Old Photograph Kilmarnock Arms Hotel Cruden Bay Scotland

Old photograph of vintage cars outside the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in Cruden Bay located 26 miles North of Aberdeen, Scotland. Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012. Traditionally, the name was derived from the Gaelic Croch Dain, meaning Slaughter of Danes. Bram Stoker holidayed first at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel and then at nearby Whinnyfold in Cruden Bay from 1894. Stoker’s novel The Mystery of the Sea and some short stories have Cruden Bay as their setting. James Macpherson's poem The Highlander in 1758 takes the battle of Cruden as its model. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.





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Old Travel Blog Photograph MacDonald Arms High Street Fort William Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the MacDonald Arms pub, shops and people on the High Street in Fort William, Scotland. Historically, this area of Lochaber was strongly Clan Cameron country, and there were a number of mainly Cameron settlements in the area. The town grew in size as a settlement when the fort was constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell's invasion during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and then to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century. Fort William is now a major tourist centre, with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the east and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Broompark Drive Lesmahagow Scotland

Old photograph of houses on Broompark Drive in Lesmahagow near Lanark, Scotland. The name Lesmahagow is possibly a corruption of Church of St Machutus. The saint was born in Wales and may originally have been known as Mahagw prior to emigrating to Brittany where he became known by the Latinised form of the name and also as St Malo.



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Old Photograph Tram Bridgend Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, shops, people and buildings in Bridgend by the old bridge over the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Perth Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in Perth, Scotland between 1903 and 1929. In October 1903 the horse tramways of the Perth and District Tramways were taken over by Perth Corporation. An initial experiment with a petrol tram was unsuccessful and electric service began on 31 October 1905. The main route was from Scone to Cherrybank. There were branches to Craigie and to Dunkeld Road. The depot was beyond the terminus at Scone.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Strowans Road Silverton Dumbarton Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of houses, cyclist and vintage car on Strowans Road in Silverton, Dumbarton, Scotland. The area derives its name from Silvertonhill Farm. The farmhouse appears on military surveys and maps dating as far back as the 1740s. Modified elements of the original farm buildings still survive today. It is predominantly a residential area, with both public and private housing stock. Due to its relatively flat geography, the public sector housing was often let to the elderly and infirm of Dumbarton, but now houses a mix of those and commuters to the largest city in Scotland, Glasgow, not far from the town. Dumbarton Academy, the nondenominal public secondary school, though predominantly Protestant, and St. Patrick's Primary School are situated in Silverton, as is the Brock Bowling Club. Dumbarton East railway station is nearby.


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