Old Travel Blog Photograph Memorial To Royal Scots Greys Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the memorial to the Royal Scots Greys in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. This equestrian bronze depicts a Royal Scots Dragoon Guard, Carabinier and Greys, in uniform with bearskin hat, sword and rifle, it is by William Birnie Rhind, born 1853, died 1933, and was unveiled by the Earl of Rosebery on the 16th November 1906. The eagle insignia on the plaque was adopted by the regiment, after Ensign Ewart captured it from the French at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Plaques to commemorate the regimental fallen in two World Wars, 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945 were added later.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph St John Ambulance Officer Edinburgh Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a St John Ambulance Officer in Edinburgh, Scotland. The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Venerable Order of Saint John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. Workers rarely had ready access to a doctor in 19th century workplaces, and since accidents were frequent, death or disability from injuries were common. The St John Ambulance Association set up training sessions across the country, particularly in workplaces in areas of heavy industry, but also in villages, seaside towns and suburban areas. In 1887, trained volunteers were organised into a uniformed Brigade to provide a first aid and ambulance service at public events. In many parts of England, and in parts of Scotland, until 1908, St John Ambulance was the first and only provider of an ambulance service right up to the middle of the 20th century, when the National Health Service was founded. When there were far fewer doctors and hospital beds than today, St John Ambulance nurses looked after the sick and injured in their own homes.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Shipwreck Off The Coast By Dunbar Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a shipwreck off the Coast by Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. Dunbar is a town in East Lothian on the south east coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English border north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Dunbar is home to the Dunbar Lifeboat Station, the second oldest RNLI station in Scotland. I hope these might be of interest to folks with Scottish Ancestry or Roots in Scotland.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Putting Green North Berwick Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of people on the Putting Green 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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Old Travel Blog Photograph Bowlers Lawn Bowling Green Turriff Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Bowlers on the Lawn Bowling Green in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a " jack " or " kitty ". It is played on a bowling green which may be flat, for flat-green bowls, or convex or uneven, for crown green bowls. It is normally played outdoors, although there are many indoor venues, and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf, or cotula, in New Zealand. I hope these photographs are of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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