Old Photograph Statue Of Robert Burns and Highland Mary Scotland

Old photograph of a statue of Robert Burns and Highland Mary in Scotland. Mary Campbell also known as Highland Mary, was christened Margaret, in March 1763. She was the daughter of a sailor in a revenue cutter named Archibald Campbell of Daling, whose wife was Agnes Campbell of Achnamore or Auchamore, by Dunoon on the Cowal Peninsula in 1762. Mary was the eldest of a family of four. Robert Burns had an affair with her after he felt that he had been " deserted " by Jean Armour following her move to Paisley in March 1786. The brief affair started in April 1786, the parting took place on 14 May. Her pronunciation of English was heavily accented with Gaelic and this led to her becoming known as Highland Mary. Mary Campbell died at the age of 23, around 20 October 1786, probably from Typhus contracted when nursing her brother Robert. She was buried in the old West Kirk churchyard at Greenock, in a lair owned by her host and relation Peter Macpherson. A story is told that some superstitious friends believed that her illness was as a result of someone casting the evil eye upon her. Her father was urged to go to a place where two streams meet, select seven smooth stones, boil them in milk, and treat her with the potion.



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Old Photograph Textile Factory Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a textile factory in Dundee, Scotland. For nearly two hundred years Dundee's prosperity was dependent on the textile industry and, in particular, on the manufacturing of jute grown in India. Dundee was the largest jute manufacturer in the world and a vital market for Indian jute producers. By the early 20th century however Calcutta had overtaken Dundee as the dominant centre for the production of jute. Nevertheless, until the 1970s many of the overseers, managers and mechanics working in Bengal jute mills came from Dundee.



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Old Photograph Briggs Refinery Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Briggs Refinery in Dundee, Scotland. In 1931 William Briggs built a refinery in Dundee adjacent to the Gas Works, to process the coal tar produced at the gas works but subsequently switched to recovering the more valuable fractions from bitumen. In 1949 Branches were opened in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Liverpool and Norwich, England. Dundee was the only oil refinery in Scotland other than the Grangemouth complex. In 1968 the Dundee refinery was sold to Tarmac but has retained its own identity. In 1992 the Dundee refinery was sold to the specialist Swedish refiner Nynas Petroleum Group.



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Old Photograph Gasworks East Dock Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the Gasworks on East Dock Street in Dundee, Scotland. Coal gas was introduced to Great Britain in the 1790s as an illuminating gas by the Scottish inventor William Murdoch. Early gasworks were usually located beside a river or canal so that coal could be brought in by barge. Transport was later shifted to railways and many gasworks had internal railway systems with their own locomotives. Early gasworks were built for factories in the Industrial Revolution from about 1805 as a light source and for industrial processes requiring gas, and for lighting in country houses from about 1845. Country house gas works are extant at Culzean Castle in Scotland and Owlpen in Gloucestershire. England.



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Tour Scotland Videos Fireworks Display Saint Andrew's Day Event St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of the fireworks display above the long pier at the harbour at a Saint Andrew's Day event on ancestry visit St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the finale of the fireworks display above the long pier at the harbour at a Saint Andrew's Day event on ancestry visit St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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