Old Travel Blog Photograph Bank Airdrie Scotland

Old travel Blog Photograph of the Bank in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town really came to prominence through its weaving industry. Airdrie Weavers Society was founded in 1781 and flax was being grown in sixteen farms in and around the burgh. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, coal mining was in progress and around thirty colliers were employed. Weaving continued to flourish making up a substantial part of the population of over 2,500 around the turn of the 19th century. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Railway Station Stepps Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Railway Station in Stepps, on the north eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. The old station is sited on the former Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which originally opened back to 1831 and later formed part of the Caledonian Railway main line from Glasgow Buchanan Street. A station at Stepps, originally known as Stepps Road, was opened on this line sometime around 1843, when the line was extended to Coatbridge, which was then closed by the British Railways on 5 November 1962. The present station, a short distance to the east, was opened by British Rail with financial support from Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive on 15 May 1989.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph North Fens Road Largs Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses on North Fens Road in Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity. The town is served by the railway line from Glasgow to North Ayrshire. Largs is the birthplace of the actors Daniela Nardini and John Sessions, the footballer Lou Macari and the golfer Sam Torrance. Though not born in Largs, musician and songwriter Graham Lyle of Gallagher and Lyle was brought up there and still returns to visit his holiday home.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Mosspaul Hotel On The Road To Langholm Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Mosspaul Hotel on the road to Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Mosspaul Inn at one time was said to be little more than a " butt and ben, " and continued to be so till about the beginning of the 19th century. The first landlord of whom any record can be traced was Thomas Gray, whose name appeared in a list, in 1803, of those who were prepared to defend their country against the threatened French invasion. He was a member of the 1st Battalion of the Roxburghshire Volunteers, and rode to Hawick along with Major Robert Elliot of Arkleton on the night of the False Alarm, the evening of the 31st January, 1804, when the beacon fires on the Border hills flashed the erroneous intelligence that the French had landed.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Bowling Green Langholm Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph pf the Bowling Green in Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Scottish bowlers developed the present flat green game, established rules, worked out a uniform code of laws, and were instrumental in saving the game for posterity. The ancient game of bowls has always been dear to the heart of every true Scot, and it has always held a prominent place in the history and literature of Scotland. To the Scots goes the credit also for giving the game an international background, as emigrant Scots enthusiastically carried the game with them to all parts of the world. Today there are more than 200 public bowling greens in the City of Glasgow alone. 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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