Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Reston

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Reston village in Berwickshire, Scotland. The village lies on the western bank of the Eye Water. Reston was once the location of the railway station and junction between the Berwickshire Railway and King's Cross, London, England and Edinburgh. Both the Berwickshire Railway and station are now closed. 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 Auchinloch

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Auchinloch village in North Lanarkshire. The village's name, meaning Field of the Loch, derives from its proximity to a small loch called the Gadloch. Industrialization came in the 1880s, with the opening of the Lumloch Colliery, and then in the 1920s Wester Auchengeich Colliery. The latter closed in 1968. In September 1959, 47 men lost their lives in a coal mine near the village of Auchengeich when a faulty fan purifying the air in the colliery went on fire due to an electrical fault. The mining accident was one of the worst within the UK in the 20th century, widowing 41 women and leaving 76 children without a father. 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 Ochiltree

Tour Scotland travel video of old photographs of Ochiltree village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Main Street is lined with stone cottages and one of these was The House with the Green Shutters in the 1901 novel of that name by George Douglas Brown, who was born in Ochiltree. The Tennant family, described by the poet Robert Burns, originate from the village. Amongst their number are Charles Tennant, Alexander Tennant and Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner. Also from the village was a close associate of King James I of Scotland, Michael Ochiltree. Johnny Cymbal, the famous American based singer, songwriter and record producer, was born in Ochiltree on 3 February 1945. 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 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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