Old Travel Blog Photograph Adam Smith Hall And Gardens Kirkcaldy Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Adam Smith Hall and Gardens in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Adam Smith, was born in Kirkcaldy in 1723. He became a well renowned lecturer in economics and he is best remembered for the first serious study of economics on a massive and International scale originally titled, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and later abbreviated by publishers to The Wealth Of Nations. It was written at his mother’s house in the High Street of Kirkcaldy.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph West Sands Beach And Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of West Sands Beach and the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the " home of golf " because the sport was first played on the Links at St Andrews in the early 1400s. Members played on what would become the Old Course, but because it was the only course St Andrews had, it was not yet known as the Old Course. Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until in 1457, when James II of Scotland banned golf because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practising their archery. The ban was held by the following kings of Scotland until 1502, when King James IV became a golfer himself and decided to remove the ban on golf.





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Old Travel Blog Photograph Beach Ravenscraig Park Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people on the beach at Ravenscraig Park in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Sir Michael Nairn, born 1838, died 1915, purchased Ravenscraig and Dysart House; in 1929 the land now forming Ravenscraig Park and gifted them to the community. Nairn developed his father's floor cloth business in Kirkcaldy to manufacture linoleum. This was a floor-covering composed a mixture of linseed oil and ground cork, pressed onto a jute backing. Linoleum proved both popular and hard wearing, making Nairn a wealthy man. The company grew to become the principal industry in Kirkcaldy and expanded into the USA in the 1880s. Linoleum continued to be popular internationally into the middle of the 20th Century.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Playground For Children By The Beach In Nairn Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Playground for children by the beach in Nairn, Moray, Scotland. Nairn is an ancient fishing port and market town around 16 miles of Inverness. It was the county town of the wider county of Nairn also known as Nairnshire. The town is now best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, and award winning beaches. Charlie Chaplin, used to holiday every year in Nairn and stayed at the Newton Hotel.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Seafront And Beach Troon Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses by the seafront and beach in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Troon is famous for its Royal Troon golf course, one of the hosts to the Open Golf Championship. Troon Harbour played a notable part in the development of the town for many years. It was home to the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company. Troon old railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The Grey Lady of Troon. The Grey Lady is a tale or fable that has surrounded Troon for years. She was first sighted by Jason Grant, a local farmer, in 1873. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish ancestry.



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