Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of soldiers leaving the Railway Station in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. During World War l, some 50,000 Gordon Highlanders served in the regular, Territorial and service Battalions. Of these, approximately 27,000 were killed or wounded. Among other major Battles, every Gordon Battalion saw action in the Somme in 1916.
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Old photograph of Denbeath Colliery, Methil, Fife, Scotland. Originally known as Denbeath Colliery, the name was changed at the onset of the Wemyss Coal Company era in 1905. Major redevelopment in 1907, with addition of third shaft, production coming back on line in 1910. Pithead baths built by the Wemyss Coal Company in 1915 were the first to be built in Scotland, and the second in the UK. New washery added in 1960. Closed in 1967 during period of major closures, within two months of another of Scotland's largest pits, Minto, and only two months prior to the disastrous fire that closed the neighbouring Michael pit.
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Old photograph of Gray Park in Burrelton located twelve miles from Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The park was given to the residents of Burrelton, Woodside and district by john Gray, one of the founders of the firm J. and J. Gray of Dundee and is therefore called Gray Park. This Scottish village is joined onto another village, Woodside. It is two miles from Coupar Angus, the nearest town. Burrelton used to have a train station, part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The now closed station was known as the Woodside and Burrelton railway station.
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Old photograph of Dalchenna House by Loch Fyne across from Inveraray Loch Fyne, Scotland. In 1930, after being diagnosed with a chronic duodenal ulcer, the author A. J. Cronin was told he must take six months complete rest in the country on a milk diet. At Dalchenna by Loch Fyne, he was finally able to indulge his lifelong desire to write a novel, having previously " written nothing but prescriptions and scientific papers ". From Dalchenna he travelled to Dumbarton to research the background of the novel, using the files of Dumbarton Library, which still has the letter from Cronin requesting advice on this. He composed Hatter's Castle in the span of three months, and the manuscript was quickly accepted by Gollancz, the only publishing house to which it had been submitted, apparently chosen when his wife randomly stuck a pin into a list of publishers. This novel, which was an immediate and sensational success, launched his career as a prolific author, and he never returned to practising medicine.
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Old photograph of the Red Well near in Callander, Trossachs, Scotland. The Red Well is a Chalybeate Spring which was renowned for its remedial properties. Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron. The word chalybeate is derived from the Latin word for steel, chalybs, which follows from the Greek word χάλυψ khálups. Khálups is the singular form of Khálubes or Chalybes, who were mythical people living on Mount Ida in north Asia Minor who had invented iron working. Ferruginous comes from the Latin word ferreus meaning " made of iron, " which is derived from the Latin word " ferrum " which means " iron. " Early in the 17th century, chalybeate water was said to have health-giving properties and many people have promoted its qualities.
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