Old Photograph Bridge Carloway Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge in Carloway village on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The bridge carries the A858 public road over the Carloway River between the settlements of Knock Carloway, to the South, and Upper Carloway, to the North. Carloway has a few historical sites. An Iron Age Broch in Doune Carloway, a Blackhouse Village in Garenin and many others, including a standing stone called Clach an Tursa in Upper Carloway.



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Old Photograph Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of members of Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association at Broughty Ferry near Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1884 in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association, known colloquially as ‘The Phibbies’, are a voluntary organisation with over 100 members and hold Scottish Charity Status.




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Old Photograph Railway Disaster Kirtlebridge Scotland

Old photograph of the railway disaster by Kirtlebridge village located five miles North East of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Kirtlebridge railway crash occurred at the former railway station outside this village on the 2nd of October 1872, and resulted in 12 deaths. An express passenger train ran into a goods train that was shunting; 11 people lost their lives immediately, and one further person succumbed later. The cause was a failure to communicate between the station master in charge of the shunting operation, and the signalman. Kirtlebridge station was nearly 17 miles north of Carlisle, England, on the Caledonian Railway main line to Glasgow and Edinburgh. North of the passenger platforms there was a trailing, in the northbound direction, junction from the Solway Junction Railway, and a signalbox controlled the junction; the points there were interlocked with the signals.


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Old Photograph Victorian Servants Edinburgh

Old photograph of Victorian Servants in Edinburgh, Scotland. Domestic servants worked, and often lived, within there employer's household, performing a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to housekeeping, including cooking, cleaning and household maintenance and gardening. The life of a Victorian servant could be very hard, depending on the household in which they worked and the jobs they had to do.



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Old Photograph Apprentice Engineers Leith Scotland

Old photograph of Apprentice Engineers in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France. Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith.



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