Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland Video Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife
Tour Scotland video of Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. There is a strong ethic within the band to encourage the learning of piping and drumming to the wider community.
In 1882, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Thornton like this: Thornton, a village in the South of Markinch parish, Fife, near the left bank of the River Ore, and near Thornton Junction on the North British railway, this being 15¼ miles East North East of Dunfermline, 20 miles North East of Edinburgh, and 8 miles South of Ladybank Junction. It has a post office under Kirkcaldy, a public school, and an Established church.
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Tour Scotland Video Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife
Tour Scotland video of Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. There is a strong ethic within the band to encourage the learning of piping and drumming to the wider community.
In 1882, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Thornton like this: Thornton, a village in the South of Markinch parish, Fife, near the left bank of the River Ore, and near Thornton Junction on the North British railway, this being 15¼ miles East North East of Dunfermline, 20 miles North East of Edinburgh, and 8 miles South of Ladybank Junction. It has a post office under Kirkcaldy, a public school, and an Established church.
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Tour Scotland Video City Of St Andrews Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife
Tour Scotland video of City Of St Andrews Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. The Band was formed in 1972 and is based in St Andrews in the North East of Fife. It first competed in 1974 and since those early days has competed at all levels and won many contests and major championships. They are currently a very young Band and hope to compete this season at Grade IVB.
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Tour Scotland Video The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife
Tour Scotland video of The Royal Burgh of Inverkeithing Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. Inverkeithing is a town and a royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, located on the Firth of Forth. The fishing port town was given burgh status by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century and is situated about 9 miles north from Edinburgh Airport and about 4 miles from the centre of Dunfermline. Inverkeithing is famous for its shipbreaking. The second RMS Mauretania and the hull of the RMS Olympic were dismantled here.
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Tour Scotland Video Methil and District Pipe Band Thornton Highland Gathering Fife
Tour Scotland video of Methil and District Pipe Band at the Scottish Highland Gathering in Memorial Park, Thornton on ancestry visit to Fife, Scotland.. Methil is an eastern coastal town in Scotland. It was part of the former Burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. It lies within a continuous urban area described as Levenmouth. Methil lies geographically between Largo bay to the east and Wemyss Bay to the west. Methil Docks were particularly significant during World War II for the movement of coal and other resources.
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