Tour Scotland Video Slow Drive South To Cross Queensferry Crossing Firth Of Forth
Tour Scotland morning video of a very slow drive, with long delays, South down the M90 motorway to cross the Queensferry Crossing the new Forth Road Bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Lots of traffic on the day, today, when the bridge was first open to vehicles. The Queensferry Crossing, formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing, is a road bridge built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge which will carry the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Lothian, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. The bridge is 683 feet high above high tide, equivalent to approximately 48 London buses stacked on top of each other and 25% higher than existing Forth Road Bridge. It is estimated the construction involved approximately 10 million man hours.
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Old Photograph Bolton Drive Mount Florida Glasgow Scotland
Old photograph of people and houses on Bolton Drive in Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland. Mount Florida is served by the Mount Florida railway station which lies upon the Cathcart Circle railway line. The area is home to Langside College. Scotland's National Stadium, Hampden Park, is located off Cathcart Road in the heart of Mount Florida.
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Old Photograph Model Yacht Pond Largs Scotland
Old photograph of people by the model yacht pond in Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity. The town is served by the railway line from Glasgow to North Ayrshire. Largs is the birthplace of the actors Daniela Nardini and John Sessions, the footballer Lou Macari and the golfer Sam Torrance. Though not born in Largs, musician and songwriter Graham Lyle of Gallagher and Lyle was brought up there and still returns to visit his holiday home.
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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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