Tour Scotland Video Royal High School KT Choir St Andrews Square Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of members of Royal High School KT Choir singing a carol during the lead up to Christmas on visit to St Andrews Square in Edinburgh, Scotland. These fine young folks raise money for charity by singing Christmas carols. Today they were raising funds for Waverley Care which is Scotland's leading charity providing care and support to people living with HIV or Hepatitis C. As part of our work we also strive to raise awareness of these conditions and their prevention.

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Tour Scotland Video Christmas Tree Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Christmas tree and lights by the War Memorial on Muirs Road on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Kinross, Perthshire. Kinross Parish Church was designed by George Angus in 1832 and occupies the highest point of the burgh.
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Tour Scotland Video Christmas Tree South Street St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a Christmas tree and lights on South Street outside the Holy Trinity Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to St Andrews, Fife,
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Tour Scotland Video Merry Christmas From Dundee

Tour Scotland video of Merry Christmas From Dundee City lights above Reform Street on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Christmas Video Desperate Dan Statue Dundee

Tour Scotland Christmas travel video of the Desperate Dan statue at the junction of the High Street and Reform Street on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic The Dandy. He first appeared in its first issue, dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. Even his beard is so tough he has to shave with a blowtorch.

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Tour Scotland Video Christmas Walk In St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh

Tour Scotland travel video of a Christmas walk in St Giles Cathedral on ancestry visit to the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Hundreds And Thousands Doughnuts Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of doughnuts covered with hundreds and thousands at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Each doughnut is covered with Sprinkles which are very small pieces of confectionery used as a decoration or to add texture to desserts, usually cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and some puddings.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Chocolate Eclairs Christmas Food Market Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of chocolate éclairs at a Christmas Food Market in Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. An eclair is an oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing.

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Old Photograph Harthill Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Harthill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elizabeth Burns, born 1784, died, 1817, was the illegitimate daughter of the poet Robert Burns. She married John Bishop, overseer at the Polkemmet estate by Harthill, and lived at the Polkemmet estate half way house on the existing main road B7066. Buried in Whitburn Parish Church graveyard. White headstone still in place.



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Old Photograph Orchardton Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Orchardton Tower located four miles South of Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Cairns family, who built Orchardton, were associated with the area from the early 15th century. Alexander Cairns was Provost of Lincluden, now an area of Dumfries, until his death in 1422. His brother, John Cairns, was Custumar, or customs officer, in Linlithgow. John Cairns was also a military engineer, and was responsible for designing the impressive King David's Tower at Edinburgh Castle, which was destroyed in 1573.



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Old Photograph Bunessan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Bunessan village on the Ross of Mull in the south of the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Bunessan lends its name to a hymn tune, originally associated with the Christmas carol, Child in the Manger.Mary M. Macdonald, born 1789, died 1872, who lived in the nearby crofting community of Ardtun and who spoke only Gaelic, wrote her hymn Leanabh an Aigh to a traditional melody. When the words were later translated into English, the melody was named after the village by the translator, Lachlan Macbean. A monument to Mary Macdonald can be seen near the village, on the road towards Craignure, just after the Knockan crossroads. The ruins of the house she lived in are also nearby. Sometime before 1927 Alexander Fraser heard the melody in the Scottish Highlands and wrote it down so that it came to the attention of Percy Dearmer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Martin Shaw. In turn, these editors of the hymnbook Songs of Praise requested Eleanor Farjeon to write a further hymn text to the tune. This was Morning Has Broken and since 1931 the tune has become most familiarly identified with this hymn.



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Tour Scotland Video Jam And Coconut Slice And Banana Bread Cafe Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a jam and coconut slice and banana bread in a cafe on visit to city of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Cafe located in Abbot House, Dunfermline's oldest surviving secular building, at 11 Maygate, Dunfermline, KY12 7NE. Hours: Coffee Shop: Tuesday–Saturday, 9:00 AM–4:00 PM; Sunday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM. Gift Shop: Tuesday–Friday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM; Saturday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM. Closed: Both the coffee shop and gift shop are closed on Mondays.
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Tour Scotland Video Renaissance Hand Loom Weaving Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland short travel video of an example of Renaissance hand loom weaving on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to city of Dunfermline, Fife. The Union of the Crowns ended the town's royal connections when James VI relocated the Scottish Court to London in 1603. The Reformation of 1560 had previously meant a loss of the Dunfermline's ecclesiastical importance. On 25 May 1624, a fire engulfed around three-quarters of the medieval-renaissance burgh. Some of the surviving buildings of the fire were the palace, the abbey and the Abbot's House. The decline in the fortunes of Dunfermline lasted until the introduction of a linen industry in the early 18th century. One reason for which the town became a centre for linen was there was enough water to power the mills and nearby ports along the Fife Coast. These ports also did trade with the Baltic and Low Countries.

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Tour Scotland Video Renaissance Tailoring Dunfermline Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of an example of Renaissance tailoring using a lucet on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Dunfermline, Fife. A lucet is a wooden tool used in cord making or braiding which is believed to date back to the Viking and Medieval periods, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing, or to hang items from the belt. Lucet cord could be used for decorative edging, draw-strings, lacing, and any other use where a strong cord was needed.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Walk To The Kelpies Forth And Clyde Canal

Tour Scotland video of part of a walk to visit the building of The Kelpies horse head sculptures by the Forth and Clyde Canal between Falkirk, and Grangemouth, Scotland. The kelpie is a supernatural water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. These Kelpies represent the lineage of the heavy horse of Scottish industry and economy, pulling the wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships that shaped the geographical layout of the Falkirk area

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Old Photograph Kinbrace Scotland

Old photograph of Kinbrace located seventeen miles from Helmsdale in Sutherland, Scotland. This Scottish villages has a railway station on the Far North Line. The Far North Line north south single track railway line was extended through Sutherland by the Highland Railway between 1868 and 1871. It enters Sutherland near Invershin and runs along the east coast as far as possible, but an inland diversion was necessary from Helmsdale along the Strath of Kildonan. The line exits to the east of Forsinard.



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Old Photograph Allanfearn Scotland

Old photograph of Allanfearn located by Culloden Battlefied, one mile East of Inverness, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lilliesleaf Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horse and cart and people in Lilliesleaf village near Melrose, Borders, Scotland. To the north of Lilliesleaf is the Ale Water which runs east to west. The wetland named "The Moss" is to the south of Lilliesleaf. Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll.




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Old Photograph Cambusbarron Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, houses, cottages and people in Cambusbarron village by Stirling, Scotland. There is evidence of settlement at this location since the Bronze Age, and several forts dating from the Iron Age have been found near the village. One such fort is located at Gillies Hill, a large semi-natural ancient woodland area with a range of unusual wildlife, thought to be the site of the camp of Robert the Bruce shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.



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Old Photograph St Catherines Scotland

Old photograph of St Catherines village on the banks of Loch Fyne in Argyll, Scotland. The village's name likely derives from St. Catherine of Alexandria, a popular saint in Scotland. Historically, the area was significant for herring fishing and shipbuilding. It extends 40 miles inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs. It is connected to the Sound of Jura by the Crinan Canal. Loch Fyne is a popular area for sport diving and fishing. It is also a popular tourist destination with attractions such as Inveraray Castle and the nearby ruins of Castle MacEwen and Old Castle Lachlan.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Santa And Reindeer Christmas Market Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Santa and his reindeer crossing the bridge over the River Tay on their way to the Christmas Market on Santa Day on visit to Birnam and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Perthshire Brass is on Facebook.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Scotsman Juggling With Fire Santa Day Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scotsman juggling with fire at the Christmas Market on Santa Day on visit to Birnam and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Perthshire Brass is on Facebook.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Perthshire Brass Band Santa Day Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Perthshire Brass Band at the Christmas Market on Santa Day on visit to Birnam and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Perthshire Brass is on Facebook.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sandy The Squirrel Santa Day Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Sandy the Squirrel from the Scottish Wildlife Trust at the Christmas Market on Santa Day on visit to Birnam and Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a wonderful and hard working Scottish conservation organisation, caring for wildlife and campaigning on wildlife issues in Scotland

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Old Photographs New Deer Scotland

Old photograph of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded after monks from Deer Abbey, Old Deer built a chapel at Auchreddie, which translates as " field of the bog myrtle ". Around 1507 the register of Deer Abbey lists its lands in the " new paroche of Deir ". The name Auchreddie has dropped in significance over the years, however the southern end of the village is still known by this name. In 1805 New Deer was extended to the north by the third James Ferguson of Pitfour, born 1735, died 1820, the elder brother of Patrick Ferguson who was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas.





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Old Photograph Tarves Scotland

Old photograph of the Adam Duthie shop in Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Much of the present village was planned and laid out by the Marquess of Aberdeen in the 19th century. Alexander Forbes Irvine was born at Schivas House near the village of Tarves on 18 February 1818, the son of Margaret Hamilton of the Hamiltons of Little Earnick, and Alexander Forbes Irvine, 19th Laird of Drum. He was a friend of his near neighbour, Cosmo Innes, and their careers followed very parallel paths. Other friends included William Forbes Skene of Rubbislaw and Sir David Lindsay. He was home tutored rather than attending school, then studied law first at Marischal College in the University of Aberdeen then at the University of Edinburgh. He passed the Scottish bar as an advocate in 1848 and rose to be Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. He was Principal Clerk of the Justiciary Court 1867 to 1874 and Sheriff of Argyll from 1874 to 1891. In 1878, Forbes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Alexander Grant, Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves, Edward Sang and Peter Guthrie Tait. He twice served as Vice President to the Society: 1883 to 1887 and 1890 to 1892. He died on 4 April 1892



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Old Photographs Fyvie Scotland

Old photograph of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its name is believed to derive from the Gaelic Fia chein, meaning " Deer Hill ". The village was established as a Burgh of Barony in 1673. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the village was the site of the Skirmish of Fyvie in 1644. The Marquis of Montrose's Royalist forces successfully resisted a larger Covenanter army led by the Marquis of Argyll.

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Old Photograph Haddo House Scotland

Old photograph of people outside Haddo House near Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Gordons, who later became the Earls of Aberdeen and Marquesses of Aberdeen, lived on the site for over 500 years. The most notable former resident was George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, the British Prime Minister from 1852 to 1855. George, born 28 January 1784, died 14 December 1860, known as Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support. The Aberdeen ministry was filled with powerful and talented politicians, whom Aberdeen was largely unable to control and direct. Despite trying to avoid this happening, it took Britain into the Crimean War, and fell when its conduct became unpopular, after which Aberdeen retired from politics.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Scottish Fire Service George Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in George Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A firefighter climbing up a ladder to secure a TV aerial which was at risk of falling onto people walking and shopping in the street below. Strong winds and heavy rain battered Scotland through the night resulting in a very busy time for the fireman during and after the storm.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Video Fallen Tree Balbeggie Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter video of a fallen tree blocking the main road on visit to Balbeggie, Perthshire, Scotland. Strong winds and heavy rain battered Scotland through the night resulting in many trees falling during the storm including this one blocking the A94 road from Coupar Angus to Scone and Perth.

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Old Photograph St Michaels Inn Scotland

Old photograph of St Michaels Inn by Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The name is derived from that of Michael Irvine, a publican of the nineteenth century, who kept what must have been a very popular bar.


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Old Photograph Traquair Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Traquair village located two miles South of Innerleithen in the Borders of Scotland. The Duke of Montrose visited Traquair in 1645 after the Battle of Philiphaugh. Then Robert Burns came to Traquair in order to see a famous thicket of beech trees known as the Bush aboon Traquair.. In the early 18th century, Traquair boasted no less than six alehouses but the local minister stated the locals drank to excess. By the end of the century there was only one pub and the population was said to have halved during that century.

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Old Photograph Arinagour Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Arinagour village on the Isle of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. A ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne crosses to Oban and Tiree from here. Coll was home to a branch of the Clan Maclean for 500 years, not all of which were peaceful. In 1583 the Macleans of Duart invaded their cousins on Coll with the intention of taking the island for themselves. A battle was fought at Totronald near Breacachadh Castle where the Coll clan overwhelmed the Duarts, chopped off their heads and threw them in the stream, which is still known as " the stream of the heads ". The Macleans of Coll retained their baronial fief and Castle of Breacachadh until 1848 when Alexander Maclean of Coll emigrated to Natal, South Africa where he died unmarried.



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Old Photograph Hoy Scotland

Old photograph of Hoy railway station located North East of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. The Halkirk Games, first organized in 1886, were held in a nearby field by this now closed station.



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Old Photograph Barnton Scotland

Old photograph of Barnton in Edinburgh, Scotland. Barnton is home to the Royal High School of Edinburgh; Braehead House, a plain Scots Classical house dating from circa 1700; and The Royal Burgess Golfing Society, one of the oldest golf societies in the world. The railway station in Barnton was the terminus of the Caledonian Railways's suburban branch line from Craigleith to Davidson's Mains and Barnton. It was opened as Cramond Brig Station on the 1st of March 1894, renamed Barnton Station on the 1st of April 1903 and closed to regular passenger traffic on the 7th of May 1951.




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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Scottish Air Ambulance Perth Airport Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland morning video of the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance helicopter taking off at from Perth Airport on visit to Scone, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance is a registered charity and receives no government or lottery funding. We rely 100% on public donations.

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Tour Scotland Video Fionnlagh Ballantine Busking In Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Fionnlagh Ballantine playing the fiddle while Busking on the High Street in the city centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Though presently living in Dundee, and a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, this fine young man is originally from Dumfries and Galloway. The name Fionnlagh means " fair warrior " from the Gaelic fionn, meaning white or fair and laogh, meaning warrior. It was a pleasure to meet you Fionnlagh, and thanks for letting me shoot this video.

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Tour Scotland Video Christmas Food Display Bakery Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of a Christmas food display in a bakers shop window on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Includes shortcrust mince pies, puff pastry mince pies, snowmen cupcakes, chocolate violets, Dundee cake, shortbread, oatcakes, chocolate Xmas trees and many more traditional items of food for a Scottish Christmas.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Santa Sleeping In Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Santa sleeping in a Christmas shop window on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of the memorial to Robert Burns in Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.



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Old Photograph Bressay Scotland

Old photograph of the lighthouse on the Island of Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. This was one of four lighthouses built in Shetland between 1854 and 1858 which were designed by brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson. David Stevenson initially maintained that building a lighthouse in Shetland waters was impossible, too dangerous and too expensive, and that any ship's captain who took this route was mad.



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Old Photograph Muirdrum Scotland

Old photograph of Muirdrum locate two miles South of Carnoustie, Scotland. This Scottish village is mentioned in the list of lands purchased by George Maule, 2nd Earl of Panmure in 1667. These lands were forfeited by his heir, James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure following the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715. James Maule, born 1658, died 11 April 1723, was a Scottish peer. He was born in Monifieth. He became the 4th Earl of Panmure in 1686 on the death of his brother, George Maule, the 3rd Earl. he married Margaret, the daughter of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton. He was responsible for commissioning Alexander Edward to reconstruct Brechin Castle between approximately 1696 and 1709, and he also expanded the family seat of Panmure House.



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Old Photograph Achnashellach Scotland

Old photograph of Achnashellach in Wester Ross, Scotland. The railway station here is on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line. The Battle of Achnashellach was a Scottish clan battle said to have taken place in the year 1505, in the Scottish Highlands at Achnashellach. It was fought by the Clan Cameron against the Clan Mackay and the Clan Munro.



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Old Photograph Achanalt Scotland

Old photograph of Achanalt in Strath Bran, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was on the Kyle of Lochalsh West Highland Line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh.


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Old Photograph Garynahine Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Garynahine on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Located in the village of Garynahine, Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, local weaver and designer John R MacLean produces double width Harris Tweed of the highest quality. Recognised as one of the world’s finest fabrics, John undertakes the production of this wonderful tweed by hand, from the warping stage right through to the actual weaving.



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Old Photograph Crofter Cottage Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter outside his cottage on Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Scottish croft is a small agricultural landholding of a type which has been subject to special legislation in the United Kingdom since 1886. The legislation is largely a response to the complaints and demands of tenant families who were victims of the Highland Clearances. The modern crofters or tenants appear very little in evidence before the beginning of the 18th century. They were tenants at will underneath the tacksman and wadsetters, but practically their tenure was secure enough. The first evidence that can be found of small tenants holding directly of the proprietor is in a rental of the estates of Sir D. MacDonald in Skye and North Uist in 1715.



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Old Photographs Stenhousemuir Scotland

Old photograph of Stenhousemuir located two miles North West of Falkirk, Scotland. The " stone house " from which the village took its name was a Roman building on the north of the Carron River Valley known in later centuries as King Arthur's oven. Stenhousemuir became home to the Falkirk Tryst one of the largest gatherings of livestock farmers and buyers from all over Scotland and beyond. These Trysts lasted from 1785 until the late 19th century.





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Old Photographs Pirnmill Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and boats at Pirnmill, Isle of Arran, Scotland. This Scottish village originally made a living through fishing or crofting, but later the village became a tourist destination, with many Clyde steamers stopping at the pier constructed there. This declined after the construction of a pier at Lochranza on the north of the island. Pirnmill no longer has a jetty or a harbour; boats are simply pulled up the beach.




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Old Photograph Crossgates Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Crossgates village located two miles East of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The village name means " crossroads " it is located at the point where the main Dunfermline to Kirkcaldy road crosses the old Great North Road from Inverkeithing to Perth. Crossgates has a long history of mining, both deep and opencast.




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Old Photograph Portmahomack Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, boats and car in Portmahomack, Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. There is evidence of early settlement and the area seems to have been the site of significant activity during the time of the Picts and the Vikings. The village is situated on a sandy bay and has a small harbour designed by Thomas Telford.




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