Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Pollokshaws
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Pollokshaws, a district on the south side of the city of Glasgow. Pollokshaws was originally a village predominantly dedicated to weaving in the 17th century. A group of Flemish weavers were brought to the area in the 19th century by the landowners, the Maxwells of Pollok on account of their exceptional weaving skills. John Maclean was born on 24 August 1879 in Pollokshaws. He was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. His parents were of Highland origin; his father Daniel, born 1845. died 1888, was a potter who hailed from the Isle of Mull and his mother Ann, born 1846, died 1914, came from Corpach. John Maclean trained as a schoolteacher under the auspices of the Free Church and then attended part-time classes at the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1904. When he died in 1923, aged 44, his reputation was such that many thousands of people lined the streets of Glasgow to see his funeral procession pass. 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 All Jock Tamson's Bairns Are Coming Home
Tour Scotland travel video of singers singing All Jock Tamson's Bairns are Coming Home, on ancestry visit and trip Kinross, Perthshire.
Put a light in the window
Your brother's coming home
Set a meal on the table
Your brother's coming home
He'll be tired and weary
After all these years alone
He's coming home,
your brother's coming home
Take the chain from the door,
Your sister's coming home
Open wide your arms
Your sister's coming home
Don't leave her standing there
After all the pain she's known
She's coming home,
your sister's coming home
Chorus
Coming home to a place they've never been
Coming home to a land they've never seen
Coming home to a family they have never known
A' Jock Tamson's bairns
Are coming home
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Joe's Violin
A Holocaust survivor donates his violin to a local instrument drive, changing the life of a schoolgirl from the nation’s poorest congressional district.
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Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Ettrick Bay
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Ettrick Bay on Isle of Bute, Scotland. The Bay is a relatively wide, sandy bay, situated on the west coast of the Isle of Bute. The nearest town is Rothesay, on the east coast of the island. The Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway was a narrow gauge electric tramway on the Isle of Bute. The original tramway was opened in 1882, a horse drawn 4 feet gauge tramway running from the promenade at Rothesay to Port Bannatyne. In 1901 the tramway was bought by British Electric Traction and closed on 2 March 1902 for modernisation. It was regauged to 3 ft 6 in and electrified. The tramway closed on 30 September 1936. 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 Greenloaning
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Greenloaning village in Perthshire, Scotland. It is located by the Allan Water and the Stirling to Perth Railway line. It is one mile south of Braco and five miles north of Dunblane. There is a currently mothballed primary school and the Allanbank Hotel which has existed as an Inn since the 18th Century and was founded by the Monteath family. It was also the site of the Strathallan Farmer's Club founded in 1804. Greenloaning is the home of the Greenloaning Burns Club. The railway station was closed in 1956, but part of the station building still survives. John Monteath was Tenant farmer of Harperstone, near Greenloaning in 1784. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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