrings, a 1931 Lord Peter Wimsey detective novel by Dorothy L Sayers. In 1665, by the side of Cross Water in Barrhill, John Murchie and Daniel Mieklewrick were found by soldiers to be in possession of Bibles and assumed to be Covenanters and shot to death. They were buried on the spot, and a memorial was built, known as The Martyrs' Tom. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Whoopie Cakes Touchdown Cafe Perth Airport Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Whoopie Cakes in Touchdown Cafe at Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Whoopie pies are two soft cookies sandwiched with a delicious filling. Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia and New Hampshire in the USA all claim to be the birthplace of the whoopie cake or pie. Though considered a New England classic and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition, they are increasingly sold throughout the United Kingdom.

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Tour Scotland Video Carrot Cake Touchdown Cafe Perth Airport Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Carrot Cake in Touchdown Cafe at Perth Airport on visit to Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Carrot cake closely resembles a quick bread in method of preparation, all the wet ingredients, such as the eggs and sugar, are mixed, all the dry ingredients are mixed, and the wet are then added to the dry, and final consistency, which is usually denser than a traditional cake and has a coarser crumb. As the cake is relatively moist, it can be conserved longer than many other types of cakes.

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