Old Travel Blog Photograph Abbots Parlour Dryburgh Abbey Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Abbots Parlour at Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. The Abbey was founded by the Premonstratensian Order, brought from Alnwick in 1140. They were a reformed group of Augustinians and this was their first of only six houses in Scotland. Though Dryburgh was less troubled than Jedburgh or Kelso, like Melrose it was wasted by the English in 1322, and rebuilt with the financial assistance of Robert the Bruce. The 15th century west end of the Abbey church lies flush to a high, enclosing cloister wall, where more usually would have been a range of claustral buildings. Elsewhere around the cloisters stood the refectory, warming house, library and vestry, parlour.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Academy Bellshill North Lanarkshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Academy in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A Scottish town located 10 miles south east of Glasgow city centre and 37 miles west of Edinburgh. In the late 1800's large coal and iron deposits were discovered nearby and a number of mines opened, the first being the Thankerton mine. Bellshill once had 6 primary schools including Belvidere Primary School. This was closed, however, in early June 2010 and has now been demolished. Holy Family Primary School was founded in 1868 and moved to new buildings in 1907 to accommodate an influx of Lithuanian, Polish and Irish Catholics seeking work in the area. Other primary schools include Sacred Heart Primary, Mossend Primary, Noble Primary, St. Gerard's Primary and Lawmuir Primary. There are two fairly large secondary schools, Bellshill Academy and Cardinal Newman High School.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Railway Station Alloway Ayrshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Railway Station in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway. It opened on 17 May 1906. It closed on 1 December 1930 and reopened on 4 July 1932 when a holiday camp was opened in the Heads of Ayr, however it closed again on 31 May 1933. Although the line through the station reopened again in the summer of 1947 to coincide with the opening of a new Heads of Ayr station serving the newly opened Butlins, this only served the camp and Alloway station did not reopen. The line through the station closed for the final time on 14 September 1968.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Red Point Beach Port Henderson Gairloch Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Red Point Beach near Port Henderson, a fishing village on the south west shore of the Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch, Scotland. The lands around Gairloch have been mostly in the ownership of the Mackenzies of Gairloch since the 15th century, when they were acquired by Hector Roy Mackenzie. The Mackenzies were clan leaders in the traditional sense and were known for their attachment to their tenants. During the 19th century, Sir Hector Mackenzie and his sons Sir Francis and Dr John Mackenzie refused to evict a single tenant during the clearances, despite the estate running at a loss. As a result, evicted Highlanders from other communities came to live in the area and has caused Gairloch to maintain a thriving community even today.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Ardenslate Road Kirn Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Ardenslate Road in Kirn by Dunoon, Scotland. This Scottish village on the Firth of Clyde had its own pier and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services.



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