Tour Scotland Video Prawn Trawling Boat Firth Of Forth

Tour Scotland travel video of a Prawn Trawling boat in the most northerly part of the Firth of Forth on history visit an trip near Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Firth of Forth is the estuary of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times. Creel fishing takes place around the Scottish coast. Creeling, and the many shore based services that rely on it, are often the main source of employment in small coastal towns and villages. The boats that make up the inshore creel fishery are small, usually under 30 feet long- which means that engine size and weather dictate how far from shore, and how often they can fish. One or two people normally crew a creel boat, one of whom is usually the owner. This is the area in which I was raised in Scotland. Herring fishing was a feature of the area until the mid 20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947.

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Old Photograph Interior St Aloysius Church Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of St Aloysius Church in the Garnethill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the only church in Glasgow to be run by the Society of Jesus. It is situated on the corner of Hill Street and Rose Street and is next door to St Aloysius' College. The Jesuits arrived in Glasgow in 1859 by taking over the parish of St Joseph's Church, North Woodside Road. In the early 1860s they purchased land in the Garnethill district, which, at that time, was on the western outskirts of the city and a residential area recently favoured by the wealthier classes. The foundation stone for the present church building was laid on 4 October 1908 and it was opened on 6 February 1910, by the Archbishop of Glasgow, John Maguire. The interior decoration of the church was a prolonged and costly enterprise and the debt increased alarmingly so that the prospect of the solemn consecration receded. It was not until after the Second World War that debt was steadily reduced and finally cleared. On 29 November 1953 Archbishop Donald Campbell presided at the solemn ceremony of consecration.



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Old Photograph Stobhill Hospital Springburn Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Stobhill Hospital in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland. Stobhill was originally a Poor Law hospital, commissioned by the Glasgow Parish Council, to an 1899, John James Burnet judged competition winning design by Glasgow architects, Thomson and Sandilands. The foundation stone was laid in September 1901 by Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the then Secretary of State for Scotland, and Stobhill Hospital was formally opened on 15 September 1904. In September 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, the hospital was requisitioned by Royal Army Medical Corps staff of the Territorial Force and the complex split and redesignated as the 3rd and 4th Scottish General Hospitals. Wounded servicemen arrived by specially converted Hospital trains terminating at a temporary railway platform built within the hospital grounds. A staff of 240 nurses as well as volunteers from the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association cared for over 1,000 patients at a time, suffering from battlefield wounds to venereal disease, until the return of the hospital to civilian use in the spring of 1920.



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Old Photograph Gairbraid Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops, Tram and buildings on Gairbraid Street in Glasgow, Scotland. Gairbraid Street was formed on the lands of this name, which was the patrimonial estate of Miss Mary Hill. Mary, born 1730, died 1809, was an heiress after whom the town of Maryhill, now a district of Glasgow, was named. She inherited the Gairbraid Estate from her father, Hew Hill, who had no surviving male heirs. In 1763, she married Robert Graham. Generally spoken of as Captain Graham, Robert had been captured by the pirates of Algiers and was their prisoner for some time, being treated as a slave. On his return home there was considerable interest in his adventures and it was said that Mary was so impressed by his romantic story that she chose him for her husband. Mary and Robert lived in Gairbraid House overlooking the River Kelvin. The original was built in 1688, but they replaced it one hundred years later when contemporaries described it as “ a square house built by a square man ”. The Grahams ran into money troubles after speculating in coal mining for which their land proved to be too damp. However, these were reversed when parliament approved the planning of the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1768, which went through the estate. They were compensated for this and once the canal was completed, around 1790, their land along the canal suddenly became much more valuable. A village began to grow up and the Grahams feued more land for its development “ from Glasgow to Garscube Bridge ” with the condition that it would be “ in all times called the town of Mary Hill ”. Mary and Robert had no male heirs either and their unmarried older daughter, Lilias, inherited the estate on Mary’s death. Their younger daughter, Janet, married Alexander Dunlop, a merchant in Greenock, and when Lilias died in 1836 it passed to their son, John Dunlop, who disposed of much of it.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Yoker Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Yoker, Glasgow, Scotland. The name Yoker is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.

Roll Of Honour

Allan A. A. Allan Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Private
Blanchard S.J. S. Blanchard Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Private
Bolden J.W. J. Bolden Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Navy Petty Officer 1st Class
Brown W. W. Brown Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Scots Private
Burnett D.N. D. Burnett Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy Engineer
Calderwood R.M. R. Calderwood Yoker City of Glasgow Machine Gun Corps Private
Chalmers J. J. Chalmers Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Field Artillery Gunner
Chambers J. J. Chambers Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Field Artillery Private
Clement H. H. Clement Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy Engineer
Cochrane J.B. J. Cochrane Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Coutts G. G. Coutts Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy ? Second Lieutenant
Cowling G. G. Cowling Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Scots Private
Craig J. J. Craig Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Gordon Highlanders ? Private
Craig W. W. Craig Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Gordon Highlanders ? Private
Crawford J.F. J. Crawford Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Air Force Mechanic
Daldry G.W. G. Daldry Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Field Artillery Private
Davidson R. R. Davidson Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Dewar F.A. F. Dewar P. Dewar Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Fusiliers Private
Dickie J. J. Dickie Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Drysdale A.N. A. Drysdale Yoker City of Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Captain Military Cross
Fullerton G. G. Fullerton Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy Engineer
Galbraith D. D. Galbraith Yoker City of Glasgow Black Watch Private
Gray C. C. Gray Yoker City of Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Private
Gumming A. A. Cumming Yoker City of Glasgow Black Watch Sergeant
Hogg J. J. Hogg Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy Engineer
Horseburgh A. A. Horsburgh Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Highlanders Private
Incarfill A.E. A.E. Incartill Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Kettlewell L. L. Kettlewell Yoker City of Glasgow Scottish Rifles Private
Kilpatrick A. A. Kilpatrick Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Field Artillery Driver
Lewis J. J. Lewis Yoker City of Glasgow Gordon Highlanders Private
McDiarmid J. J. McDiarmid Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McDonald D. D. McDonald Yoker City of Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Private
McDougall P. P. McDougall Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Army Service Corps Corporal
Mcghee T. T. McGhee Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Second Lieutenant
McIntosh J. J. MacKintosh Yoker City of Glasgow Scots Guards Private
McPherson H. H. McPherson Yoker City of Glasgow Machine Gun Corps Private
McPherson R. R. McPherson Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
McRae D. D. McRae Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Sergeant
Milran J. J. Milran Yoker City of Glasgow Cameron Highlanders Private
Mitchell A. A. Mitchell Yoker City of Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Private
Muir D. D. Muir Yoker City of Glasgow Merchant Navy
Muirhead J.L. J. Muirhead Yoker City of Glasgow Tank Corps Captain
Mungall C. Mungall Yoker City of Glasgow Tank Corps Private
Munro H. H. Munro Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Scots Private
Neal E.J.S. E. Neal Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Navy
Noble I. Noble Yoker City of Glasgow Scottish Rifles Private
O'Neill P. P. O'Neill Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Provan A. A.Provan Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Air Force Second Lieutenant
Rankin G. G. Rankin Yoker City of Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Private
Robertson R. R. Robertson Yoker City of Glasgow Black Watch Private
Rogerson A.W. A. Rogerson Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Major
Short R. R. Short Yoker City of Glasgow Gordon Highlanders Cameron Highlanders ? Private
Stewart H.H.A. A. Stewart H. Stewart Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Navy
Stewart W. W. Stewart Yoker City of Glasgow Seaforth Highlanders Private
Talbot J. J. Talbot Yoker City of Glasgow Machine Gun Corps Private
Waddell A. A. Waddell Yoker City of Glasgow R.W.S. Private
Walker W. W. Walker Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
White B. B. White Yoker City of Glasgow Royal Field Artillery Gunner
Wilson D. D. Wilson Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Sergeant
Yarrow E. E. Yarrow Yoker City of Glasgow Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Lieutenant



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