Old Travel Blog Photograph DC Thomson Building Dundee Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of vintage vehicles outside the DC Thomson building in Dundee, Scotland. DC Thomson is a British publishing and television production company best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy, and Commando comics. The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Company, publishers of Dundee Courier and Daily Argus. In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as D.C. Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the " Three Js ", the traditional summary of Dundee industry; ' jam, jute and journalism '. Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and for refusing to employ Catholics.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Jubilee Arch Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old travel Blog Photograph of the Jubilee Arch near Broughty Castle, on the Firth of Tay by Dundee, Scotland. In 1887 to mark the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, James Guthrie Orchar put up funds for an arch to stand at the southern entrance of the park on Monifieth Road. The arch was designed by T S Robertson and was unveiled on September 19th 1887. The arch is designed in a baronial style of ashlar sandstone. Two turrets flank a centrally located bas-relief sculpture of the head of Queen Victoria. To the left and right are the carved Scottish and Imperial coat of arms. There are also carvings of a thistle, rose and shamrock. To the rear northern side is a relief of Broughty Castle on the raised central panel.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Inn Auldgirth Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Inn in Auldgirth, a village on the A76 road in the Civil Parish of Closeburn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. At one time it had a manned railway station, situated one mile south of the village, just before the hamlet of Dalswinton.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Central Avenue Cambuslang Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Central Avenue in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This town is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. Because of its relative prosperity, Cambuslang has been intimately concerned in the politics of the country, through the Duke of Hamilton connection, and of the local Church. Bishop John Cameron of Glasgow, the Scottish King's first minister, and Cardinal Beaton, a later first minister, were both Rectors of Cambuslang. This importance continued following the Protestant Reformation. From then until the Glorious Revolution a stream of Ministers of Cambuslang came, were expelled, or were re-instated, according to whether supporters of the King, Covenanters, or Oliver Cromwell were in power. The religious movements of the 18th century, including the Cambuslang Wark, were directly linked to similar movements in North America. The Scottish Enlightenment was well represented in the person of Rev Dr James Meek, the Minister. His troubles with his parishioners foreshadowed the split in the Church of Scotland during the 19th century. The manufacturing industries that grew up from the agricultural and mineral resources attracted immigrants from all over Scotland and Ireland and other European countries.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Garngaber Avenue Lenzie Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a horse and cart on Garngaber Avenue in Lenzie situated six miles from Glasgow, Scotland. Lenzie was built in the 19th century as a commuter town for those travelling to Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Lenzie railway station is a stop between the two cities.



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