Old Photograph Christie Park Alexandria Scotland

Old photograph of Christie Park in Alexandria, a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Christie Park lies on the site of Notman's Park, which was a small area of woodland and open field with a burn running through it. Notman's Park lay to the north west edge of the village of Alexandria, which, by the turn of the century was expanding northwards towards Balloch. In 1900, Notman's Park was bought by John Christie who laid it out as a public park for the inhabitants of the Vale of Leven.



Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Alexandria, a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The town's traditional industries, most importantly cotton manufacturing, bleaching and printing, are long gone. Alexandria sits on the former A82 main road between Glasgow and Loch Lomond. There are regular bus services on the route and the town has a railway station on the rail line between Balloch and Glasgow Queen Street. The town is situated on the River Leven, four miles north west of Dumbarton. The Argyll Motor Works, is a former car factory in Alexandria, It was opened in 1906 by Argyll Motors Ltd, at the time the largest producer of cars in Scotland. After the Argyll company folded it was used as a torpedo factory, subsequently lying empty for many years. A. J. Cronin's uncle owned a pub in Bridge Street. Alexandria sits on the former A82 main road between Glasgow and Loch Lomond. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Photograph Cottages Rahane Scotland

Old photograph of women standing outside cottages in Rahane, on the west bank of the Gare Loch, part of the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead, Scotland. Rahane is 11 miles by road from the town of Helensburgh which is due south east.



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Old Photograph Primrose Tearoom Ardentinny Scotland

Old photograph of Primrose Tearoom in Ardentinny, Argyll, Scotland. A small Scottish village on the west shore of Loch Long, fourteen miles from Dunoon in Argyll on the Cowal peninsula.



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Old Photograph Rathburnie House Longformacus Scotland

Old photograph of Rathburnie House in Longformacus in the Borders of Scotland. Alexander Christison was born in 1753, at Redpath House, Longformacus, Berwickshire. He was the eldest of seven children to a tenant sheep-farmer in the Lammermuir Hills. After a local education he began employment as the local schoolteacher for the parish of Edrom before attending the University of Edinburgh to study Classics, graduating in 1775. This background gave him access to teach at a higher calibre of school and he taught both at George Watson’s College, Dalkeith Grammar School and the High School in Edinburgh. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1800 his main proposer being the physician, James Gregory. He trained under John Hill at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MA in 1806, and from that date he served as Professor of Humanity at the University. He died in Edinburgh on 25 June 1820 and is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the city centre.



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Old Photograph Mill Oxton Scotland

Old photograph of the Mill in Oxton, Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located 25 miles south east of the centre of Edinburgh. The village of Oxton lies in the parish of Channelkirk. This name for the parish appears to have come into general use in the district around the beginning of the eighteenth century but its ancient name was Childer-kirk and later Gingle-kirk. Saint Cuthbert, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne, was born here in AD635.



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