Old Photograph Drawing Room Blairquhan Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the drawing room in Blairquhan Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the 16th century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th to early 18th century Scottish house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could " withdraw " for more privacy.



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Old Photograph Houses And Harbour Hynish Isle of Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of houses and the harbour at Hynish on the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. The buildings at Hynish were started in 1837 and comprised a harbour, workshops and lodgings for those involved in the building of the Skerryvore Lighthouse. In 1842 the Skerryvore Lighthouse was completed and in the following year the Hynish pier was extended to allow the lighthouse vessel to berth.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Balevullin Bay Isle of Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of a thatched crofters cottage by Balevullin Bay and beach on the North West corner of the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. James Galbraith was Head of the Parochial School at Balevullin from 1874. James and his wife Janet with two of their Donald grandchildren, still lived at the croft house at Balevullin around 1890. James and his family were originally from Gigha. The Duke of Argyll displaced the MacLeod family off their croft to Kilmoluaig to make way for them. After James` death the family`s title to the croft at Balevullin was challenged by the Duke, despite one of James` daughters, Sarah, now living in Glasgow, continuing to pay the rent, and her two sisters still living there. One sister, Mary Galbraith, married John MacDonald of Cornaigmore in 1907 and they continued to run the croft. However, after 10 years of pursuit, the Duke took the matter to Court and the croft was given up around 1913.



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Old Photograph Balemartine Isle Of Tiree Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, beach and coast at Balemartine on the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. The island is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, and fishing are the main sources of employment for the islanders. Tiree, along with Colonsay, enjoys a relatively high number of total hours of sunshine during the late spring and early summer compared to the average for the United Kingdom. Tiree is a popular windsurfing venue and is a proposed location for an offshore wind farm. Tiree is sometimes referred to as " Hawaii of the North. "



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Old Photograph Shops Grangemouth Scotland

Old photograph of the Alfred Hansen and James Rae shops in Grangemouth, South of Stirling, Scotland. In 1872 responsibility for municipal affairs passed from the Dundas family to a new burgh council in Grangemouth and soon the marks of civic pride began appearing all over the prosperous town. Fine new churches of various denominations, public buildings and schools graced the elegant streets with Bo'ness Road, Charing Cross, Abbots Road, Talbot Street, and Ronaldshay Crescent among the most attractive. Here the well to do merchants and traders built high quality homes while ensuring that the working population in Marshall and Lumley Street had good houses as well. By the turn of the century the population was over 8,000 people.



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