Old Photograph Dess House Kincardine O'Neil Scotland

Old photograph of Dess House in Kincardine O'Neil located between Banchory and Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since ancient times there was a crossing of the Dee River at Kincardine O'Neil. Locations of the Dee crossings along with alignment of ancient trackways formed a major impetus for location of early castles and settlements. In the vicinity of Kincardine O'Neil the Middle Ages trackways to the south had a particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. In the 19th century, the Deeside Railway bypassed the village, impeding the expansion of the settlement, unlike towns nearby. By 1895 the population of Kincardine O'Neil exceeded 200. Most of the present buildings were built in the 19th century.



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Old Photograph Carlekemp House Scotland

Old photograph of Carlekemp House by North Berwick, Scotland. The British Government rented houses for the duration of the firts World War to accommodate servicemen. One such was Carlekemp on Abbotsford Road, North Berwick, which was used as an officers' convalescent home. One young officer recovering at Carlekemp recalled seeing the long procession of the surrendering German Fleet of some 70 warships steaming up the Forth.



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Old Photograph Finzean House Scotland

Old photograph of Finzean House by Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Joseph Farquharson died on 15 April 1935 at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He combined a long and prolific career as a painter with his inherited role as a Scottish laird. He painted in both oils and water colours. His mother, a celebrated beauty, was an Ainslie. His early days were spent in his father's house in Northumberland Street below Queen Street Gardens and later at Eaton Terrace beyond the Dean Bridge, Edinburgh and at Finzean, the family estate in the highlands. His father Francis was a doctor and laird of Finzean. Joseph was educated in Edinburgh and permitted by his father to paint only on Saturdays using his father's paint box. When Joseph reached the age of 12, Francis Farquharson bought his son his first paints and only a year later he exhibited his first painting at the Royal Scottish Academy.



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Old Photograph People Having A Picnic On The Coast Stranraer Scotland

Old photograph of people having a picnic on the coast by Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Around 1600, Stranraer had become the market town for western Wigtownshire. At about this time, Stranraer was reached by a military road built from Dumfries to allow easier access to Portpatrick for transportation of people to Ireland for the Plantation of Ulster. Stranraer became a royal burgh in 1617. The first harbour in Stranraer was built in the middle of the 18th century, with further port development in the 1820s. The arrival of the railway from Dumfries in 1861, which closed in 1965), which gave the shortest journey to/from London, England, established Stranraer as the area's main port. In 1862, the line was extended to serve the harbour directly, and a link to Portpatrick was also opened. In 1877, a rail connection north to Girvan and Glasgow was also established. Stranraer remained the main Scottish port for the Irish ferries for the next 150 years or so.



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Tour Scotland Video Drive To Moto Service Station Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a road trip drive from the Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy Junction of the M90 motorway North to visit the Moto Service Station by Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Kinross is the most northern motorway service area in the UK. The service station is located next to the M90 motorway and is accessed using motorway junction 6 in both the north bound and south bound directions. The following facilities can be found here; Costa Coffee, Burger King, WHSmith, M&S Simply Food, Toilets, Kids Play Area, Payphones, Cash Machine and Travelodge.

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