Old Travel Blog Photograph Drawing Room Dunrobin Castle Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the drawing room in Dunrobin Castle located one mile North of Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. The Drawing Room Drawing Room was redesigned by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1915 after the fire that very nearly destroyed the Castle altogether. The fire was put out by the lucky arrival of hundreds of sailors from Royal Navy ships that were lying off the coast. At the time the Castle was a naval hospital, so they were keen to make sure nothing untoward happened to their shipmates. A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the 16th century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large 16th to early 18th century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could " withdraw " for more privacy.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Robertson Family From Carnoustie Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Robertson family from Carnoustie, Scotland. The town is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast in Angus. It was founded in the late 18th century, and grew rapidly throughout the 19th century due to the growth of the local textile industry. It was popular as a tourist resort from the early Victorian era up to the latter half of the 20th century, due to its seaside location, and is best known for its associations with golf.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of Devlin Family From Dundee Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Devlin family from Dundee, Scotland. The discovery that the dry fibres of jute could be lubricated with whale oil, of which Dundee had a surfeit, following the opening of its gasworks, to allow it to be processed in mechanised mills resulted in the Dundee mills rapidly converting from linen to jute, which sold at a quarter of the price of flax. Interruption of Prussian flax imports during the Crimean War and of cotton during the American Civil War resulted in a period of inflated prosperity for Dundee and the jute industry dominated Dundee throughout the latter half of the 19th century. Unprecedented immigration, notably of Irish workers, led to accelerated urban expansion, and at the height of the industry's success, Dundee supported 62 jute mills, employing some 50,000 workers. Cox Brothers, who owned the massive Camperdown Works in Lochee, were one of the largest jute manufacturers in Europe and employed more than 5,000 workers.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Of John Grieve From Langholm Scotland Langholm Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of John Grieve from Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Langholm, also known colloquially as the Muckle Toun, is on the River Esk and the A7 road. The town grew around the textile industry, but is now best known as the birthplace of Hugh MacDiarmid and Thomas Telford, and the ancestral home of Neil Armstrong. A branch of the Carlisle, England, to Hawick railway line to Langholm was completed in 1864, but closed 100 years later. Langholm is the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong.



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Tour Scotland Travel Video Of Old Photographs Of Galashiels

Tour Scotland Travel video of old photographs of Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.

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