Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old travel Blog photograph of the Scottish Horse Regiment in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the Great War as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch and in World War II as part of The Royal Artillery.
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Tour Scotland travel video of old photographs of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. Burntisland is located on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The earliest historical record of the town was in the 12th century, when the monks of Dunfermline Abbey owned the harbour and neighbouring lands. The settlement was known as Wester Kinghorn and developed as a fishing hamlet to provide food for the inhabitants of Rossend Castle. The harbour was then sold to King James V by the abbots of Dunfermline Abbey in exchange for a parcel of land. The land was granted royal burgh status by James V in 1541. When the status was confirmed in 1586, the settlement gained independence from the barony of Kinghorn and was renamed Burntisland, possibly a nickname from the burning of fishermens' huts on an islet now incorporated into the docks. 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 of Musselburgh, Scotland. Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk and bridged the river here. In doing so they established the line of the main eastern approach to Scotland's capital for most of the next two thousand years. The bridge built by the Romans outlasted them by many centuries. It was rebuilt on the original Roman foundations some time before 1300, and in 1597 it was rebuilt again, this time with a third arch added on the east side of the river. The Old Bridge is also known as the Roman Bridge and remains in use today by pedestrians. To its north is the New Bridge, designed by John Rennie the Elder and built in 1806. This in turn was considerably widened in 1925. Musselburgh Racecourse is a horse racing venue located in the Millhill area of Musselburgh. 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 of the Swimming Pool in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool in Queen Elizabeth Park is an Olympic sized heated open air public pool opened in 1934. It is the northernmost lido in the UK. This 55 yard x 20 yard open air pool is the UK's only art deco Olympic sized sea water lido. The water is heated and the pool is open from late May to early September.
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Old travel Blog photograph of the road to Strathkinness located three miles West of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. In 1144 Bishop Robert gave "Lands of Strathkinness" to the St. Andrews Priory. In Reformation times Strathkinness was part of St. Andrews Parish so it lay within the care of St Andrews Parish Church, now called Holy Trinity and the ministers sent preachers to conduct services. Strathkinness school was one of several established in St Andrews parish in 1647. In 1777 a plot of 4 acres was set apart as an endowment for the school and later there was a Free Church school with, in 1864, 170 children while there were 60 children at the parish school. Strathkinness, like other places, experienced dissent and breakaway congregations. The Relief church came in 1799 and faded 20 years later, as did the Methodists who bought their little church. A Secession church also existed for a few years. It eventually reunited with the Church of Scotland and with it brought their minister the Reverend Ralph Robb.
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