Old Photograph Tourists Princes Street Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists walking along Princes Street on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of a Tram on the Tramway on Princes Street on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Corporation first ran Tramways ran from 1871 until 16 November 1956. Proposals for a new tram network were made in 1990 and the new tram line now begins its run from York Place, in the city centre. It turns into North St Andrew Street, crosses St Andrew Square. From the square, it heads South East into Princes Street, and west along the street toward Haymarket, via Shandwick Place, Atholl Place, and West Maitland Street. At Haymarket, the route heads onto a segregated track parallel to the Glasgow to Edinburgh mainline. It follows the railway line west to Edinburgh Park railway station. There, it leaves the railway line on a segregated track and heads north to Gogar Roundabout from where it heads North West via Ingliston Park and Ride to Edinburgh Airport, where it terminates.

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Old Photograph Tourists Holyrood Palace Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists outside Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining.



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Old Photograph Tourists Calton Hill Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of tourists on Calton hill in Central Edinburgh, Scotland. Calton Hill is just to the east of the New Town. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city. The hill was used from ancient times as a place of execution. Most famously Major Weir the self-confessed Edinburgh warlock, was executed here.




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Old Photograph Coal Lorry Railway Station Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of a coal lorry at the railway station in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network: 154 miles north of Inverness. The station opened on 28 July 1874.




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Old Photograph Gilchrist Biscuit Factory Van Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of a Gilchrist Biscuit Factory van in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Hamilton is a town in the central Lowlands of Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It is the fourth biggest town in Scotland. It sits 12 miles south east of Glasgow, 35 miles south west of Edinburgh and 74 miles north of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the Avon Water.



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