Old Travel Blog Photograph Highfield House Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Highfield House by Muir of Ord located eight miles South of Dingwall, Highlands, Scotland. Built around the middle of the nineteenth century, it was home to the Mackenzies of Highfield. The house met with disaster in 1947, when it was burned to the ground. Now all that remains are the gate lodges and the Dower House, a building which was converted from a traditional thatched farmhouse, into the residence of the lady dowager. This later became the Mackenzies' new family home.





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Old Travel Blog Photograph Soldiers Marching Through Dundee Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of soldiers marching through Dundee, Scotland. The Dundee Fortress Royal Engineers was a Scottish volunteer unit of the British Army formed in 1908. Its main role was defence of the harbours and shipyards on the River Tay, but it also provided a detachment that saw active service in North Russia at the end of World War I. In the 1930s it was turned into an air defence unit, in which role it served in World War II. A brief postwar revival ended in disbandment in 1950.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph East Pier Tarbert Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the East Pier in Tarbert on Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Tarbert is the main port and main settlement of Harris, with a population of about 550. The name Tarbert comes from the Norse tairbeart meaning " portage " or " isthmus ". It is located on an isthmus between Loch Tarbert and West Loch Tarbert. The village has a ferry terminal, local tourist information and some small shops, including a Harris Tweed shop overlooking the main access road to the CalMac ferry terminal and a general grocery store.





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Tour Scotland Video Jimmy Shand Sculpture Auchtermuchty

Tour Scotland travel video of the Jimmy Shand statue in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Jimmy Shand, born 28 January 1908, died 23 December 2000, was a Scottish musician who played traditional Scottish dance music on the accordion. Jimmy was born in East Wemyss in Fife, son of a farm ploughman turned miner and one of nine children. The family soon moved to the burgh of Auchtermuchty. Craig Reid and Charlie Reid better known as The Proclaimers, were born in Leith on 5 March 1962, and grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall, England, and Auchtermuchty. When they lived in Auchtermuchty they attended Bell Baxter High School in Cupar. Jimmy was the most famous band leader in Scotland of recent times and will have an enduring reputation as an acclaimed button-key accordionist, composer and ambassador of Scottish music and dance. A larger than life sculpture of the great man is located in Upper Greens, Auchtermuchty, Fife. Since the unveiling, the statue has been visited by many of his fans from all parts of the world.

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Old Travel Blog Photograph Golf Links And Marine Hotel North Berwick Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the golf links and Marine Hotel in North Berwick, Scotland. Golf has been played over the historic links golf course since the 17th century. North Berwick is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles north east of Edinburgh. North Berwick became a fashionable holiday resort in the nineteenth century because of its two beaches and sandy bays, the East, or Milsey, Bay and the West Bay, and continues to attract holidaymakers. Golf courses at the ends of each bay are open to visitors.



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