Old Photograph Fairground Denny Scotland

Old photograph of the fairground in Denny town located seven miles West Falkirk, Scotland. Formerly in the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated 7 miles west of Falkirk, and 6 miles north east of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways. Denny is separated from neighbouring village Dunipace by the River Carron. Until the early 1980s, Denny was a centre for heavy industry, including several iron foundries, brickworks, a coal mine and paper mills.



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Old Photograph McEwans Brewery Lorry Dalry Scotland

Old photograph of a McEwans Brewery lorry in Dalry in North Ayrshire, Scotland. William McEwan opened the Fountain Brewery in Fountainbridge, then a suburb on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in 1856, using £2,000 loaned by his mother and his uncle. The area and the brewery are named after the spring waters from the vicinity, which, in addition to its proximity to the Caledonian railway line and the Union Canal, determined the location of the brewery. McEwan had employed geologists to identify the prime location for a supply of well water. Beforehand, McEwan had engaged in industrial espionage at Bass and Allsopp's breweries in order to learn techniques and assay costs. After establishing a market share in the industrial regions of the Scottish lowlands, from the early 1860s McEwan built up a successful colonial export trade by exploiting his family's shipowning connections. It was during this time that McEwan's India Pale Ale, the beer that was the foundation for much of the company's reputation, was first labelled Export.



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Old Photograph Glamaig Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Glamaig, the northernmost of the Red Hills on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. In 1889, a Gurkha named Harkabir Tharpa scaled Glamaig in a 37 minutes; his total time for the round trip, starting and finishing at sea level in the bar of the Sligachan Inn was 55 minutes. Legend has it that he ran it in bare feet.



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Old Photograph Vintage Car Accident Kirtlebridge Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car accident by Kirtlebridge village located five miles North East of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Submarine Leaving The Caledonian Canal At Inverness Scotland

Old photograph of a submarine leaving the Caledonian Canal near Inverness and Loch Ness, Scotland. The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford, and is a sister canal of the Göta Canal in Sweden, also constructed by Telford.



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