Old Photograph Parish Church Straiton Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland. The Straiton Parish Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Straiton is a Scottish a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire, mainly built in the 18th century. It was the main location for the film The Match, where two rival pubs played an annual football match as a challenge. However, since the village has only one pub, a house was used as a pub for filming. Straiton is located in the hills between Kirkmichael, Dalmellington, Crosshill, and Maybole.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Gullane Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Gullane railway station served the village of Gullane in Scotland. It was served by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick railway. This line diverged from the North British Main Line at Aberlady Junction, east of the current Longniddry station. Opened by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway, it was absorbed by the North British Railway. Although the line was intended to reach North Berwick, Gullane remained the terminus as the line east was never constructed. The station passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. That company then closed to passengers nine years later, although the line was still open to freight until later.



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Old Photograph John Browns Bakery Kilmacolm Scotland

Old photograph of female staff outside John Browns Bakery and the Arnott tearooms in Kilmacolm located fifteen miles West of Glasgow, Scotland. The parish church in this Scottish village was mentioned in a papal bull of 1225, indicating its subservience to Paisley Abbey and sits on the site of an ancient religious community, dating to the 5th or 6th centuries. The character of the village changed significantly in the Victorian era with the arrival of the railway in Kilmacolm in 1869. Many of Kilmacolm's modern buildings were constructed between this date and the outbreak of World War I.



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Old Photograph Prison Wagon Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of a Prison Wagon in Aberdeen, Scotland. Henry John Burnett, born 5 January 1942, died 15 August 1963, was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan. His execution, at HM Prison Craiginches Prison, Aberdeen, was performed by hangman Harry Allen.



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Old Photograph Thatcher Tam O' Shanter Inn Scotland

Old photograph of a thatcher on the roof of the Tam O' Shanter Inn, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Inn is celebrated as the place where Robert Burns famous fictional hero Tam o’ Shanter and his drouthy cronies met prior to Tam’s famous ride from the witches. The poem describes Tam’s homeward journey, after a long evening at the Inn, and the terrible visions he witnesses. Riding his grey mare, Meg, Tam comes across a coven of witches, warlocks and the Devil himself at the ruined church of Kirk Alloway. Knowing that witches can’t cross water, he heads for the Brig o’ Doon. Unfortunately, though Tam does escape, one of the witches grabs Meg’s tail and pulls it off, and Burns ends his tale with this warning for drinkers

Whene’er to Drink you are inclin’d,
Or Cutty-sarks rin in your mind,
Think ye may buy the joys o’er dear;
Remember Tam o’ Shanter’s mare.



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