Old Photograph Norman McLeod Monument Lennoxtown Scotland

Old photograph of the Norman McLeod Monument by Lennoxtown, Scotland. Norman MacLeod, known in Gaelic as Caraid nan Gàidheal, friend of the Gael, was a Scottish divine and miscellaneous writer. He was a distinguished minister of the Scottish Church, and studied at Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Mull in 1806. He became one of the most distinguished ministers, and most popular preachers of his Church, becoming moderator of the General Assembly in 1836. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal and a trusted friend of Queen Victoria. He preached to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert during their second visit to Scotland in 1844. He conducted a preaching tour in Ireland in the 1830s - not in English, but to Irish-speaking districts using his own Gaelic. In conjunction with presbyterians in Belfast he made a translation into Irish of the metrical psalms, although it has to be said the text is an odd hybrid of Scottish Gaelic and Irish.



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Old Photograph Market Cross Airth Scotland

Old photograph of the Market Cross and houses in Airth located six miles North of Falkirk, Scotland. The village has a long association with the River Forth and it was on the banks of the river that a royal dockyard was created. It was used during the years 1507 to 1513 in the reign of King James IV to build ships of war at the pool of Airth. History reveals that a primitive form of dry dock was used. Strong timbers would be used to form the “stocks” for the vessel and a clay dam would prevent the river from penetrating the working area. When the ship was ready, the dam would be breached, at high tide, to enable it to float out into the river. The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships. A number of smaller vessels from the village were burned by loyalist troops and that proved damaging to Airth's subsequent development as a port. However, as late as 1820 sloops built in the shipyards at Airth were among those recorded as operating in the middle of the Forth.



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Old Photograph Corn Exchange Road Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of children on Corn Exchange Road in Stirling, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Church Street Ladybank Scotland

Old photograph of Church Street in Ladybank near St Andrews and East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village became a burgh in 1878, and became an industrial centre, with linen weaving, coal mining, and malting the principal industries in those days. Ladybank golf course was founded in 1879 and a six-hole course designed by Old Tom Morris. The course was expanded to 18 holes in 1961 and has been used as a qualifier for The Open Championship.



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Old Photograph Marine Biological Station Millport Scotland

Old photograph of the Marine Biological Station in Millport on the island of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The University Marine Biological Station was a higher education institution run by the University of London, England. It closed in 2013 and is now Millport Field Centre, run by the Field Studies Council.



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