Old Photograph Cottage Hospital Hawick Scotland

Old photograph of nurses outside the Cottage Hospital in Hawick, Scotland. Hawick Cottage Hospital was opened on 31st of August 1885 by the 6th Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The foundation stone was laid on August 30, 1884 by the Earl of Mar and Kellie, Grand Master Mason of Scotland. The hospital was erected on land donated by the 5th Duke Of Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, and was built by public subscriptions. The architect was John McLachlan, born 1843, died 1893. The Cottage Hospital is one of his earlier works, whilst he also designed Coldstream Cottage Hospital, which opened in 1888. In 1924, the Esmond Elliot Memorial Ward was added to the Buccleuch Road building, and was opened on December 3 by the Prince of Wales. later King Edward VIII.


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Old Photograph Railway Station Riccarton Junction Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Riccarton Junction in the county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders of Scotland. The settlement of Riccarton, which adjoins the station, consisted, in 1959, of around thirty houses, with at least one member of each household working for British Railways, which had a civil engineers depot near the station. The isolated position of Riccarton and the need to provide for the villagers may have been one reason why the station remained open until the late 1960s, as by this time ordinary public traffic was virtually non existent. The branch line from Riccarton Junction to Kielder and Hexham was closed 15 October 1956. The Waverley Route to Edinburgh was closed on 6 January 1969.


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Old Photograph Post Office Gattonside Scotland

Old photograph of a woman and children outside the Post Office in Gattonside near Melrose, Borders, Scotland. This is a small village in the Scottish Borders, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I.


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Old Photograph Bowmont Bridge Staerough Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car by Bowmont Bridge in Staerough by Kirk Yetholm, Borders, Scotland. Staerough Hill overlooks Kirk Yetholm, which is situated a half a mile to the North, and Town Yetholm, one mile to the North West. Its summit reaches 1,085 feet and is the site of a small prehistoric burial cairn.


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Tour Scotland Photograph Achnambeithach Viewpoint

Tour Scotland photograph of Achnambeithach viewpoint by the River Coe in the Glencoe area of the Highlands of Scotland. The River Coe rises at the north eastern base of Buachaille Etive Beag and flows west along Glen Coe. After dramatic waterfalls at the Pass of Glen Coe. It runs through the small Loch Achtriochtan before it turns north west. It then runs past the site of the Massacre of Glencoe and passes through Glencoe village, shortly before flowing into the sea loch of Loch Leven.



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