Old Travel Blog Photograph Queen Mary Art Gallery Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the visit of Queen Mary, in July 1911, to the National Art Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mary of Teck, Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; born 26 May 1867, died 24 March 1953, was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King George V. Although technically a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, she was born and raised in England. Her parents were Francis, Duke of Teck, who was of German extraction, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, who was a granddaughter of King George III. She was informally known as "May", after her birth month. At the age of 24, she was betrothed to Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, but six weeks after the announcement of the engagement, he died unexpectedly of pneumonia. The following year, she became engaged to Albert Victor's next surviving brother, George, who subsequently became king. Before her husband's accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall, and Princess of Wales.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph George Watson's College Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland. The school was established according to the instructions of George Watson, born 1654, died 1723, who bequeathed the bulk of his fortune of £12,000, a vast sum in 1723, to found a school for the provision of post primary boarding education. Watson was never a member of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, but he was impressed by their running of the Merchant Maiden Hospital and so he chose the Company to implement the terms of his will. After some years, the Governors bought land known as Heriot's Croft, located off Lauriston Place in Edinburgh, close to the Meadows and opposite George Heriot's School, and engaged an architect. The foundation stone was laid on 22 May 1738, and the building was completed early in 1741.



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Old Photograph King George V Waverly Market Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the visit of King George V and Queen Mary, in July 1911, to Waverly Market in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Waverley Market opened in 1869. In 1877 the market was roofed over and made available for travelling exhibitions, touring funfairs and menageries. When these events were held at the market, the resident stallholders were often evicted into the street to sell their wares. The Waverley Market closed in 1977. It re-opened as Waverley Market Shopping Centre in 1984. Following a major refurbishment in the 1990s its name was changed to Waverley Shopping Centre. Following another refurbishment in the early-2000s, its name was changed again, to Princes Mall.



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Old Photograph King George V St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the visit of King George V, on 19th of July 1911, to St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. George V, George Frederick Ernest Albert; born 3 June 1865, died 20 January 1936, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and grandson of the then reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria. From the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession behind his father and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1891, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On the death of his grandmother in 1901, George's father became King Emperor of the British Empire, and George was created Prince of Wales. He succeeded his father in 1910. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Dalavich Scotland

Old Travel Blog photograph of Dalavich village on the western bank of Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. It is located 30 miles from the main town and port of Oban, connected by the villages of Kilchreanan and Taynuilt. Dalavich is Gaelic in origin and means " meadows or valley of the River Avich ". The village was established by the Forestry Commission in 1952 to facilitate timber operations in the surrounding Inverliever forest.This was labour intensive and horses were used to extract timber from the forest. There is boat hire and fishing permits can be bought locally. Some of the largest trout caught in Europe have come from Loch Awe.



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