Old Photograph School Middlebie Scotland

Old photograph of the school in Middlebie located two miles East of Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Middlebie Parish consists of the ancient parishes of Middlebie, Pennersaughs and Carruthers, united in 1609. Middlebie was the seat of a Presbytery from some time after the Reformation until 1743. It was then divided to form the Presbyteries of Langholm and Annan. Middlebie parish is now in the Presbytery of Annandale and Eskdale. It is bounded by the parishes of Tundergarth, Langholm, Canonbie, Half Morton, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Annan and Hoddam. The West Coast Main Line railway runs through the parish from London to Glasgow. In 1841 the population of the parish was 2,154 and about sixty of these people were hand loom weavers. There were inns and shops and the Lime Works at Blacketridge. Tradesmen listed in 1841 included joiners, shoemakers, tailors, cloggers, masons, millers, carters, grooms, gardeners, dressmakers and straw hat makers.



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Old Photograph School Darvel Scotland

Old photograph of the school in Darvel, a small town situated ten miles East of Kilmarnock in East, Ayrshire, Scotland. James Morton was born at Gowanbank in Darvel in Ayrshire on 23 March 1867 the second son of Alexander Morton. His father founded the weaving company of Alexander Morton and Company, employing 600 persons in the late 19th century.He was educated at Darvel School then Ayr Academy. He did not go to university and was trained as a chemist at Morton Sundour Mills in Carlisle, when his family purchased Denton Mills in that city. The company greatly expanded the use of Arts and Crafts designs in the late 19th century. James specialised in permanent light-fast dyes and moved to Scottish Dyes Limited around 1895. He went on to direct the dyestuffs section of ICI. Morton aimed to make ' fast dyes ' that would not fade in sunlight , even if that meant sacrificing the variety of colours available to the consumer. He sent out sample test cards of dyed fabricto his brother-in-law, Patrick Fagan, who was working for the British colonial civil service in India, with instructions to leave the fabric exposed to direct sunlight for weeks and even months at a time. He was knighted in June 1936 by King George VI, and died on 22 August 1943 at Dalston Hall near Carlisle.



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Old Photograph School Ormiston Scotland

Old photograph of the school in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish village was the first planned village in Scotland, founded in 1735 by John Cockburn, born 1685, died 1758, one of the initiators of the Agricultural Revolution.





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Old Photograph Seaplane Bay Oban Scotland

Old photograph of a seaplane in the Bay at Oban, Scotland. Oban occupies a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay is a near perfect horseshoe, protected by the island of Kerrera; and beyond Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north, is the long low island of Lismore, and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boat Brodick Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boat on the slipway at Brodick on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Brodick is the main village and ferry port on the Isle of Arran its name is derived from the Norse " breda vick," meaning " broad bay," a testament to its strategic coastal position that has made it a significant site throughout the centuries


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