Old Photograph Fishermen Repairing Fishing Nets Kinlochbervie Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen repairing fishing nets on the pier at Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, Scotland. This is a fishing village located in the North West Highlands. Inhabitants of Kinlochbervie are sometimes collectively referred to as Greeks by the residents of surrounding villages, for reasons now largely unknown. The village itself is sometimes referred to as KLB. The most common surname in the area is Morrison. The most northerly port on the west coast of Scotland, the village is extremely remote and was short listed by the Oxford English Dictionary as a definition for the word.



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Old Photograph Whiten Head Durness Scotland

Old photograph of Whiten Head near Durness, Northern Sutherland, Scotland. Whiten Head is a towering white headland on the North coast of Sutherland, in Durness and Tongue parishes, between Loch Eriboll and Tongue Bay. Rising steeply from the sea to heights of 603 and 935 feet, it ascends inland to Ben Hutig; and its base has been hollowed out by the waves into a number of caverns.



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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes Competition Dundee Tayside

Tour Scotland compilation video of the RSPBA Pipe Band competition in the city square in the city of Dundee, Scotland. Including music from the bagpipes and drums of the following Pipe Bands; Kelty and Blairadam, MacKenzie Caledonian, City Of St Andrews, Coupar Angus Burgh, Dollar Academy, Badenoch and Strathspey, Bowhill and District, Kinross and District, Perth and District , Methil and District, City Of Discovery and RAF Central Scotland Pipes and Drums. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, RSPBA, is a governing body to oversee pipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture throughout the world.

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Old Photograph Post Office Tighnabruaich Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car outside the Post Office in Tighnabruaich, Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village is just an hour and a half west of Glasgow, and is located along the east coast of Loch Fyne and stretching into the Kyles of Bute. The Kyles are split into the East and West kyles. The East Kyle, An Caol an Ear, runs from Rothesay Bay North west up to the entrance to Loch Riddon. Here at the northern end of the East Kyle are the Burnt Islands and the island of Eilean Dubh. The West Kyle, An Caol an Iar, runs from here south west, past the village of Tighnabruaich out to the Sound of Bute.



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Old Photograph Post Office Yarrow Feus Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Post Office in the village of Yarrow Feus located seven miles West of Selkirk, Borders, Sotland. The village is located on the course of the Yarrow Water which is a tributary of the Ettrick Water, itself a tributary of the River Tweed, and renowned for its high quality trout and salmon fishing. The area was the birthplace of Mungo Park and has inspired several well known songs and poems. Its traditions and folk tales were well documented by Walter Scott, who spent part of his childhood nearby, and in adult life returned to live in the vicinity at Abbotsford House, near Melrose.



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