Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Tarland

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Tarland in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village is located five miles north west of Aboyne, and 30 miles west of Aberdeen. Melgum Lodge near Tarland was originally built as a hunting lodge for the physician to Queen Victoria who frequently stayed in the vicinity at Balmoral Castle. According to legend, a wizard once lived in the area. It was said that he once came to Tarland Fair and cut open a cheese, which produced a swarm of bees. 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 Crosshouse

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Crosshouse village located two miles West of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The village grew around the crossroads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, From 1873 until 1966 Crosshouse possessed a railway station situated at Knockentiber. Andrew Fisher was born in Crosshouse on 29 August 1862. He was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia on three separate occasions He was the second of eight children of Robert Fisher and Jane Garvin. Fisher and his brother migrated to Queensland in 1885. Despite leaving his homeland, Fisher is said to have retained a distinctive Scottish accent for the rest of his life. In 1922 he returned to London and lived in retirement at South Hill Park, Hampstead, England. He caught a severe bout of influenza in September 1928 and died a month later. 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 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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