Old Photograph Peinsoraig Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of church and tower at Peinsoraig overlooking Uig Bay, Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. A small tower, or folly, built around 1840 by the then landlord Captain Fraser can be seen in the centre of the photograph. At that time, local crofters would walk to the tower to pay their rents to Fraser's factor. The Uig Free Church, built in 1847, is seen in the foreground. Apparently, an elder of the Free Church brought one of the last charges of witchcraft against a mother and her daughters in 1880. The charge came to nothing, and all survived. The village of Uig is well known as a fishing port. There was a pier there by 1840, and in 1894 it was greatly extended at a cost of £9000. King Edward Vll and Queen Alexandra officially opened the new pier on 1 September 1902. In earlier years, steamers plying between Glasgow and Stornoway, a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, made regular stops in Uig, and in 1964 Caledonian MacBrayne started its regular sailings to the Isle of Harris and North Uist, which still continue today.



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Old Photograph Concert Glen Pavilion Pittencrieff Glen Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people at a concert at the Glen pavilion in Pittencrieff Glen, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Pittencrieff Park, known locally as " The Glen ", is a public park in Dunfermline. It was purchased in 1902 by the town's most famous son, Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year. Its lands include the historically significant and topologically rugged glen which interrupts the centre of Dunfermline and, accordingly, part of the intention of the purchase was to carry out civic development of the area in a way which also respected its heritage. The project notably attracted the attention of the urban planner and educationalist, Patrick Geddes.


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Old Photograph Railway Station Kilbarchan Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish village was known for its former weaving industry. At one time there were 800 weavers in this village. The station was part of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line on the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The station opened on 1 June 1905, and closed to passengers on 27 June 1966. The station was originally an island platform covered by an overhanging glass canopy. Access to the station, was via two glazed brick lined entrance ramps at either end of the platform; one leading to the archway under the green bridges in the village's main thoroughfare High Barholm, and the other leading down to a minor road near the Tandlehill estate. When the station was built, several of the cottages in the street had to be cleared to make way for the station entrance, and the bridges over the street. The station's platform remains partially intact. However, the trackbed is now part of National Cycle Route 7. Both station passenger entrance ramps were re-opened for access to the cycle route.



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Old Photograph Passenger Bus Almondbank Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a passenger bus and people outside the Post Office in Almondbank near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The village, situated on the River Almond, was historically a centre for the textile industry, with facilities like bleachfields powered by the Perth Lade. Just South of Almondbank village, is the Royal Navy Workshops. This is a fairly large complex of factory workshops which in the past serviced aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. To the north west of this instillation lies the derelict remains of an industrial complex once busily producing textiles. Now, only the shell of this once large, work intensive industry remains.





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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes And Drums Inveraray Pipe Band

Tour Scotland video of the bagpipes and drums music of Inveraray and District Pipe Band from Inveraray a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. This Pipe Band won the 2017 World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green.

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