Old Photographs Lochnell Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Lochnell Castle near Benderloch, Argyll, Scotland. The earliest occupation on the site dates to the 6th century. The structure was developed over centuries, with significant periods of building in the 15th century, 1730, and 1780, and a major remodelling around 1818. The Clan Campbell of Lochnell were the principal family associated with the estate until they sold it in 1912. The property has been through various owners since, including the Cochrane family, and experienced damage from a large fire in 1853, after which parts of the building were restore.


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Old Photograph Keiss Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Keiss Castle located near Wick, Scotland. This partially ruined Scottish castle on sheer cliffs, overlooking the bay is located on the site of an earlier fort of the late 16th early 17th century by George 5th Earl of Caithness, born 1582, died 1643. It appears the castle was in existence in 1623 when James I commissioned Sir Robert Gordon to enter Caithness with an armed force. The 7th Earl died in the castle in 1698 but it is reported that the castle was ruinous in 1700 and was repaired in 1726. The estate was purchased by Sir William Sinclair 2nd Baronet of Dunbeath early in the 18th century and in 1752 Keiss became his family seat. The current house was built about 1755 but had to be sold in 1765 because of financial difficulties to the Sinclairs of Ulbster.



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Tour Scotland Video Broch Of Gurness Orkney Islands

Tour Scotland travel video of Broch of Gurness on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village on the northwest coast of Mainland Orkney overlooking Eynhallow Sound. Pieces of a Roman amphora dating to before 60 AD were found here, lending weight to the record that a " King of Orkney " submitted to Emperor Claudius at Colchester in 43 AD.

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Tour Scotland March Video Drive Single Track Road To Pearsie Angus

Tour Scotland March video of a drive on a single track road on ancestry visit to Pearsie in the glens of Angus, North of Kirriemuir, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Coilacriech Scotland

Old photograph of sheep outside Coilacriech Inn by Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The inn is well known locally and serves the surrounding community. It has a large selection of malt whiskies and is described as having a warm, welcoming atmosphere.


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Old Photograph Glenorchy Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Glenorchy Parish Church by Dalmally, Scotland. This Scottish church constructed in 1810 on the site of at least two earlier churches, is a rare example of an octagonal plan with adjoining tower.



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Old Photograph Strath Gairloch Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Strath village by Gairloch, Scotland. Gairloch is a loosely defined area of settlement along the shores of Loch Gairloch, but primarily comprises three main clusters of shops, houses and amenities: the Harbour area, including Charlestown on the south side of the harbour, Achtercairn and Strath. The lands around Gairloch have been mostly in the ownership of the Mackenzies of Gairloch since the 15th century, when they were acquired by Hector Roy Mackenzie, died 1528, with a family house in the sheltered Glen of Flowerdale. The Mackenzies were clan leaders in the traditional sense and were known for their attachment to their tenants. During the 19th century, Sir Hector Mackenzie and his sons Sir Francis and Dr John Mackenzie refused to evict a single tenant during the clearances, despite the estate running at a loss.


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Old Photograph Blairmore Scotland

Old photograph of Blairmore located one mile North of Strone near Dunoon, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute. It is situated on the western shore of Loch Long. It was largely built during the Victorian era and has a small wooden pier which dates to 1855.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Jamestown Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of Jamestown in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This Scottish village grew up around the junction of the southern road to Balloch Ferry or Boat, from the Dumbarton to Stirling road, or more accurately track, until it was built up into a military road around 1755. This road down to the Ferry over the Leven is now called Dalvait Road, and indeed has been called that for at least 250 years. References to the land of Dalvait go back to at least the 16th century and its Gaelic derivation from the “ field of boats ” indicate that the area was used by fishermen who fished for salmon in the River Leven at designated places or “ shots ”.



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Tour Scotland March Video Drive On Narrow Scottish Road To St Martins Perthshire

Tour Scotland March video of a drive on a narrow Scottish road on ancestry visit to St Martins village North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Local legend states that Macbeth after his elevation to the throne lived at Carnbeddie in the Parish of St Martin. During this time witchcraft was prevalent in Scotland, and two of the most famous Scottish witches lived in this area.

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Old Photograph Drummochy Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Drummochy by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Carsluith Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Gilbert Broun, the last Abbot of Sweetheart Abbey, was born at Carsluith and was a notable figure during the Protestant Reformation of 1560, later forced into exile.


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Old Photograph Bentpath Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Bentpath village located five miles North West of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the River Esk, also called the Border Esk, that flows into the Solway Firth. It also flows for a small way through the English county of Cumbria before entering the Solway. The river rises in the hills to the east of Moffat and its two main tributaries, the Black Esk and the White Esk, merge at the southern end of Castle O'er Forest. It flows south east through Eskdale past Langholm before merging with Liddel Water, which defines the border between Scotland and England. Before passing Longtown the river enters England and merges with the River Lyne and enters the Solway Firth near the mouth of the River Eden.



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Tour Scotland Video Aaron Fyfe Wicked Game Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of singer, songwriter, Aaron Fyfe singing a cover version of Wicked Game by Chris Isaak in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you.

No, I don't want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don't want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you (This world is only gonna break your heart)

What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way.
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you and,

I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you.

The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you,

No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I want to fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart)
With you (This world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I... (This world is only gonna break your heart)
(This world is only gonna break your heart)

Nobody loves no one.

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Tour Scotland Video Aaron Fyfe Free Falling Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds singer, songwriter, Aaron Fyfe singing a cover version of Free Falling by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers on visit and trip to a Pub in Perth, Perthshire.

She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

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Tour Scotland March Photograph Video Forth Railway Bridge Firth Of Forth Scotland

Tour Scotland March video of the Forth Railway Bridge over the Firth Of Forth on ancestry visit to South Queensferry near Edinburgh ,Scotland. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of central Edinburgh. It was opened on 4 March 1890. The bridge connects Edinburgh with Fife, leaving the Lothians at Dalmeny and arriving in Fife at North Queensferry and onwards to Perth, Perthshire, connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. The bridge was begun in 1883 and took 7 years to complete with the loss of 98 men. Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge was completed, the Forth Bridge had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, and it still has the world's second-longest single span.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Coastal Path East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of the coastal path on visit to St Monans, Pittenweem, Elie, Anstruther and Cellardyke in the Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Fife Coastal Path runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. This is the area in which I was raised in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Ardchonnel Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ardchonnel Castle, Loch Awe, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish castle dates from the 11th century, and belonged to the ancestors of the Duke of Argyll who was the chief of Clan Campbell. It is now a ruin covered in heather. It was from here that the saying " It's a far cry to Lochow " came from, since they often launched attacks from this island.



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Tour Scotland Video Floyd Tomlinson Oblivious Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Floyd Tomlinson singing a cover version of Oblivious by Aztec Camera in a pub on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

From the mountain tops down to the sunny street
A different drum is playin' a different kind of beat
It's like a mystery that never ends
I see you cryin' and I want to kill your friends

I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet, it's obvious
Just count me in and count me out
And I'll be waitin' for the shout, oblivious

Met Mo and she's okay, said no one really changed
Got different badges but they wear them just the same
Down by the ballroom I recognized
That flamin' fountain in those kindred carin' eyes

I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet, it's obvious
Just count me in and count me out
And I'll be waitin' for the shout, oblivious

I hope it haunts me 'til I'm hopeless
I hope it hits you when you go
And sometimes on the edge of sleepin'
It rises up to let me know, it's not so deep, I'm not so slow

They're callin' all the shots, they'll call and say they phoned
They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone
Like a funny film, it's kinda cute
They've bought the bullets and there's no one left to shoot

I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet, it's obvious
Just count me in and count me out
And I'll be waitin' for the shout, oblivious

I hear your footsteps in the street
It won't be long before we meet, it's obvious
Just count me in and count me out
And I'll be waitin' for the shout, oblivious

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Tour Scotland Video Floyd Tomlinson Ain't No Sunshine Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Floyd Tomlinson singing a cover version of Ain't No Sunshine in a Pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Ain't No Sunshine is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones.

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone Its not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes away
Wonder this time where shes gone
Wonder if shes gonna stay
Ain't no sunshine when shes gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
And I know, I know...
Hey, I oughtta leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Ain't no sunshine when shes gone
Only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when shes gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away...

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Old Photograph Brough Lodge Scotland

Old photograph of Brough Lodge on Fetlar Island one of the Northern Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Gothic Brough Lodge was built by Arthur Nicolson born 1796, in about 1820. In 1805, parts of the island of Fetlar were acquired by the Nicolson family, a well established Shetland family who also owned Papa Stour among other lands. The land was given to the Nicolsons by Andrew Bruce of Urie, in payment of a debt. Arthur Nicolson evicted many of the island's tenants on his estate, enclosing the land for sheep farming. He lived at Urie in the north of the island, until Brough Lodge was completed around 1820. In 1826 he was recognised as a baronet, the heir of Sir James Nicolson, 7th Baronet, who had died in 1743. After Sir Arthur died in 1863, the Fetlar estate was left to his widow, Eliza Jane Nicolson died 1891, who lived in England. On her death it was inherited by Sir Arthur Nicolson, 10th Baronet, born 1842, died 1917. The son of the 9th Baronet, Sir Arthur was born in Australia, but spent time living on Fetlar. From the 1890s, finding Brough Lodge in poor condition due to neglect, he undertook renovations. His wife Lady Annie kept a detailed diary of life at Brough Lodge during these years. The lodge continued to be occupied occasionally by the Nicolsons until the death of Lady Jean, widow of Sir Stanley Nicolson, 12th Baronet, in 1987, since when it has been empty


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Tour Scotland Video Molly McCabe Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Molly McCabe singing a cover version of Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You in a Pub on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire. Can't Take My Eyes Off You was a 1967 single by Frankie Valli.

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.
You'd be like heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak.
But if you feel like I feel.
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

I need you baby, if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby.
Trust in me when I say, "OK." (it's OK)
Oh pretty baby, "Don't let me down," I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby...

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.
You'd be like heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you (I want you, I want you).

I need you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby.
Trust in me when I say, "It's OK."
Oh pretty baby, "Don't let me down," I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby....

I need you baby, if it's quite all right,
I love you baby, you warm a lonely night.
I need you baby.
Trust in me when I say, "It's OK."
Oh, oh pretty baby, "Don't let me down," I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby....

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Tour Scotland Video Rory Yates Save The Last Dance For Me Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Rory " Rowdy " Yates singing a cover version of Save The Last Dance For Me on visit and trip to a pub in Perth, Perthshire. Save the Last Dance For Me is the title of a popular song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King and The Drifters.

You can dance
Every dance with the guy
Who gave you the eye
Let him hold you tight

You can smile
Every smile for the man
Who held your hand
'Neath the pale moonlight

But don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
So darlin'
Save the last dance for me, mmm

Oh I know
That the music is fine
Like sparkling wine
Go and have your fun

Laugh and sing
But while we're apart
Don't give your heart
To anyone

But don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
So darlin'
Save the last dance for me, mmm

Baby don't you know I love you so?
Can't you feel it when we touch?
I will never, never let you go
I love you oh so much

You can dance
Go and carry on
Till the night is gone
And it's time to go

If he asks
If you're all alone
Can he take you home
You must tell him no

'Cause don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
So darlin'
Save the last dance for me

'Cause don't forget who's taking you home
And in whose arms you're gonna be
So darlin'
Save the last dance for me, mmm

Save the last dance for me, mmm
Save the last dance for me

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Tour Scotland Video Shetland Pony Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a friendly Shetland Pony in a field on visit and trip to Highland Perthshire. These ponies originated in the Shetland Islands. Small horses have been kept on the Shetland Isles since the Bronze Age. People who lived on the islands probably later crossed the native stock with ponies imported by Norse settlers.

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Old Photograph Balbithan House Scotland

Old photograph of Balbithan House located four miles South of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The grounds once belonged to the Abbey of Lindores, but by 1490 the Chalmers family had acquired them. An earlier House of Balbithan, of which there is now no trace, stood above the river Don, opposite Kintore. Jacobites are supposed to have used the tower in 1746, after Culloden. The Chalmers sold the property to James Balfour, an Edinburgh merchant, in 1696. After a brief period, from 1699 to 1707, in the ownership of the Hays, it came to be owned by a branch of the Gordons until 1859.



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Tour Scotland Video Search And Rescue Helicopter Searching For Body River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland February night video of a Search and Rescue Helicopter searching for a body in the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A body was spotted in the water around 5pm near Smeaton's Bridge. The search focused on the Moncreiffe Island area, where the person was last spotted. I shot this video at 8.30pm as the search continued.

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Old Photograph Menmuir Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Menmuir village located in Angus, Scotland. Neolithic cup and ring marked stones have been found in the area. Bronze age archaeology has been found nearby, with a short cist burial found a mile to the south-east of the village, containing bones and a flint spearhead, and a bronze axehead found nearby. The Brown Caterthun and the White Caterthun, hillforts dating from the iron age, can also be seen nearby. A number of Pictish symbol stones have been found in Menmuir, including a cross-slab and a sculptured stone found in the kirkyard around 1844 when an old wall was demolished, three fragments, found in the grounds of the village Manse in 1943. These point to Menmuir having been a centre of some ecclesiastical importance in the early Medieval period.


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Old Photograph Trinity Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Trinity village located one mile North West of Brechin in Angus, Scotland. This Scottish village was the location of the toll house to the Strathmore turnpike, operating from 1794 to 1879.



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Old Photograph Douglastown Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Douglastown located three miles South West of Forfar, Scotland. This Scottish village takes its name from the landowner who in about 1789 provided land for James Ivory & Co., in which Mr Douglas was a partner, to build a flax mill to spin yarn for heavy linen cloth called osnabruks, named from the German town of Osnabruk, where it was originally made. The hamlet of Douglastown was built to house the workers. The mill closed in 1834. It used flax-spinning technology invented by John Kendrew and Thomas Porthouse of Darlington, patented in 1787.




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Old Photographs Ruthven Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Ruthven village located two miles North of Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. The Ruthven name is of Norse and Gaelic origin and became established in Perthshire during the 12th century. The clan rose to power and prominence during the Scottish Wars of Independence. Over time, they became influential lowland lords.


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Old Photograph Sorbie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Sorbie located between Wigtown and Whithorn in Wigtownshire, Scotland. Sorbie parish was a seventeenth century amalgamation of Sorbie, Kirkmadrine and Cruggleton. Sorbie station on the Wigtownshire Railway branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway which closed in the 1964 formerly served Sorbie village. For many years Sorbie had a creamery located beside the railway station, some of whose products were once exported via the port at nearby Garlieston. Sorbie Parish Church, in the centre of the village, dates from around 1755. Farming forms the principal local industry in the area.



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Old Photograph High Lighthouse Tayport Scotland

Old photograph of the High Lighthouse in Tayport, Fife across from Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson in 1823.



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Old Photograph Low Lighthouse Tayport Scotland

Old photograph of the Low Lighthouse in Tayport, Fife across from Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was built in 1823 and has been inactive since 1848.



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Old Photograph Carloway Scotland

Old photograph of a cattle market in Carloway village on the Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The name " Carloway " is thought to be a Norse relic from the " Kingdom of the Isles," meaning " Karl's bay ". Carloway has a few historical sites. An Iron Age Broch in Doune Carloway, a Blackhouse Village in Garenin and many others, including a standing stone called Clach an Tursa in Upper Carloway.



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Old Photograph Kelly Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Kelly Castle near Arbroath, Scotland. This Scottish castle which overlooks the Elliot Water, comprises a four storey tower of the late 15th or early 16th Century, set within a 19th century courtyard. It was a stronghold of the Mowbray family until forfeited to the Stewarts in the early 14th century and was restored from a semi ruined state by the Earl of Dalhousie in the 19th century.



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Old Photograph Bishopton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Bishopton, Renfrewshire near Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish village actually has no streets. All of the roads have names such as Road and Crescent but there are currently no Streets.



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Old Photograph Crimond Scotland

Old photograph of Crimond, located ten miles North West of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1324, Sir Archibald Douglas was recorded as being granted the lands of Crimond. In the summer of 1297 after capturing Aberdeen, William Wallace and his army travelled through Crimond as they marched to meet another rebel commander Andrew de Moray at a stronghold on the banks of the river Spey.



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Old Photograph John Brown and Company Shipyard Clydebank Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of shipyard workers coming out of the John Brown and Company Shipyard in Clydebank by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish shipyard built many notable and world famous ships including RMS Lusitania, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Queen Elizabeth 2. At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of the most highly regarded, and internationally famous, shipbuilding companies in the world.



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Old Photograph Peniel Heugh Scotland

Old photograph of Peniel Heugh near Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland. On this Scottish hill stands the Waterloo Monument. Places nearby include Bonjedward, Crailing, Jedburgh, Monteviot House, Roxburgh. The Roman Heritage Way and St. Cuthbert's Way pass by the heugh and the monument. The monument is a 150 foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. It was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, after the original monument designed by William Burn collapsed. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.





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Old Photographs Blackcraig Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Blackcraig village by Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Minnigaff Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Minnigaff in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A Scottish village and civil parish on the A714 road on the east side of the River Cree. Nearby towns include Auchinleck, Bargrennan, and Challoch. Minnigaff was the birthplace of Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics.



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Old Photograph Duns Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Duns Castle by Duns in the Borders of Scotland. The oldest part of this Scottish castle, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, dates from 1320. The earlier house was transformed into a Gothic castle, from 1818 to 1822, by architect James Gillespie Graham. It is owned by the Laird, Alexander Hay of Duns and Drumelzier, a retired accountant. He and his wife, Aline, live at the castle. Alexander Hay, killed at the Battle of Waterloo, reputedly haunts the castle. James Gillespie Graham was born in Dunblane on 11 June 1776, the son of Malcolm Gillespie, a solicitor. He was christened as James Gillespie. Graham designed principally country houses and churches. In 1815 he married Margaret Ann Graham, daughter of a wealthy landowner, William Graham of Orchill in Perthshire. Together they had two daughters. In 1825, on the death of his wife's father, the couple inherited his large country estate, and James thereafter became known as James Gillespie Graham. His wife died in 1826, and he married again, to Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Major John Campbell of the 76th Regiment of Foot. He designed and built a house at 34 Albany Street in Edinburgh's New Town for himself and his wife and lived there from 1817 to 1833. He died in Edinburgh on 11 March 1855 after a four year illness


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Old Photograph Yester House Scotland

Old photograph of Yester House by Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. This was the home of the Hay family, later Marquesses of Tweeddale, from the 15th century until the 1970s. The lands of Yester were granted to Hugh de Giffard, an Englishman, in the 12th century.



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Old Photograph Lion Rock Scotland

Old photograph of Lion Rock by Millport on the island of Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish rock is a tertiary age dyke and a product of volcanic activity in the distant past.


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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Rain And Rainbow Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland February video of Scottish rain and a rainbow on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Shot this video from a car park in an industrial area, and the rainbow added some much needed beauty.

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Tour Scotland Video Aaron Fyfe Singing Scum Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of singer, songwriter, Aaron Fyfe singing Scum one of his own songs at a music session in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Craig And Tony Free Falling Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Craig Ross and Tony Carson singing a cover version of Free Falling by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at a music session in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

She's a good girl, loves her mama
Loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
Loves horses and her boyfriend too

It's a long day livin' in Reseda
There's a freeway runnin' through the yard
And I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

All the vampires walkin' through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile

And I'm free, I'm free fallin'

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Tour Scotland Video Whistle And Guitar Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of guitar and whistle at a traditional Scottish music session on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Smallpipes Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Pipers playing the smallpipes at a traditional Scottish music session in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Smallpipes are a bellows-blown bagpipe with a softer and more mellow sound than the better known Highland Bagpipe

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Tour Scotland Video Fiddle Player Greyfriars Bar Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a fiddler playing at a traditional Scottish music session in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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