Old Photograph Temperance Hotel Inveraray Argyll Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car outside the of the late 18th century Temperance Hotel on Front Street East in Inveraray, Scotland. The Temperance Hotel is a former hotel located near the shores of Loch Fyne in the Scottish town of Inveraray. It is is located opposite the ship dock on the corner house between Front Street and Main Street. Today it is used as a residential building. As it was a Temperance Hotel it was not permitted to sell alcohol. The Temperance Scotland Act 1913 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which voters in small local areas in Scotland were enabled to hold a poll to vote on whether their area remained " wet " or went " dry, " that is, whether alcoholic drinks should be permitted or prohibited. The decision was made on a simple majority of votes cast. The Act was a result of the strong temperance movement in Scotland before the First World War. Brewers and publicans formed defence committees to fight temperance propaganda.



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Old Photograph William Leslie Shop Stromness Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the William Leslie shop in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland. First recorded as the site of an inn in the 16th century, Stromness became important during the late 17th century, when England was at war with France and shipping was forced to avoid the English Channel. Ships of the Hudson's Bay Company were regular visitors, as were whaling fleets. Large numbers of Orkneymen, many of whom came from the Stromness area, served as traders, explorers and seamen for both. Captain Cook's ships, Discovery and Resolution, called at the town in 1780 on their return voyage from the South Seas where Cook had been killed. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Links Hotel Brora Scotland

Old photograph of the Links Hotel in Brora,Sutherland, Scotland. This village is the Highlands. It had at one time a coal pit, boat building, fishing, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Distillery, as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is now called the Brora Whisky distillery, wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. The village is situated where the A9 road and the Far North Line bridge the River Brora. The village is served by a railway station. To the south east of the village is the former Brora Y Station which operated as a Government listening station between 1940 and 1986. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph New Bridge Bridge Of Allan Scotland

Old photograph of the new bridge over the Allan Water in Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. The Jacobites were in Bridge of Allan in 1745, where three hundred highlanders set up a roadblock on the original old bridge and charged a toll for its passage. Major Alexander Henderson, the Laird of Westerton, drew up plans of how he wanted the village to be laid out in 1850, envisaging spacious streets with pleasure grounds in the woods. It was at this time that many handsome stone villas were built on wide thoroughfares, with practically every second house becoming a lodging house as Bridge of Allan became a renowned spa town, especially during the boom years of hydropathic establishments. Among the visitors was Robert Louis Stevenson who visited annually during his youth. The Museum Hall was built by the trustees of John Macfarlane in 1887, originally as the Macfarlane Museum and Art Gallery. In its use as a concert venue it once played host to the Beatles.



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Old Photograph Newton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Newton or The Newton, a small village near South Queensferry, Scotland. Newton lies on the A904 trunk road 2.6 miles west of South Queensferry and the Forth Road Bridge and 6 miles East of Linlithgow. All road traffic travelling west from the Forth Road Bridge currently has to pass through the village in order to gain access to the M9 Motorway although this was set to change under proposals to upgrade M9 Junction 1a as part of the Forth Replacement Crossing scheme. The village's location serves it well as a commuter village for those who travel daily to Edinburgh and Fife. It currently hosts a petrol service station, a small shop, a pub and a post office.



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