Old Photograph Royal Infirmary Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Infirmary in Falkirk, Scotland. Patients began moving into the Infirmary at the beginning of 1931 and a year later Prince George officially declared the building open in front of 20,000 people. There were 85 beds, served by 45 hospital nursing staff, five years later it was 200 beds and 75 nursing staff.



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Old Photograph Northern School Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of the Northern School in Falkirk, Scotland. After the passing of the Education Act of 1872, much was done in the burgh on behalf of education, £8592 was spent between 1873 and 1879 in enlarging the Central or old Free Church school, and in building the Northern, Comely Park, and Bainsford schools. In the year ending 15 May 1881, the five public schools under the burgh board; Southern, Central, Northern, Bainsford, and Comely Park, had respective accommodation for 402, 348, 401, 300, and 300 children, and had an average attendance of 365, 265, 416, 205, and 302.



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Old Photograph Gartness Road Drymen Scotland

Old photographs of a shop on Gartness Road in Drymen, Scotland.



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 Bus Station Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of the Bus Station in Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk is situated in the Forth Valley, almost midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Falkirk town centre is fairly small so most of the main shops are within walking distance of the High Street. The bus service covers most of Falkirk. Most buses leave from Newmarket Street or the main bus station in Meadow Street. There are many taxi firms in Falkirk. The main taxi rank is in Lower Newmarket Street. There are regular bus services to Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Prodigal Son Dollar Park Falkirk Scotland

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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