Old Travel Blog Photograph Coronation Parade Coldstream Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Coronation parade celebration for the crowning of King George VI in Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The coronation of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 12 May 1937. George VI ascended the throne upon the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, on 11 December 1936, three days before his 41st birthday. Edward's coronation had been planned for 12 May 1937 and it was decided to continue with his brother and sister-in-law's coronation on the same date.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Cowdenknows Road Earlston Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of girls walking on Cowdenknows Road by Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays and the Earls of March and Dunbar were the chief baronial families in this area. Residents of early Earlston, Earlstons, have since spread afar, with some travelling to the United States of America in the early 1800s. But the vast majority of Earlstons with that surname, have taken residence in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Country in the early 1700s, they have set up a strong residence, governed by middle child of the Earlston three brothers, Lord Dale.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Blackadder House Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Blackadder House near Allanton in Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder castle. The house was vandalized by troops in World War I. Since there was no money to repair it, the house was demolished around 1925. The Blackadder family were an integral part of the constant Borders’ feuds, and opportunistically extended their lands by grants from James II. These were bestowed as a reward for repelling English raids, with great ferocity. The Borders holdings of Blackadder of that Ilk were taken into the family of Home, now the Home Robertson family, by the marriage of Beatrix and her younger sister, the only heirs of their father Robert, to younger sons of Home of Wedderburn in 1518. Wedderburn Castle is still owned by his descendent, Georgina Home Robertson.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Crofters Outside A Cottage Poolewe Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of crofters outside a cottages in Poolewe, Gaelic: Poll Iù, Wester Ross, Highlands, Scotland. Literally the name means " the pool on the Ewe river ". Poolewe has a relatively warm climate for its latitude, thanks to the Gulf Stream, which creates an almost sub tropical climate. While the winter in Poolewe is generally cold and wet, the maritime location means that it receives only a few days of snow a year. The Northern Lights are visible on occasion, depending on the weather and time of year; most often in winter.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Family From Isle of Tiree Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a family from the Isle of Tiree, Scotland. An island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, southwest of Coll. The island is at the same latitude as southern Alaska and the same longitude as the border between Spain and Portugal. Britain’s twentieth largest island, it is just over ten miles at its longest, five miles at its widest, and a little over half a mile at its narrowest.



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