Old Photograph Low Torry Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and cottages in the former mining village of Low Torry located between Torryburn and Newmills near Valleyfield, Fife, Scotland. Sir James Erskine, 3rd baronet of Torrie was born in 1772 at Torrie House in Fife. He was a successful professional soldier as well as a collector and an amateur artist. Erskine served with Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars and was personal secretary to King George III between 1802 and 1804. Captain Graham Ford, who in 1905, took the helm of The Royal Research Ship Discovery, made famous by Scott of the Antarctica, was from Newmills and married a local woman.



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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 ship 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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