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 George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot's Hospital was founded pursuant to the will of George Heriot, goldsmith and banker to King James VI, who died in 1624. The building was begun by his trustees in 1628 and finished in 1659. It is an ornate quadrangular structure with towers and turrets at the angles. It was completed just in time to be occupied by Oliver Cromwell's English forces during the invasion of Scotland during the Third English Civil War; the building was used as a barracks, with horses stabled in the chapel. The hospital opened in 1659, with thirty sickly children in residence; its finances grew, and it took in other pupils in addition to the orphans for whom it was intended. In the 1880s, it began to charge fees; however, to this day it serves its charitable object, providing free education to fatherless children, referred to as " foundationers ". In 1846 there was an insurrection in the hospital and fifty two boys were dismissed.
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Old photograph of Dowie's Mill on the River Almond by Cramond village, North West of Edinburgh, Scotland. There were four Mills owned by Caddell and Company, who first settled in Cramond in 1771. The four connected with this company were located within a short distance of each other, they were, Cockle Mill, Peggie's Mill, Dowies Mill and Fairafar Mill. The Cramond area has a long history, with evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. In modern times, it was the birthplace of the Scottish economist John Law, born 1671, died 1729. Cramond was incorporated into the City of Edinburgh by Act of Parliament in 1920.
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Old photograph of people ice skating in the Marine Gardens Ballroom in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Marine Gardens was an entertainment complex located in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Opened in 1909 as a pleasure garden and amusement park on the shores of the Firth of Forth, most of its original attractions apart from the ballroom were removed following military use of the site during the First World War. The complex also included a stadium which was used during the interwar period for football, greyhound racing and speedway. The Marine Gardens closed down permanently in 1939 after again being taken over by the military, with the area being redeveloped after the Second World War.
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