Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Redding

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Redding village in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The village is 2.1 miles south east of Falkirk, 1.9 miles south south west of Grangemouth and 1 mile west of Polmont. On a hill beyond Redding is a stone that is called Wallace's stone, marking out the spot from which Sir William Wallace, after his quarrel with Sir John Stuart, one of the Scottish chiefs, is said to have viewed the Battle of Falkirk, from which he had been compelled to retire, and to have witnessed the defeat of the Scottish army. In 1923, the small mining community of Redding was the scene of one of the worst disasters in the history of the Scottish coalfield, which claimed the lives of 40 men. 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 Balloch

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Balloch a small town in West Dunbartonshire, at the foot of Loch Lomond. Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria and to the smaller village of Jamestown, both of which are located to its south. It also borders the Kilpatrick Hills. With its accessible location at the southern end of Loch Lomond and just off the main road from Glasgow to the West Highlands, it is an important centre of tourism, especially from Glasgow and Dumbarton. Balloch comes from the Gaelic word bal, baile or ball, which means village or hamlet, so Balloch means, village on the loch. 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 Avonbridge

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Avonbridge village in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The village lies at the junction of the B8028 and B825 roads and is a bridging point over the River Avon, hence the name Avonbridge. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining. The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century, Avonbridge Brickworks, which no longer exists. The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The word, avon, is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river, in this case the River Avon. 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 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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