Old Photograph T.S.S. Manx Maid II Scotland

Old photograph of the T.S.S. Manx Maid II on sea trials near the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. TSS Manx Maid II was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, in 1962, and was the second ship in the Company's history to bear the name. The " Maid ", as she was always affectionately known, was certified for 1400 passengers and a crew of 60. Manx Maid was a great success and was of major importance in the history of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, as she was the first vessel to be designed as a car ferry; she had the capacity for up to 90 cars and light commercial vans. After over 20 years of reliable service, Manx Maid made her final sailing from Douglas on Sunday 9 September 1984, ten days before her younger sister.



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Old Photograph Village Green Aboyne Scotland

Old photograph of the village green in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1715 Aboyne was the scene of a tinchal, or great hunt, organised by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar, on 3 September, as a cover for the gathering of Jacobite nobles and lairds to discuss a planned Jacobite uprising. The uprising began three days later in Braemar. Aboyne is unusual in having The Green on which events are held, as the village was modelled by one of the first Marquesses of Huntly, inhabitants of Aboyne Castle, on a traditional English village with a green at the centre. Few Scottish towns have such an asset.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cottages And Church Staffin Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages and church in Staffin on the North East coast of the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Staffin is located on the A855 road about 17 miles North of Portree and is overlooked by the Trotternish Ridge with the famous rock formations of The Storr and the Quirang. The district comprises 23 townships made up of, from south to north, Rigg, Tote, Lealt, Lonfearn, Grealin, Breackry, Cul-nan-cnoc, Bhaltos, Raiseburgh, Ellishader, Garafad, Clachan, Garros, Marrishader, Maligar, Stenscholl, Brogaig, Sartle, Glasphein, Digg, Dunan, Flodigarry and Greap.





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Old Photograph Railway Station Tyndrum Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train approaching the railway station in Tyndrum in the Highlands of Scotland. This is a small Scottish village whose Gaelic name translates as " the house on the ridge ". Tyndrum lies in Strathfillan, at the southern edge of Rannoch Moor. The village is notable mainly for being at a junction of road and rail transport routes to Glencoe to the North, Oban to the West and Crianlarich to Loch Lomond and Glasgow to the South.





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Old Photograph Steam Train Railway Station St Boswells Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. This intermediate station was opened on 20 February 1849 as Newtown Junction station and served as the junction station for branch lines to Reston, Jedburgh and Sprouston Junction. It was successively renamed New Town St Boswells station in January 1863, and St Boswells station, on 1 March 1865, and closed to regular passenger traffic, with the line as a whole, on 6 January 1969.



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