Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Deacon Brodies Tavern, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland. Deacon Brodie, a pillar of the Establishment turned arch criminal, terrified late 18th century Edinburgh. William Brodie, born 28 September 1741, died 1 October 1788, more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
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Old photograph of Pullar Park and gardens in Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. The Park is located off Henderson Street in Bridge of Allan. The Park was donated to the local community by Major Edmund Pullar in 1919 following World War 1, as a location for a War Memorial. The Memorial was unveiled at the official opening ceremony on the 26th May 1923. The Memorial was first dedicated in 1923 to commemorate the servicemen of Bridge of Allan who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 to 1919. Then, in 1947, it was rededicated listing the names of members of the armed services who fell in World War II. The cenotaph, an obelisk set on a marble plinth - was refurbished and rededicated in 2009.
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Old photograph of Samson's Ribs in Kings Park, Edinburgh, Scotland. Samson's Ribs are a formation of columnar basalt. Holyrood Park, also called the Queen's Park or King's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender, is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a remarkably wild piece of highland landscape within its 650 acre area. The park is associated with the royal palace of Holyroodhouse and was formerly a 12th century royal hunting estate. The park was created in 1541 when King James V had the ground " circulit about Arthurs Sett, Salisborie and Duddingston craggis " enclosed by a stone wall. Holyrood Park is now publicly accessible. Arthur's Seat, the highest point in Edinburgh, is at the centre of the park, with the cliffs of Salisbury Crags to the west. There are three lochs; St Margaret's Loch, Dunsapie Loch, and Duddingston Loch. The ruined St Anthony's Chapel stands above St Margaret's Loch. Queen's Drive is the main route through the Park, and is partly closed on Sundays to motor vehicles. St Margaret's Well and St Anthony's Well are both natural springs within the park. Holyrood Park is located to the south east of the Old Town, at the edge of the city centre. Abbeyhill is to the north, and Duddingston village to the east. The University of Edinburgh's Pollock Halls of Residence are to the south-west, and Dumbiedykes is to the west.
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Old photograph of Portincaple on the shore of Loch Long, Scotland. For thirty years until his death in 1942, Portincaple was the home of Scottish artist James Kay. He was born on 22 October 1858 at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran, son of Thomas Kay, a chief petty officer in the British Royal Navy, and Violet McNeish. He trained at the Glasgow School of Art. Active from the late 1880s, Kay achieved regular recognition at exhibitions in Europe. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris in 1894, and at 1895's La Libre Esthétique in Brussels was awarded an honourable mention. In 1903 his painting Toil and Grime was awarded the silver medal at the Société des Amis des Arts in Rouen, while another work, River of the North, won the gold medal at the Paris Salon. In 1907 his painting Launch of the Lusitania was purchased by the Corporation of Glasgow for the city's art collection. In 1911, Kay met and married Ada Laval, who was from Mauritius. They had one child, Violet McNeish Kay, in 1914; she went on to become an artist, and died in 1971.
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Old photograph of St Andrews Church on Ritchie Street in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland. Built as St Bride’s United Presbyterian Church in 1882, in typical U P style of red sandstone with a fine spire and rose window. Allen Digital organ 1983. In 1972 St Bride’s united with the Barony parish, changing its name to St Andrew’s. In 2010 St Andrew’s united with Overton Parish Church, creating West Kilbride Parish Church.
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