Tour Scotland Travel Blog Video Storm Dylan Windy Hogmanay Morning River Tay Perth Perthshire
Tour Scotland travel Blog video of a windy Hogmanay morning by the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Storm Dylan starting to bring a wet and windy end to 2017. Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Glasgow Academicals Rugby Football Club Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the Glasgow Academicals Rugby Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Academical Football Club is the third oldest rugby football club in Scotland. Its history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club has produced so many internationals, both for Scotland and for the British Lions. The club was founded in 1866 when a number of former pupils of Glasgow Academy, under the chairmanship of the Rector, Mr Morrison, adopted a resolution that an Academical Club should be formed. At a time when the rules of rugby were far from formalised, the new club elected to play on the lines of the Edinburgh Academical Club. The club played their first match in the season 1867 to 1868
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Turnbull Sisters From Govan Glasgow Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of the Turnbull sisters from Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. This surname is mainly found recorded in Northern England and Scotland. A sizeable group of early European surnames were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were given in the first instance with reference to occupation, or to a variety of characteristics, such as physical attributes of peculiarities. Scottish tradition tells of a man called Rule, who saved the life of King Robert the Bruce, by " turning " a ferocious bull which had threatened to gore the King. For this service he was given a new name and obtained a grant of the lands of Bedrule. William Turnbull, died 1454, was bishop of Glasgow in 1447, and founded Glasgow University in 1451.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Crofter Spinning Wool Shetland Islands Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of a Crofter spinning wool outside her cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Scottish croft is a small agricultural landholding of a type which has been subject to special legislation in the United Kingdom since 1886. The legislation is largely a response to the complaints and demands of tenant families who were victims of the Highland Clearances. The modern crofters or tenants appear very little in evidence before the beginning of the 18th century. They were tenants at will underneath the tacksman and wadsetters, but practically their tenure was secure enough. The first evidence that can be found of small tenants holding directly of the proprietor is in a rental of the estates of Sir D. MacDonald in Skye and North Uist in 1715.
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Old Travel Blog Photograph Crofter Spinning Wool Orkney Islands Scotland
Old travel Blog photograph of a crofter spinning wool outside her cottage on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Scottish croft is a small agricultural landholding of a type which has been subject to special legislation in the United Kingdom since 1886. The legislation is largely a response to the complaints and demands of tenant families who were victims of the Highland Clearances. The modern crofters or tenants appear very little in evidence before the beginning of the 18th century. They were tenants at will underneath the tacksman and wadsetters, but practically their tenure was secure enough. The first evidence that can be found of small tenants holding directly of the proprietor is in a rental of the estates of Sir D. MacDonald in Skye and North Uist in 1715.
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