Old Travel Blog Photograph Railway Bridge Tongland Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Railway Bridge in Tongland in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Tongland is a small village about 2 miles north of Kirkcudbright. It lies on the west bank of the River Dee near its confluence with the Tarff Water. The Dee is crossed down river by Tongland Bridge, a stone arch bridge constructed in 1806 by Thomas Telford. Joe Dobson, co-founder of Interflora was born in Tongland in 1875. In 1920, Joe, then at Leighton's Seedsmen and Florists in Glasgow, and nurseryman, Carl Englemann in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, were looking to increase their business. They knew of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association, now known as Florists' Transworld Delivery, which had existed in the US since 1910, and applied to join as foreign members. In 1923 the UK arm of the FTDA was formed with 17 members. One of the straplines used in advertising was Flowers by Wire when the telegraph was actually used to communicate between florists. Later, telegrams were sent from member to member requesting deliveries to be made in the recipient florists area. In the original Interflora Directory, used by members, the longest established members could be recognised by their telegraphic addresses. This would be the only telegraphic address in that city to include the name Interflora. In the case of the founding members, their telegraphic addresses were " Interflora Glasgow " and " Interflora Saffron Walden ", respectively.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Eskdale Hotel Langholm Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of cars outside the Eskdale Hotel in Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Langholm, also known colloquially as the Muckle Toun, is on the River Esk and the A7 road. The town grew around the textile industry, but is now best known as the birthplace of Hugh MacDiarmid and Thomas Telford, and the ancestral home of Neil Armstrong. A branch of the Carlisle, England, to Hawick railway line to Langholm was completed in 1864, but closed 100 years later. Langholm is the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong.



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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video High Tide Coast Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of high tide by the coastal walking path at the harbour on ancestry visit to Cellardyke, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Fresh weather warnings have been issued just over a fortnight after the country was put on red alert. The Fife Coastal Path is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife and passes through many seaside towns and villages. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. I was raised in Cellardyke.

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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video High Tide Harbour St Monans East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of high tide by the coastal walking path by the harbour on ancestry visit to St Monans, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Fresh weather warnings have been issued just over a fortnight after the country was put on red alert. The Fife Coastal Path is a Scottish long distance walking footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh. It runs for 117 miles along the coastline of Fife and passes through many seaside towns and villages. The path would take around one week to walk completely from end to end. I was raised in the East Neuk Of Fife.

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Tour Scotland Winter Travel Video High Tide Coast Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of high tide at the harbour by the coastal walking path on ancestry visit to Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Fresh weather warnings have been issued just over a fortnight after the country was put on red alert. Pittenweem was a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, it grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. Later a breakwater was built, extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out south-west into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This allowed boats to rest at anchor rather than being beached, enabling larger vessels to use the port. A new breakwater further to the east was developed over the years into a deep, safe harbour with a covered fish market. As the herring disappeared from local waters and the fishing fleet shrank, this harbour and its attendant facilities became the main harbour for the fishermen of the East Neuk of Fife. The Fife Coastal Path runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. This is the area where I was raised in Scotland.

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