Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Of Machrihanish

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Machrihanish village, on the west coast of Argyll, Scotland. It is a short distance north of the tip of the Mull of Kintyre, which faces out towards Ireland and the Atlantic. Machrihanish has a classic links golf course designed by Old Tom Morris from St Andrews, Fife, with views towards the islands of Gigha, Islay and Jura. The Kintyre Way long distance walking footpath passes through the village from Campbeltown and carries on South towards the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Largiebaan Reserve. Coal was mined near the village; the Machrihanish Coalfield was one of Britain's smallest coalfields. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden built a radio transmitting station with a 400 foot high mast here in 1905 to transmit Wireless Telegraphy to a similar station at Brant Rock in Massachusetts, United States. An exchange of messages took place on 1 January 1906 but the mast blew down in a gale on 5 December 1906 and was never rebuilt. Machrihanish railway station opened in 1906 and finally closed in 1932. Weather data is collected from Machrihanish and broadcast in the Shipping Forecast. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photograph Soldiers Railway Station Aberdeen Scotland

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 Denbeath Colliery Methil Fife Scotland

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 Gray Park Burrelton Scotland

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 Dalchenna House Scotland

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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