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.
Od photograph of the parish church and cemetery in Balfron village located 18 miles West of Stirling. Scotland. Stone built hall church with simple Gothic detailing with pointed openings throughout. Designed by John Herbertson of Glasgow, in 1832; the tower and transepts were added in 1882, designed by Stewart & Wilson. The three stage, square plan tower at the west end has a pyramid roof with weathervane finial.
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Old photograph of the War Memorial in Drymen, Scotland.
Word War I Roll of Honour:
Bilsland James S Second Lieutenant Military Cross
Bilsland James C.E. Private
Campbell Archibald Gordon Highlanders Private
Campbell Duncan Royal Highlanders Private
Campbell Duncan Gordon Highlanders Private
Campbell William Highland Light Infantry Private
Cumming George R.H. Corporal
Davie Archibald W. R. Private
Dustan William Gordon Highlanders Sergeant
Forrest William R.G. Gunner
Goldie William Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Hayman Robert Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Henshilwood Donald Gordon Highlanders Lance Corporal
Hutchison John S.H Private
Jaffray James R.H. Private
King Thomas B. H Lance Corporal
MacKay John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McAdam Duncan Scots Guards Private
McCallum Hugh Gordon Highlanders Corporal
McCallum Peter C.E.F. Private
McFarlane Alfred Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McGregor Robert R.H. Private
Mclaren Andrew Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McLaren Walter Gordon Highlanders Lance Corporal
McLean Robert Royal Engineers Sapper
McLean Ronald Gordon Highlanders Sergeant
Menzies George R.G. B.S.M. D.C.M.
Morrison John Highland Light Infantry Private
Orr William Scots Guards Private
Roy James F. Royal Highlanders Second Lieutenant
Scott James L. Seaforth Highlanders Private
Simpson Alfred B. Royal Scots Lance Corporal
Steel William F. Royal Highlanders Private
Urquhart Donald R. Seaforth Highlanders Private
Wain Thomas Royal Field Artillery Gunner
Watson Thomas Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Word War II Roll of Honour:
Adamson James O. Royal Marines Corporal
Billett James F. Royal Air Force sc yo.
Blair Robert Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Dow James Merchant Navy Chief Petty Officer
McLaren Duncan Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Rennie Hugh W. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Major
Drymen is 18 miles from Glasgow and Paisley
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Drymen, Scotland. A village in Stirling district in central Scotland. Drymen lies to the west of the Campsie Fells and enjoys views to Dumgoyne on the east and to Loch Lomond on the west. The Queen Elizabeth Forest reaches down to the village edge, and the whole area is part of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. It is often used as an overnight stop for hikers on the West Highland Way, and forms the western end of the Rob Roy Way. Despite the growth in the numbers of villagers commuting to Glasgow to work, there remains an agricultural tradition in the area. The Scottish family name Drummond is derived from the Scottish Gaelic form of the village's name, 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 of the High School in Grangemouth, South of Stirling, Scotland. At first the coomunity was called Sealock but later it became Grange Burn Mouth from the proximity of a stream of that name which at that time meandered over the flat lands to join the Carron close to the village. Conversion to Grangemouth followed in the 1780s by which time it had a population of nearly four hundred. The provision of harbour facilities and the direct link to the rapidly expanding town of Glasgow via the canal brought swift success to the port and it soon displaced Carronshore as the principal landing place on the river.
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Old photograph of Bothkennar Church near Falkirk, Scotland. The parish of Bothkennar ceased to exist as such and is now a quoad sacra parish under Grangemouth. However, the church, a fine building situated within a pleasant and interesting graveyard, is still used. It was rebuilt in 1789 then remodelled and extended in 1887 but it is evident that substantial parts of the earlier building were incorporated into the new church. Among the grave stones are several embellished with low-relief carvings of sailing ships which commemorate mariners of the parish. There is also a high incidence of castiron grave monuments which reflects the importance of the nearby iron foundries.
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Old photograph of shops, people and the Wesleyan church on Church Street in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. From earliest recorded times Kilsyth was one of the main routes between Glasgow, Falkirk and Edinburgh, and is very close to the Roman Antonine Wall and the Forth and Clyde Canal. The Civil War Battle of Kilsyth took place on hillsides between Kilsyth and Banton, North Lanarkshire in 1645. Kilsyth was later closely associated with the various attempts by the Jacobites to regain the crown. The town economy has shifted over the past three centuries from farming, handloom weaving and extractive industries to light engineering, transport and service industries. Many of the townsfolk of working age now commute to work in nearby Glasgow and other larger towns nearby.
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