Tour Scotland Travel Video Of Old Photographs Of Millport Island of Cumbrae

Tour Scotland Travel video of old photographs of Millport on the Island of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde on the coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. During the development of the River Clyde as a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs and Excise. Several of the streets in Millport are named after crew members of the Revenue cutter Royal George. The Victorian era was a period of rapid growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property. To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built, along with new tenements. These still form the backbone of the housing stock. Millport, along with Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going doon the watter, down the water, meaning taking a trip aboard a River Clyde paddle steamer. Millport has an 18 hole golf course, with views over the Arran hills and the Firth of Clyde. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Of Old Photographs Wishaw North Lanarkshire

Tour Scotland Travel video of old photographs of Wishaw, Scotland. It is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south east of Glasgow City Centre. The main areas of Wishaw are: Cambusnethan, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Dimsdale, Greenhead, Wishawhill, Netherton, Pather and Waterloo. Thomas Canfield Pomphrey was born on 29 November 1881, in Wishaw. He was a pupil at Hamilton Academy, and later a student of architecture at The Glasgow School of Art in 1903 and 1904, after which he trained under Alexander Cullen, the Glaswegian architect. He left Scotland in 1906, emigrating to Toronto, Canada. He moved to New York in 1909, returning to Toronto in 1912. Pomphrey fought in the First World War as a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces, retiring in July 1947, after which he returned to Scotland. In June 1916, he suffered an extensive injury to his right shoulder from a shell fragment, which also broke his right hand. As a result, he spent a year in various hospitals in France, England and Scotland. In 1931, Pomphrey became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects. He died on 8 March 1966. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Edradour House Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Edradour House by Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Old Ordnance Maps show a Lint Mill and a cluster of cottages that were collectively called Milton of Edradour. Old Atholl Estate records show that the area now occupied by Edradour Whisky Distillery was once called Balnauld and was a small Croft or farm. Industry in the area was not just Mills as there were a number of large farms in the area employing agricultural workers.



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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video Fish And Chips And Log Fire Kinnears Inn Scone By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of traditional fish and chips in front of a log fire on visit to Kinnears Inn 8 Angus Road in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Fish and chips became a common meal among the working classes in Scotland as a consequence of the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea, and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, which meant that fresh fish could be rapidly transported to the heavily populated areas.

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Tour Scotland Travel Video Bagpipes And Drums Music Buskers High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of two Scottish buskers playing bagpipes and drums music in the rain on the High Street in the City Centre on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers.

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