Tour Scotland Video Music Saint Andrew's Day Street Market St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of music at a Market by South Street at a Saint Andrew's Day event on ancestry visit St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Forth Railway Bridge

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of the Forth Railway Bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future King Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry near Edinburgh and North Queensferry in Fife. When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. Prior to the construction of the bridge, ferry boats were used to cross the Firth. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland, having been voted Scotland's greatest man made wonder, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bridge painting was the major local employer. North Queensferry lads learned to say the Lord's Prayer a line shorter, because that was how much time they reckon you had between falling off, and hitting the water. no need for 'give us this day our daily bread' - they'd had it. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Dysart Fife

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Dysart on the coast of Fife, Scotland. The first record of the town was made in the early 13th century, its initial role being to settle civil matters between the church and landowners. During the middle of the 15th century, trade with the Low Countries began for salt and coal exportation. In the 16th and 17th centuries, trade expanded to the Baltic Countries. Dysart acquired two nicknames: Salt Burgh and Little Holland as a result. The harbour was later extensively rebuilt in 1829 with the assistance of Robert Stephenson, to include an inner basin with a nearby quarry at the harbour head and an extension of the east pier which would be raised and pointed southwards. The Outlander TV series filmed at the Inner Harbour. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Crail East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Crail on the coast of the East Neuk Of Fife, Scotland. Crail became a Royal Burgh in 1178 in the reign of King William the Lion. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox, visiting Crail on his way to St Andrews in 1559, was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time. King James V, the father of Mary Queen of Scots, sent for his wife, Mary of Guise, whom he had recently married by proxy in Paris, and she landed in Crail in June 1538. Built around a harbour, Crail has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries. The harbour is known to have been substantially complete by 1583. The extension of 1828 to the west pier of Crail Harbour is the work of Robert Stevenson. Crial railway station on the Thornton Junction to St Andrews to Leuchars Junction was opened on 1 September 1883 by the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the St Andrews to Leven portion of the line, on 6 September 1965. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Video Old Photographs Ceres Fife

Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Ceres, Fife, Scotland. Ceres is located in a small glen approximately 2 miles over the Ceres Moor from Cupar and 7 miles from St Andrews. The Ceres Burn runs through the village and alongside the green. An old packhorse bridge, known as the Bishop's Bridge has spanned the burn since the 17th century. The village is dominated by the Parish Church. It has what is possibly the shortest High Street in Scotland, just a few houses on each side. In a prominent position by the Bow Butts is a monument commemorating the men of Ceres who fought in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. It was erected on the six hundredth anniversary of the battle, in 1914. The Ceres Games are said to have been held every year since 1314 after Robert the Bruce granted the village permission to hold them in commemoration of its men's participation in the Battle of Bannockburn. Now staged in the form of Highland games, they are the oldest free games in Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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