Old Travel Blog Photograph Murrayfield Royals Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Murrayfield Royals in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Murrayfield Racers were an ice hockey team in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1952, as the Murrayfield Royals, changing their name to the Racers in 1966. The team won the British Championship four times in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972. The club was also the 1986–87 and 1987–88 British Hockey League Champions and played in the Premier Division of this league from 1982 to 1995. Additionally, the club won the Northern League on seven occasions; in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1980 and 1980 and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1993. In the mid 90s the club became the Edinburgh Racers. Today, Edinburgh's ice hockey team is the Edinburgh Capitals.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Vintage Car And Hotel Strathpeffer Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a vintage car and hotel in Strathpeffer, Scotland. In the Victorian era Strathpeffer was popular as a spa resort, owing to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century. The pump room in the middle of the village dates from 1819. Soon after that, a hospital and a hotel were also built. The Strathpeffer Pavilion dates from 1880, and was built to provide a venue for entertainment of the visitors. The railway station closed in February 1946. The Clach an Tiompain, in English, the Sounding Stone or The Eagle Stone is a small Class I Pictish stone located near the northern entrance of Strathpeffer. 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 Opera Society Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Opera Society in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Performers are dressed for The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, which is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera is set in the Tower of London, during the 16th century, and is the darkest, and perhaps most emotionally engaging, of the Savoy Operas, ending with a broken hearted main character and two very reluctant engagements, rather than the usual numerous marriages. The libretto does contain considerable humour, including a lot of pun laden one liners, but Gilbert's trademark satire and topsy-turvy plot complications are subdued in comparison with the other Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The dialogue, though in prose, is quasi Shakespearian, or early modern English, in style.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Shinty Team Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Shinty team in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Shinty, Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain, is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and was even played for a considerable time in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated. While comparisons are often made with field hockey, the two games have several important differences. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a caman, which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder to shoulder.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Scottish Horse Regiment Pipers Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Scottish Horse Regiment Pipers in Pitlochry, 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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