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 Greenlees and Sons shop on the High Street in Nairn, Moray, Scotland. The name Greenlee is of English and Scottish origin, primarily used as a topographical surname. The name is derived from a combination of Old English words: " Green " from grēne: Referring to the color or a grassy area. " Lee " from leah: Meaning a clearing, meadow, or woodland.
Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Nairn, Moray, Scotland. Nairn is an ancient fishing port and market town around 16 miles of Inverness. It was the county town of the wider county of Nairn also known as Nairnshire. The town is now best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, and award winning beaches. Charlie Chaplin, used to holiday every year in Nairn and stayed at the Newton Hotel.
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BALLOCH , George , Gunner , Royal Field Artillery
BELL , Alexander , Trooper , Lancers
BLAIN , John , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
BROWN , John , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
CHARTERS , Andrew , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers, MM
GOW , William , Private , Highland Light Infantry
GRAHAM , Joseph D , Private , Army Veterinary Corps
GRAY , James , Private , Gordon Highlanders
GURNEY , James , Private , Scots Guards
KELSALL , John L , Lieutenant , Royal Field Artillery
LINDORES , Andrew , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
MARSHALL , David , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
McVITTIE , John , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
MELROSE , Walter , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
MUNRO , John , Private , Royal Scots
PATON , Walter S , Lieutenant , Border Regiment
PRESTON , William , Private , Manchester Regiment
RAE , John McD , Lance Corporal , Royal Scots
ROBERTSON , George , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
SCOTT , David W , Gunner , Royal Garrison Artillery
SCOTT , Henry , Sergeant , Kings Own Scottish Borderers, MM
SCOTT , Robert , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
SOMERVAILE , John , Lieutenant , Rifle Brigade
SWINTON , George , Piper , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
TAIT , Robert , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
WALTER , William , Gunner , Royal Field Artillery
WATSON , A F , 2nd Lieutenant , Royal Highlanders, B.Sc
WEATHERSTONE , Adam , Private , Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
WILSON , George B , Private , Post Office Rifles
WILSON , John , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
YOUNGSON , John , Private , Seaforth Highlanders
World War II Roll of Honour
BRACK , George , Guardsman , Scots Guards
LAIDLER , James , Private , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
MCMILLAN , D W , Sergeant , Royal Air Force DCM
RUTHERFORD , James , Corporal , Kings Own Scottish Borderers
SCOTT , W , Private , Royal Army Service Corps
St Boswells is 83 miles from Glasgow and Paisley
The village has an annual gypsy fair, originally a focus for the trade of horses. This fair once attracted Gypsies from most parts of Scotland, northern England and Ireland.
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Old photograph of a Shepherd and sheep outside his thatched cottage in Fasnakyle near Glen Affric, Scotland. Fasnakyle is located at the junction of Glen Affric with Strath Glass in Highlands. It lies 2 miles south west of Cannich. Fasnakyle includes the mid 19th century Fasnakyle House, a Free Church built in 1868 and a single arch bridge over the River Glass dating from 1793. The Fasnakyle power station was built in 1952 and forms part of the Affric-Beauly Hydro-Electric Power Scheme. The Fasnakyle Wood lies to the north and the Fasnakyle Forest is a deer forest spreads to the west.
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Old photograph of the MacKirdy fountain in Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. In 1873 water from a spring in Greenburn hill was directed to the village using a ditch. An agreement to provide the village with a proper water supply was reached years later with John MacKirdy who promised a generous donation to create what would become known as the MacKirdy tank. As part of the agreement, Birkwood House, the MacKirdy home, would benefit from the water supply, and a drinking fountain would be erected in the village. The name Lesmahagow is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo.
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Old photograph of Meadowfield Parish Church in Longriggend, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Longriggend is situated on moorland 8 km north east of Airdrie, in the parish of New Monkland. The village appeared on a map by Pont in 1596, under the name of Langrodge. Slamannan Railway joined Longriggend with Airdrie and the Union Canal in 1840, but its gauge prevented its connection with the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. Coal pits in the area used the railway extensively, and by 1895 there was a station at Longriggend.
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