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 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 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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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 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 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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