Old Photograph The Palace Cinema Rosyth Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Palace Cinema in Rosyth, Fife, Scotland. The Palace Cinema was opened on 26th December 1921 with 900 seats. It was part of the Scottish Cinemas Variety Theatres chain, who were part of the Associated British Cinemas chain. The proscenium was 29 feet wide. Around 1930 it was equipped with a Western Electric sound system and was taken over by an independent operator. It later continued as a cinema in the A.B. King chain until it closed in the late 1960’s. It became a bingo club until the mid 1970’s. In recent years has become CJ’s Premier Pool hall and the American Lounge Bar. The area is best known for its large dockyard, formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth, construction of which began in 1909. The town was planned as a garden city with accommodation for the construction workers and dockyard workers.





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Tour Scotland Video Doune Castle

Tour Scotland video of Doune Castle in the Stirling district of central Scotland. Doune is a popular filming location and has featured in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones and Outlander. Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, the son of King Robert II of Scotland, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert's stronghold has survived relatively unchanged and complete, and the whole castle was traditionally thought of as the result of a single period of construction at this time. The castle passed to the crown in 1425, when Albany's son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house. In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of Moray. The castle saw military action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Glencairn's rising in the mid 17th century, and during the Jacobite Risings of the late 17th century and 18th century. By 1800 the castle was ruined, but restoration works were carried out in the 1880s, prior to its passing into state care in the 20th century.

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Tour Scotland Video Of Ballindalloch Castle

Tour Scotland video of Ballindalloch Castle, Known as the " pearl of the north ", located in Banffshire. It has been the family home of Macpherson Grants since 1546. The first tower of the Z plan castle was built in 1546. After it was plundered and burned by James Graham, the first Marquess of Montrose, it was restored in 1645. Extensions were added in 1770 by General James Grant of the American Wars of Independence, whose ghost is said to haunt the castle, and in 1850 by the architect Thomas MacKenzie.

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Old Photograph Memorial Hall Oxton Scotland

Old photograph of the Memorial Hall in Oxton, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located 25 miles south east of the centre of Edinburgh. Oxton War Memorial Hall was erected by public subscription in 1924 and dedicated to the Sacred Memory of those connected to the Parish who died in the First World War, the foundation stone was laid by Mrs W Sleigh, wife of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1921.

Name on the memorial, include;

Affleck, Robert
Anderson, Robert
Bell, Thomas W
Blake, Adam P
Brown, Robert
Burrell, Adam P
Chisholm, Charles
Crawford, George
Douglas, Walter
Hope, David



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Old Photograph Steamer Port Askaig Islay Scotland

Old photograph of a steamer arriving at Port Askaig, Isle of Islay, Scotland. Port Askaig serves as the main port of Islay, sharing passenger services to the Scottish mainland with Port Ellen. It also has a regular service to Feolin, Jura across the Sound of Islay, and in the summer there is also a weekly service via Colonsay to Oban.



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