Old Travel Blog Photograph Post Office Edrom Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people outside the cottage Post Office in the village of Edrom, Scotland. Edrom is also a rural Parish of east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Bunkle and Preston and Chirnside, on the east by the Parishes of Chirnside, Hutton and Whitsome and Hilton, on the south by the Parishes of Whitsome and Hilton, Swinton and Fogo and on the west by the Parishes of Langton and Duns. It includes the nearby village of Allanton. The railway station in Edrom on the North British Railway's Berwickshire Railway was opened in 1863. The railway line ran from Reston to Earlston, joining the East Coast Main Line to the Waverley Line. It was closed to passenger traffic 10 September 1951. Freight continued until 19 July 1965.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Innerleven Golf Clubhouse Leven Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the view from Innerleven Golf Clubhouse in Leven, Fife, Scotland. Innerleven Golf Club was founded on February 29, 1820 when 15 golfers drew up their first rules. Initially, the name of the club seems to have been Inverleven Golfing Society, referring to the old name of Innerleven. Originally members were required to wear a jacket of King Charles tartan when competing for any prize. By 1866, the name had become Innerleven Golf Club. When Innerleven’s membership declined in the mid 1950s, they amalgamated with Leven Golf Club to form the Leven Golfing Society on 1st September 1, 1957, using the Innerleven clubhouse.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Houses Lower Largo East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses by the beach in Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This Scottish coastal village has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Selkirk, born 1676, died 13 December 1721, was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent more than four years as a castaway, from 1704 to 1709, after being marooned by his captain on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. He survived that ordeal, but succumbed to tropical illness a dozen years later while serving aboard HMS Weymouth off West Africa.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph School Longhaven Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the School in Longhaven, next to the A90 trunk road, 4 miles South West of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The settlement benefits from a primary school, a hall and post office. Red Peterhead granite was quarried until recently immediately to the south east. There was once a railway station here on the Boddam branch of the Great North of Scotland Railway, but the line closed in 1948.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Mansion House Torwood Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a mansion house in Torwood, a small village two miles North West of Larbert, which is located two and half miles from Falkirk, Scotland. The Torwood was a large forested area in the 12th Century stretching from the River Carron west and north towards Stirling, and inland towards the Campsie Hills. It was traversed by an old Roman Road at this time. In preparation for the battle of Bannockburn it was used as the encampment for the men of James Douglas, one of the leaders of the army of King Robert the Bruce. The Forresters used to own the lands of Torwood.



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