Old Travel Blog Photograph Golfers Ladies Golf Course Lundin Links Scotland


Old travel Blog photograph of golfers on the Ladies golf course at Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The club was established in 1891 on a part of the ground now occupied by Lundin Golf Club, but was moved to the Standing Stanes Park in 1910 on the course designed by five times Open Champion, James Braid. James was born 6 February 1870 in Earlsferry, Fife, the son of James and Mary, née Harris. He played golf from an early age, working as a clubmaker before turning professional in 1896. Initially his game was hindered by problems with his putting, but he overcame this after switching to an aluminium putter in 1900. He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. In addition, Braid won four British PGA Matchplay Championships; 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1911, as well as the 1910 French Open title. He was also runner up in The Open Championship in 1897 and 1909. His 1906 victory in The Open Championship was the last successful defence of the title by a European until Pádraig Harrington replicated the feat in 2008. Stranraer Golf Club's course was the final one that was designed by Braid in the year that he died, 1950. He was called out of retirement to plan Creachmore, which was to be his last commission. Braid never lived to see the course completed. He died in London, England, on 27 November 1950.



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Old Photograph Seaforth Highlanders Pipe Band Camp Burghead Scotland


Old photograph of the Seaforth Highlanders Pipe Band marching out from their camp near Burghead located eight miles North West of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The Seaforth Highlanders was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw service in World War I and World War II, along with many numerous smaller conflicts. In 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders, Seaforth and Camerons, which merged, in 1994, with the Gordon Highlanders to form the Highlanders, Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons. This, however, later joined the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment, and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to create the present Royal Regiment of Scotland.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Youth Hostel Alltsigh Scotland


Old travel Blog photograph of cyclists outside the Youth Hostel at Alltsigh near Loch Ness, in the Highlands of Scotland. The Youth Hostel was opened in 1943, the building previously having been the home of the Half Way House Tea Room. In 1934, for one year only, the Scottish Youth Hostel Association opened a youth hostel in premises, former Forestry Commission cottages, across the road from the present youth hostel in Alltsigh. The name Alltsigh is taken from the burn, Scots word from small river or stream, running into Loch Ness, beside the hostel. Local folklore suggests that the burn was named after the last wolf, also known as Alltsigh, to be shot in the area, during the 19th century.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Grampian Double Decker Passenger Bus In Aberdeen Going To Torry Scotland


Old travel Blog photograph of a Grampian Double Decker passenger bus in Aberdeen going to Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland. Torry, on the south bank of the River Dee, was once a Royal Burgh in its own right, having been erected a burgh of barony in 1495. It was incorporated into Aberdeen in 1891. The now disused lighthouse was designed by Robert Stevenson who was born on 8 June 1772 in Glasgow. He was was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses. One of his finest achievements was the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Oban And District Passenger Bus Dunollie Oban Scotland


Old travel Blog photograph of an Oban and District passenger bus going to Dunollie in Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland. The site where Oban now stands has been used by humans since at least mesolithic times, as evidenced by archaeological remains of cave dwellers found in the town Just outside the town stands Dunollie Castle, on a site that overlooks the main entrance to the bay and has been fortified since the 7th century. The modern town of Oban grew up around the distillery which was founded there in 1794, and the town was raised to a burgh of barony in 1811 by royal charter Sir Walter Scott visited the area in 1814, the year in which he published his poem The Lord of the Isles, and interest in the poem brought many new visitors to the town. The arrival of the railways in the 1880s brought further prosperity to local industry and giving new energy to tourism. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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