Old Photograph Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Holyrood Palace Scotland

Old photograph of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret outside Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, born 4 August 1900, died 30 March 2002, was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from her husband's accession in 1936 until his death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter. She was the last Empress of India. Born into a family of British nobility, she came to prominence in 1923 when she married Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. The couple and their daughters embodied traditional ideas of family and public service.



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Old Photograph Green Street Strathaven Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars, shops, buildings and people on Green Street in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Strathaven has a long history as a market town. A Roman road passes close by, on the south side of the Avon Water, which led to the Roman fort at Loudoun Hill near Darvel. The origins of Strathaven Castle are obscure, but it is believed to have been built around 1350 by the Bairds, on a bend of the Powmillon Burn. Today it is a ruin, with a single tower and sections of wall remaining beside the A71.



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Old Photograph Scout Camp Yetholm Scotland

Old photograph of a Scout Camp by Yetholm, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The 1st Glasgow Scout Group has a claim to be the first Scout Troop, as it holds a registration certificate dated 26 January 1908. The centenary of Scouting was marked by a debate and reception in the Scottish Parliament initiated by member of the Scottish Parliament, Robert Brown, in December 2007. The 2nd Fife Dunfermline Scout Group was founded in 1908 and is the oldest existing Scout Group in Fife and one of the oldest in Scotland. The 28th Glasgow Scout Group's Hut was used to hold the Nazi Party Deputy Leader, Rudolf Hess, after his plane crashed in nearby Eaglesham. The oldest Scout group in Greenock and District is 5th Greenock and District Westburn's Own. It started in 1908 and the first Scoutmaster was Sergeant D. Ferguson.



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Old Photograph Blacksmith Foulden Scotland

Old photograph of the Blacksmith at work in Foulden in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish village is located not far above the Whiteadder Water, and 7 miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In the 17th century the barony of Foulden and its lands were conveyed to Sir John Wilkie, a rich burgess of Lanark. In 1696 John Wilkie's residence in Foulden had six taxable hearths, virtually everyone else in the vicinity having just one. Foulden remained with this family until they failed in the male line with James Bruce Wilkie of Foulden, a Captain in the King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment, who died December 12, 1935.



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Old Photograph Murray Road Girvan Scotland

Old photograph of women outside a corner shop on Murray Road in Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan was originally a fishing port. In 1668, it became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter. It is stituated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, south of Ayr, and 29 miles north of Stranraer, the main ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland. Girvan is twinned with Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, France, in honour of a Scottish knight named Sir Thomas Huston originally from Girvan, who fought the English as part of the Auld Alliance during the Hundred Years War. Rewarding him for his bravery during the capture of Meaux in 1439, the King of France granted him the fiefdom of Torcy.



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