Old Photograph William Rae Blantyre Scotland

Old photograph of William Rae, born 1841, died 1907, who wasa bonesetter in Blantyre, near Glasgow in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. William quietly practised and treated the local people of the area in relative obscurity. In 1904, the popular press became aware of his work, and after they printed stories of his skills and cures Rae was flocked by patients from the surrounding regions. The stories were then copied by newspapers in England, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, and Rae became internationally known.



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Old Photograph New City Road Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, horses and carts, shops and people on New City Road in Glasgow, Scotland. New City road from North Woodside Road to Cowcaddens was opened in 1849.



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Old Photograph Tollhouse Dailly Scotland

Old photograph of the Tollhouse outside Dailly located eight miles South of Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road or canal. Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Those built in the early 19th century often had a distinctive bay front to give the pikeman a clear view of the road and to provide a display area for the tollboard, Dailly village was laid out in the 1760s as a coal mining village. In 1849 a fire broke out in Dalquharran Colliery, one of the nearby mines, and continued to burn for 50 years.





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Old Photograph Union Canal Camelon Scotland

Old photograph of boys in a rowing boat in the Union Canal by Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland. Camelon was the site of a flight of locks which joined the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal, this was replaced in 2002 with the Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift. Camelon is the site of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall which some have suggested as a possible site for the Arthurian Camelot.



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Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Scotstounhill Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of men on the Lawn Bowling Green in Scotstounhill, Glasgow, Scotland. Scotstounhill is a small area between south Knightswood and Scotstoun situated in West Glasgow. Housing is mainly in a cottage flat style, although several high rise flats, also known as tower blocks, can be found in the area. Scotstounhill contains a noted bowling club, and is served by Scotstounhill railway station which has frequent services to and from the city centre.



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