Old Travel Blog Photograph Academy Shawlands Glasgow Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Academy in Shawlands, Glasgow, Scotland. Shawlands Academy is Glasgow’s designated International School and one of Scotland’s most multicultural schools. It is situated in Shawlands, between Pollok Park, and its Burrell Collection, and Queen's Park, named after Mary Queen of Scots who fought her final battle on Scottish soil at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568. Shawlands Academy dates from 1857 when there was a private school of the same name located nearby in Skirving Street. The school as we know it today opened its doors over 118 years ago in 1894 in the nearby building on Pollokshaws Road which now houses Shawlands Primary School.



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Old Photograph Greenhouse Pittencrieff Glen Dunfermline Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a gardener in a greenhouse in Pittencrieff Glen, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Pittencrieff Park, known locally as " The Glen ", is a public park in Dunfermline. It was purchased in 1902 by the town's most famous son, Andrew Carnegie, and given to the people of Dunfermline in a ceremony the following year. Its lands include the historically significant and topologically rugged glen which interrupts the centre of Dunfermline and, accordingly, part of the intention of the purchase was to carry out civic development of the area in a way which also respected its heritage. The project notably attracted the attention of the urban planner and educationalist, Patrick Geddes.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Craiguchty Terrace Aberfoyle Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses on Craiguchty Terrace in Aberfoyle, Trossachs, Scotland. Aberfoyle has connections to many historical figures such as Rob Roy and Mary, Queen of Scots. Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle. It is recorded, for example, that in 1691, the MacGregors raided every barn in the village of Kippen and stole all the villagers livestock.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Post Office Finzean Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people outside the Post Office in Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In the 10th century the lands of Finzean became the personal property of Scottish Kings, who used the Forest of Birse as a hunting reserve. In the 12th century King William the Lion gifted the area to the Bishops of Aberdeen who continued to own it until the 16th century, during which they gradually sold off all the land. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Farquharson family acquired the whole of the eastern part of Finzean, while the Forest of Birse was owned by the Earl of Aboyne, but with ancient common rights retained by all the inhabitants of Birse parish to this day. Finzean was the subject of many paintings by the artist Joseph Farquharson, whose family have owned Finzean Estate, which occupies the eastern half of Finzean, since the 17th century.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Ironmongers Shop Kirkmichael Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Ironmongers Shop, houses and people in Kirkmichael, a small village located in Strathardle, Perthshire, Scotland. The term ironmonger as a supplier of consumer goods is still widely used in Great Britain, the US equivalent being " hardware store. " In the second half of the 19th century, Victorian ironmongery offered a treasurehouse of appealing metalwork, with elaborate manufacturers’ catalogues offering literally thousands of objects to meet each and every need, almost all of which sought to combine practicality with pleasing design. The second half of the 20th century saw the steady decline of ironmongers’ shops. Although every small town in Britain used to have at least one, their fate has mirrored that of many traditional emporia.



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