Old Photograph Hotel Dunbeath Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish village was the birthplace of Neil Gunn, born 1891, died 1973, author of The Silver Darlings, Highland River etc., many of whose novels are set in Dunbeath and its Strath. Prince George, Duke of Kent, was killed when his Short Sunderland flying boat crashed on a Dunbeath hillside on 25 August 1942. Dr John N Sutherland, graduate of Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh Universities, former Professor of Virtual Reality at Gifu University in Japan, founder of video games as an academic discipline, was brought up in Dunbeath and attended Dunbeath Primary School and Dunbeath Parish Church.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boats Mid Shore Harbour Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in Mid Shore harbour in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, Pittenweem grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. Later a breakwater was built, extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out south west into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This allowed boats to rest at anchor rather than being beached, enabling larger vessels to use the port.



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Tour Scotland Video Jam And Scones Lindores Abbey Whisky Distillery Newburgh Fife

Tour Scotland short travel video of delicious jam and Scones on visit and trip to Lindores Abbey Whisky Distillery in Newburgh, Fife. If it is a light lunch or a nice cup of tea and a scone Lindores welcomes everyone. British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury. They frequently include raisins, currants, cheese or dates. In Scotland and Ulster, savoury varieties of scone include soda scones, also known as soda farls, and potato scones, normally known as tattie scones, which resemble small, thin savoury pancakes made with potato flour. Potato scones are most commonly served fried in a full Scottish breakfast. The griddle scone, or girdle scone in Scots, is a variety of scone which is cooked on a griddle, or girdle, on the stove top rather than baked in the oven. This usage is also common in New Zealand where scones of all varieties form an important part of traditional colonial New Zealand cuisine.

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Tour Scotland Video Magician Medieval Fair Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Magician in the city centre on ancestry visit to the Medieval Fair in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A medieval Magician was a comic performer who often used humour alongside his Magic skills. A magician often performed in public places such as in market places, in the street and at medieval fairs. To make a living of any kind, a magician therefore had to rely upon his audience for tips. The equivalent today is what people refer to as a street entertainer, a highly skilled magician who can perform serious Magic feats as well as comic ones and who performs in public places such as market places in tourist resorts and cities or in special fairs and town/city celebrations. Sometimes they will be relying on tips from the public but, unlike in medieval times, they will often be professionally engaged for both public and private function performances.

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Tour Scotland Video Golfers Walking Over Swilcan Bridge St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of golfers walking over the Swilcan Bridge on visit to St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This is a famous small stone bridge on St Andrews Links golf course. The bridge spans the Swilcan Burn between the first and eighteenth fairways on the old course, and has itself become an important cultural icon in the sport of golf.

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