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 Prodigal Son statue in Dollar Park, Falkirk, Scotland. The statue of the Prodigal Son, which stands 1.7 metres high on its base, was executed by the Lanark sculptor Robert Forrest. It shows a caped young man leaning on a truncated tree, with a pig between his feet. It was probably acquired in 1854 at the sale of the artist’s work following his death two years before. Forrest was born at Briarsneuk Lanarkshire on the 27th November 1789, the son of Robert Forrest, a tailor and Mary Golder. He may have begun life as a shepherd but around 1805 he was apprenticed to a Mr. Selkirk as a stonemason. He was an influential figure and significantly increased the popularity of sculpture in nineteenth century Scotland. His work forms a prominent if largely ignored feature of the townscape in Edinburgh, Falkirk Haddington and Glasgow and there may be surviving but unidentified works in England. He died on the 28th December 1852 and was interred in the Warriston cemetery on the 3rd January 1853. Ironically, for a man who left so many monuments in stone, his grave is unmarked.
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Old photograph of the Post Office in Blanefield, Scotland. To the West of this Scottish village is the volcanic plug Dumgoyne, Glengoyne Whisky Distillery and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The West Highland Way, a long distance walking trail passes close to the village. A rise in population during the early 19th century was due in part to the development of a large calico printfield at Blanefield, employing 78 adults and 45 children under 14, and two bleachfields at Dumbrock, employing 67 adults and 14 children under 14, working 10 or 11 hours each day, 6 days a week.
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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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