Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of the Golf Course Clubhouse in Gourock, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. Gourock Golf Club was founded as a 9 hole course extended to 18 holes in 1924 and altered in 1964 to its present layout by Henry Cotton.
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Old photograph of cottages and Mill in Crookston, Glasgow, Scotland. This is a residential suburb on the south western edge of the city of Glasgow. Formerly a village in its own right, Crookston, and its surrounding lands, were named after the feudal Norman lord, Robert Croc, who was given the Levern valley in Renfrewshire by King David I of Scotland in 1170. The mill seen in the background was built in 1748 and was still in use in 1935. It was said to be the oldest water wheel mill in Scotland, possessing a wheel 30 feet in diameter.
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Old photograph of cottages, houses and people on Main Street in Saline, Fife, Scotland. Formerly a weaving centre, Saline was not much redeveloped during the 19th and 20th centuries as the expansion of industrial mining in west Fife largely passed it by. In the mid 1800s John Barrowman was the blacksmith in Saline. He was asked, by his friend and local farmer, Henry Irving, to design and make a plough that " would turn the soil right over " ’, thus halving the work of the ploughman. John produced the plough which proved very successful. By early 1840’s the Barrowman plough was in widespread use in the West Fife area. Demand for the plough was such that it attracted the attention of the Stirling firm of Drummond & Sons, nurserymen, seedsmen and pioneers of turnip development. They were so impressed that they took the plough to the Great Exhibition of 1851 at the Crystal Palace, London, England. Barrowman ploughs found their way all over the world. George Oliphant took his Barrowman plough with him when he emigrated to Argentina. Two other Barrowman ploughs were shipped to Christchurch, New Zealand. John died in 1860.
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Old photograph of the Golf Course Clubhouse Lauder in the Borders, Scotland. Opened in 1896 and designed by legendary British Open champion Willie Park, Royal Burgh of Lauder Golf Club proudly stands by its claim as one of the best nine-hole golf courses in the whole of Scotland. Willie Park, born 4 February 1864, died 22 May 1925, was one of the top professional golfers of his era, winning The Open Championship twice. Park was also a successful golf equipment maker and golf writer. In his later years, Park built a significant career as one of the world's best golf course architects.
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Tour Scotland video of a Spring drive from Bridge Of Cally on the A93 road South to visit Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The A93 is a major road in Scotland and the highest public road in the United Kingdom. It runs Perth through Blairgowrie and Rattray, then through the Grampian Mountains by way of Glenshee, the Cairnwell Pass and Glen Clunie to Braemar in Aberdeenshire. At Braemar, the road then switches east down the strath of the River Dee before crossing the A90 and terminating in Aberdeen.
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