Old Travel Blog Photograph Fishing Boats Inner Harbour Stornoway Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the inner harbour in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. This Scottish town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, under the name Stjórnavágr. This town, and what eventually became its present day version, grew up around a sheltered natural harbour well placed at a central point on the island, for the convenience of people from all over the island, to arrive at the port of Stornoway, either by family boat or horse drawn coach for ongoing travel and trade with the mainland of Scotland and to all points South.





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Old Travel Blog Photograph Parish Church Tobermory Isle Of Mull Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Parish Church in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. A Telford Parliamentary church built on the site in 1828 was replaced by the present Victorian Gothic building in 1897. The architect was John Robertson of Inverness in the Highlands. The contractor was local builder Donald Fletcher who built many of the larger houses and villas in Tobermory. During the Second World War, when Tobermory was a naval base, many officers and men, and women, worshipped here each Sunday, marching up in smart military formation from their ships in the bay. In gratitude for the care they received from the minister of the time, the Reverend John Menzies, they gave a gift of a lectern. Imagine a naval officer reading the lesson and knowing the following Sunday he might be out on the Atlantic avoiding enemy U-boats.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Post Office Dunragit Scotlland

Old travel Blog photograph of the cottage Post Office in Dunragit, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dunragit, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Reicheit, is a village on the A75, between Stranraer and Glenluce. Dunragit is within the parish of Old Luce, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The modern village grew up around the west gate of Dunragit House, an 18th century country house, though there is evidence of Neolithic settlement in the area. Dunragit Creamery was operated by Nestlé, but this is no longer in use. The place-name Dunragit is said to derive from Din Rheged meaning " Fort of Rheged ", referring to the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged which existed in northern Britain between the 5th and 8th centuries. It is possible that this was one of the royal sites used by the kings of Rheged, and it has been further suggested as the site of King Arthur's northern court.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Hillhead Road Bonnyrigg Scotland

Old photograph of houses and men on Hillhead Road in Bonnyrigg located eight miles South East of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1547 when the nations of Scotland and England were at war with one another, a fierce battle took place at Pinkie which is East of Dalkeith and the retreating Scots army with the English army in pursuit, headed westwards to the River North Esk where some 14,000 Scots perished. Many bodies strewed the countryside giving rise to the place being called “ boney ridge ” where many bones were found, hence the name Bonnyrigg.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph East Murrayfield Bannockburn Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of a woman and houses on East Murrayfield Street in Bannockburn town located just South of Stirling, Scotland. The town is named after the Bannock Burn, a burn, small stream, running through the town before flowing into the River Forth.



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