Old Travel Blog Photograph Fisherman Boat River Clyde Uddingston Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a fisherman rowing a boat on the River Clyde by Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is on the north side of the River Clyde, about seven miles south east of Glasgow. Uddingston was the birthplace of James W. Black, born 14th of June 1924, died 22nd of March 2010, the Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988 for work leading to the discovery of Propranolol and Cimetidine.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Red Cross Fonab Castle Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the British Red Cross at Fonab Castle, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Between 1915 and 1918 the castle served as a British Red Cross auxiliary hospital caring for wounded soldiers. Auxiliary hospitals were usually staffed by: a commandant, who was in charge of the hospital except for the medical and nursing services; a quartermaster, who was responsible for the receipt, custody and issue of articles in the provision store, a matron, who directed the nursing staff, members of the local Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), who were trained in first aid and home nursing.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Lady Bute`s Hospital Cumnock Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Lady Bute`s in Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Bute Hospital or Lady Bute`s Hospital in Barrhill Road was the gift of Lady Bute in 1882. It was staffed by nurses from the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and had 10 beds and 3 cots. It was used for all types of medical work and was often used for the treatment of victims of mining accidents. It was closed in 1950 at the formation of the National Health Service. It later became a convent but was eventually demolished and replaced by the houses of Murray Court.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph School Torphins Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the school in Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Torphins, Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn, is a village in Royal Deeside, which lies about 23 miles west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980, about 7 miles north west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph The Hotel Abington Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a vintage bus, cars and people outside the Hotel in Abington, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This village is close to the M74 motorway, marking the point where it changes name to the A74 Motorway, following the upgrade of the former A74 road. The West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and London, England, also emerges from the Clyde Valley at this point and begins its ascent up Beattock Summit, alongside the motorway. Abington was at one time served by a station on the railway, but this was closed as a result of the Beeching cuts of the 1960s.





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