Old Photograph Henry Currie Shop Newton Mearns Scotland

Old photograph of the Henry Currie shop and Post Office in Newton Mearns located seven miles South West of Glasgow, Scotland. Until the 20th century, the land around Newton Mearns was primarily agricultural. Ownership passed from the Pollocks, whose name is perpetuated in the nearby Glasgow housing estate of Pollok, to the Maxwells of Caerlaverock around 1300. It then passed to the Maxwells of Nether Pollok in 1648 and then the Stewarts of Blackhall in 1660. A new turnpike road from Eastwood Toll, now the main Ayr Road, was constructed in 1832. However, from the early 20th century, with the introduction of improved roads and railways to the area, it gradually became a growing commuter suburb of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Trinity Market Brechin Scotland

Old photograph of the Trinity Market in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The Taranty or Trinity market was an annual tryst held in Brechin, mainly for the purpose of selling and buying of cattle and horses. Old cattle trails, or drove roads, radiate out from Trinity Muir Market Place, which is where Brechin's markets were once held.



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Old Photograph Coastguard Station Muchalls Scotland

Old photograph of the Coastguard Station on the coast near Muchalls located North of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On 22 October 1875, The Superior, a 36 year old wooden brig from Sweden, with 8 crew members, departed Hull for Copenhagen, carrying coal. It was driven ashore with a loss of 8 lives, 1 mile South of Muchalls Coastguard Station.



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Old Photograph National Newsboys Homes Choir Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the National Newsboys Homes Choir in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Bentfield Charles Hucks Scotland

Old photograph of pilot, Bentfield Charles Hucks near Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bentfield Charles Hucks, born 25 October 1884, died 7 November 1918, was an aviation innovator in the early 20th century. As well as test flying numerous aircraft types, he was the first Briton to perform a loop in an aircraft, which he performed in his Blériot at Hendon airfield in September 1913. He is also credited with the Hucks starter and many feats of test flying during the First World War, while working at Hendon for Airco. He was born on 25 October 1884 at Bentfield End, Stansted, Essex, England, the son of William and Kate Hucks. Hucks gained his Royal Aero Club certificate in May, 1911, flying a Blackburn monoplane. He joined the Royal Flying Corps when war broke out in August, 1914, and was sent to the Western Front. But he was sent home invalid after an attack of pleurisy before working as a test pilot at Hendon, north west London. He died on 7 November 1918, just days before the end of the First World War, of double pneumonia. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.



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