Old Photograph Swanbister House Scotland

Old photograph of Swanbister House in Orphir on mainland Orkney Islands, Scotland. Built for Archer Fortescue who bought estate from Thomas Halcro Sands 1844. He was born on 12th of December 1819. He died on the 7th of February 1907. Archer Irvine-Fortescue was baptised with the name of Archer Fortescue. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Orkney.He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Kincardineshire. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Orkney. In 1875 his name was legally changed to Archer Irvine Fortescue under the terms of the will of his wfe's uncle, John Irvine-Boswell. He lived at Swanbister, Orkney Islands, and he lived at Kingscausie, Kincardineshire.



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Old Photograph Abbey Fort Augustus Scotland

Old photograph of the Abbey in Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. This Scottish abbey owed its inception to the desire of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, for the restoration of monasticism in Scotland. The site at Fort Augustus was given by Simon Fraser, 13th Lord Lovat. It comprised the buildings of a dismantled fort, built in 1729 and originally erected for the suppression of Highland Jacobites. It had been purchased from the Government by the Lovat family, in 1867.The monastic buildings begun in 1876 were completed in 1880.



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Tour Scotland April Video Drive From Meigle To Alyth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of part of an April road trip the drive on the route from Meigle on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Alyth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland April Video Drive From St Andrews To Tayport Fife

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of part of an April road trip on the B945 route from St Andrews on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Tayport, Fife.
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Old Photograph Doune Burn Scotland

Old photographs of cottages and people in Doune Burn by Girvan in South Ayrshire, Scotland. South Ayrshire borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire.



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Old Photograph St Andrew's Church Tongue Scotland

Old photograph of St Andrew's Church in Tongue, Northern Sutherland, Scotland. This Scottish church was rebuilt by Donald Mackay, Master of Reay, in 1680 following the Reay family's conversion to Protestantism. The site was that of the ancient Celtic and latterly Roman Catholic Church, St Peter's Chapel. During a renovation in 1729 a vault was built covering the graves of earlier members of the MacKay family. Lord Reay, of Reay in the County of Caithness, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Reay is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay, whose lands in Strathnaver and north west Sutherland were known as the Reay Country. The land was sold to the Earls of Sutherland in the 18th century.



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Old Photograph Duntulm Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Duntulm Castle on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. This Scottish castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye, near the hamlet of Duntulm. During the 17th century it was the seat of the chiefs of Clan MacDonald of Sleat. The castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the area was subject to feuds between the rival MacLeod and Macdonald clans. The defences were improved in the 16th century, and by the early 17th century the MacDonald's had finally gained the upper hand in the area. Around 1732 the castle was abandoned, when Sir Alexander MacDonald built a new residence, Monkstadt House, 5 miles to the south, robbing much of the castle's stone as building material.



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Old Photograph Waterbeck Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Waterbeck near Ecclefechan, Scotland. This Scottish village in Annandale is located to the West of the Kirtle Water. Waterbeck is now a small, rural village in the south-west of Scotland. It has not always been that way. In the early medieval period when the area was close to the Debatable Lands, the Bell family, known as the 'bloody Bells', were involved in the Border feuds, marauding and killing. During the eighteenth century, Waterbeck grew to be a thriving village supporting numerous trades, as well as being surrounded by working farms and other settlements. In its time it rose to become one of the most important centres for bacon curing and agricultural seed production in Scotland, due to the enterprise of the Carlyle family.



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Old Photograph Inveresk Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shop and people in Inveresk located to the South of Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. James Wedderburn lived in this part of Scotland. He made his fortune as a slave owning sugar plantation owner in Jamaica. When his son by one of his slaves, Robert Wedderburn, travelled to Inveresk to claim his kinship he was insultingly rejected by his father who gave him some small beer and a broken or bent sixpence. This experience turned Robert Wedderburn to radicalism.



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Old Photograph Cove Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Cove in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village sprung up around the fishing industry, with the boats berthed on a shingle beach, a gap in the rocks that afforded a natural harbour. During this time, it is estimated that approximately 300 people lived in the area. In the mid 19th century the fishing was at its height, which, over years, has included cod, haddock, salmon, herring and shellfish. The piers and breakwater were constructed in 1878. At the end of World War I the fishing began to decline.


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Old Photograph Cults Scotland

Old photograph of shops, tram, houses, and people in Cults a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Cults, known for its historic granite housing, sits approximately six miles from the coast of the North Sea. The name is a corruption of Coilltean, the Scottish Gaelic word for Woods.

Anna Shepherd, Scottish novelist and poet, was born on 11 February 1893 in Peterculter to John and Jane Shepherd. Her family moved to Cults shortly after Nan was born, to the house where she lived for most of her life. She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls and graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1915, subsequently lecturing for the Aberdeen College of Education. She died in Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen in 1981.



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Old Photograph Tornaveen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Tornaveen located on the Tarland to Aberdeen road in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The surrounding region, including the nearby Findrack estate, was a site of witchcraft trials in 1597. Its most notable historical event apart from being near the place of the death of Macbeth was the landing of a German balloon in the late 19th century. The balloon had been blown across the North Sea during a storm and landed near Claydykes Farm on the B9119 road through Tornaveen. It had been in the air for 18 hours. Originally the tour had been planned just for a trip from Bitterfeld near Leipzig to Hanover. But then more and more wind came up and drove the balloon across the Netherlands towards the North Sea. Different attempts to land failed because of several reasons and so the three men crossed the North Sea within 12 hours. Finally they landed in a tree and stayed alive.



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Old Photographs Kintore Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children in Kintore near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Established in the ninth century AD as a royal burgh, Kintore had its royal charter renewed by King James IV in 1506. But the area has clearly been a popular settlement since prehistoric times. Nearby are the remains of Hallforest Castle, former stronghold of the Earls of Kintore. Its Town House dates back to 1747. Kintore is the site of Deers Den Roman Camp and is thought to relate to Agricola's campaigns into Scotland.



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Old Photograph Knockbrex House Scotland

Old photograph of Knockbrex House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A plain neo Georgian manor house built in 1900 for the Manchester businessman James Brown and remodelled early 19th century. Although he lived in Manchester and ran his business there, he had family roots in south-west Scotland.

Brown is an English language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English speaking countries. It is the second most common surname in Canada and Scotland, third most common in Australia and fourth most common in England and the United States. It is particularly clustered in southern Scotland.



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Old Photograph St James's Church Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of St James's Church in Paisley, Scotland. This Scottish church is early French Gothic style to a design by Hippolyte Blanc, largely gifted by Sir Peter Coats in 1884. He was a Scottish thread manufacturer and philanthropist of note. He was co founder of the firm J & P Coats which later evolved into Coats Group. He was born on 18 July 1808 in Paisley and is deeply associated with that town. He attended Paisley Grammar School and then the University of Glasgow, at first intending to study for as a minister. However he decided to follow his father, James Coats, as a thread manufacturer, largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats. He died in the Mustapha Superieur quarter of Algiers on 9 March 1890 aged 81. His body was returned to Paisley for burial in Woodside Cemetery, west of the town centre.



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Old Photograph Machermore Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Machermore Castle by Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde married on 2nd of April 1891, Charlotte Mary Emily, youngest daughter of Mr. Nugent-Dunbar of Machermore Castle, Newton Stewart, and had two daughters, Emily and Muriel, and a son, John Alan Burns, who succeeded him. James Burns was born in Glasgow in 1864, and educated at Repton. He was the principal Director of the shipping business of Messrs. G. & J. Burns, Limited, and took a strong interest in everything connected with shipping. He was President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom in 1899. In 1900 he became Chairman of the Glasgow Shipowners' Association, and was an Honorary Member of the Advisory Committee on New Lighthouse Works to the Board of Trade. He was a Director of the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., and of the Clydesdale Bank Ltd. He was a member of the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, a representative of Glasgow on the London General Committee of Lloyds' Register, and a Director of the Clyde Steamship Owners' Association. He was an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects and of the Scottish Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders. He was also involved in the religious and philanthropic life of the city.



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Tour Scotland Easter Monday Video Scottish Pipers Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Easter Monday video of Scottish bagpipers playing on the parkland on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Easter Video Doocot Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland Easter Sunday video of the Doocot on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. An early 17th century Dovecot on the castle grounds; repaired in 1976. A dovecote or doocot is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Double chamber, rectangular-plan, lectern dovecot. Roughly coursed rubble with squared rubble quoins, some dressed. Part base course, stepped alighting ledge/rat course, crowstepped flanks with moulded skewputts, back parapet carried up to form gable. Angus stone slates.

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Tour Scotland Easter Sunday Video Drive To Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland Easter Sunday video of part of a drive to visit Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. There was a castle on this site in 1376, when it was granted by Robert I to John Lyon, Lord Glamis, who reconstructed the castle at that time. A beautiful Easter Sunday at Glamis Castle.

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Tour Scotland Video Chris White Singing You Got It Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Chris White singing a cover version of You Got It on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.
Every time I look into your lovely eyes,
I see a love that money just can't buy.
One look from you, I drift away.
I pray that you are here to stay.

Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!

Every time I hold you I begin to understand,
Everything about you tells me I'm your man.
I live my life to be with you.
No one can do the things you do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want
Anything you need
Anything at all

I'm glad to give my love to you.
I know you feel the way I do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it
Baby
Anything at all
Baby
You got it

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Tour Scotland Video Chris White Singing When You Say Nothing At All Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Chris White singing a cover version of When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.

It's amazing how you
Can speak right to my heart.
Without saying a word
You can light up the dark.

Try as I may, I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing.

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear
People talking out loud.
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd

Try as they may, they can never define
What's been said between your heart and mine

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Tour Scotland Video Aly Bell Singing Lovesong Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Aly Bell singing a cover version of Lovesong by The Cure on visit and trip to a Pub in Perth, Perthshire.

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again

However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

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Tour Scotland Video David Low Singing Rollin and Tumblin Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of David Low singing Rollin and Tumblin on visit and trip to a Pub in Perth, Perthshire. This is a blues song first recorded by American singer/guitarist Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929.

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Old Photograph Longformacus House Scotland

Old photograph of Longformacus House in Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the 18th century by William Adam. William, born 1689, died 24 June 1748, was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in Scotland, designing and building numerous country houses and public buildings, and often acting as contractor as well as architect. Among his best known works are Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, and Duff House in Banff. His individual, exuberant style built on the Palladian style, but with Baroque details inspired by Vanbrugh and Continental architecture.



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Old Photograph War Memorial South Ronaldsay Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The memorial was by Alexander Carrick, born in 1882 in the small town of Musselburgh, just east of Edinburgh, he was one of Scotland's leading monumental sculptors of the early part of the 20th century. War memorials featuring his carved sculptures include Lochawe, Killin, Oban, St Margaret's Hope, Kinghorn, Newburgh and Auchtermuchty in Fife.



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Tour Scotland Video David Low Singing Red Rooster Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of David Low singing a cover version of Red Rooster by Willie Dixon on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Well, I got a little red rooster
Too lazy to crow for day
Well, I got a little red rooster
Too lazy to crow for day
Keep everything in the barnyard
Upset in [Incomprehensible]

Well, the dogs begin to bark
Hound begin to howl
Well, the dogs begin to bark
Hound begin to howl
Oh, watch out, strange kind people
Little red rooster is on the prowl

Oh, if you see my little red rooster
Please drag him home
Well, if you see my little red rooster
Please drag him home
There no peace in the barnyard
Since the little red rooster been gone

I got a little red rooster
Too lazy to crow for day
Oh, I got a little red rooster
Too lazy to crow for day
Keep everything in the barnyard
Upset in every way

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Tour Scotland Video Aly Bell Singing Daisy Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Aly Bell Singing Daisy on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Daisy is a song written by Aly.

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Old Photograph Chapelton Scotland

Old photograph of church, houses and cottages in Chapelton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located approximately halfway between the towns of East Kilbride and Strathaven, on the A726 road. It is in the former Parish of Glassford, which takes its name from the nearby village of the same name.




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Old Photograph Glenboig Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Glenboig, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish railway station closed in 1960 and the local coal mining and brick-making industries ceased by the 1980s. The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was started in 1824, and opened in 1826, running from Palacecraig up through Coatbridge and Gartsherrie, and immediately to the east of Glenboig village. It claims to be Scotland's first actual " railway ", putting it among the first few in the world. A few years later, in 1831, the Glasgow and Garnkirk line opened, running on the other side of Glenboig, joining the Monkland and Kirkintilloch at Gartsherrie. These were the earlier Scottish lines to use locomotives. Both were built almost exclusively to carry coal but each, however, developed an increasing volume of other freight and of passenger traffic.



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Old Photograph Delnabo House Scotland

Old photograph of Delnabo House located a mile to the East of Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland. In 1647, after evading pursuit for several months by constantly changing his hiding place, George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly was captured by Lieutenant-colonel Menzies at midnight, as he was retiring to bed, at Delnabo House in Strathdon. The capture was effected after a severe struggle with the ten gentlemen and servants who were in attendance on him, six of whom were slain in their efforts to defend him. On the news of his capture becoming known, about five hundred men under Grant of Carron assembled to effect his rescue, but Menzies, for greater security, carried him to the castle of Blairfindie in Glenlivet. Huntly, on learning their intentions, also sent them a message, dissuading them from the enterprise. When news of his capture reached the committee of estates, it was debated whether he should be immediately executed or reprieved till the meeting of parliament, and the latter motion was carried by one vote. After remaining two days at Leith, he was delivered up to the magistrates of Edinburgh, and sent to the Tolbooth. There he remained until 22nd of March 1649, when by order of the Scots parliament he was beheaded at the cross of Edinburgh. On being asked by one of the presbyterian ministers who attended him whether he wished to be absolved from the sentence of excommunication that had been passed against him, he answered " that as he was not accustomed to give ear to false prophets, he did not wish to be troubled by him." Although he refused to admit that he had acted contrary to the laws, or had done anything to deserve death, he declared that he freely forgave those who had voted for his death. His body was brought to Seton, and was interred in the burial place of that family.



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Old Photograph Craigentinny House Scotland

Old photograph of Craigentinny House, Edinburgh, Scotland. This was originally a typical laird's house of the late 16th century; parts of it were altered early in the 19th century. It was built originally for the Nisbets of Dean. In 1760 it was purchased by William Miller a wealthy Edinburgh Seed Merchant. His grandson, William Henry Miller born 1789, died 31 October 1848, a Scottish book collector and parliamentarian who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837, had the house extended and modernized in 1869. He died, unmarried, at Craigentinny House in his sixtieth year, and was by his own desire buried on his estate in a mausoleum erected after his decease, and decorated with sculptured friezes by Alfred Gatley.



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Old Photograph Foreland House Scotland

Old photograph of Foreland House, Island of Islay, Scotland. The builder of this Scottish house was Captain Walter Campbell, who purchased the Sunderland estate from his father, Walter Campbell of Islay, in 1814. Walter Campbell of Shawfield, born 1741, died 19 October 1816, the grandson of Daniel Campbell MP, was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1789 to 1791. He was also the Laird of Islay. His daughter Katherine married Sir Charles Jenkinson, 10th Baronet, a cousin of Lord Liverpool, the Prime Minister in 1812. His son John Campbell, born 1770, died 1809, was an army officer and a Member of Parliament. John's son Walter Frederick Campbell inherited Islay on his grandfather's death.



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Old Photograph Dore Holm Scotland

Old photograph of Dore Holm a small island off the south coast off Eshaness Shetland, Scotland. It is notable for having one of the finest natural arches in the Shetland islands. The characteristic and highly unusual shape of the arch has been compared to a horse drinking deeply from the water. The name appears to be derived from 'door', the word 'holm' being of Scandinavian origin and meaning a small island.



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Tour Scotland Video MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Highland Cathedral Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band playing Highland Cathedral in the City Centre on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Dundee. The Mac Cals as they are informally referred to, is a long established organisation based in the city of Dundee. The band, or bands, comprises of the adult band and a juvenile section which acts as a feeder band for the adult band. The Mac Cals were originally two separate bands; the MacKenzie Pipe Band and the Caledonian Pipe Band. The MacKenzie Pipe Band dates back to the days just after World War I, giving soldiers home from the war an outlet for their piping and drumming skills.

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Tour Scotland Video MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band The Green Hills of Tyrol Dundee

Tour Scotland video of MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band playing The Green Hills of Tyrol in the City Centre on visit to Dundee, Scotland. The tune, The Green Hills of Tyrol, is a well known melody in the Scottish bagpipe tradition and was transcribed by John MacLeod during the Crimean War from La Tua Danza Sì Leggiera, a chorus part in the third act of Gioachino Rossini's 1829 opera Guglielmo Tell, William Tell. Rossini adapted that tune from Alpine folk music. A Scottish Soldier is a Scottish folk song. The lyrics were written by Andy Stewart. The song is about a dying Scottish soldier, wishing to return to the hills of his homeland rather than die in Tyrol.

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Old Photograph Monteviot House Scotland

Old photograph of Monteviot House by Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland. The early 18th century home of the Marquess of Lothian, the politician better known as Michael Ancram. It is located on the River Teviot.



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Tour Scotland Video Tony Carson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning Pub Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the sight and sounds of Tony Carson singing a cover version of 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson on visit and trip a pub in Perth, Perthshire.

Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Boxhill they did ride

Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae
For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside
Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
He said I've got no further use for these
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride

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Tour Scotland Video MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band City Centre Dundee

Tour Scotland video of MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band playing in the City Centre on visit to Dundee, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Daniel Docherty Singing Let Her Go Dundee

Tour Scotland travel video of Daniel Docherty singing a cover version of Let Her Go by Passenger outside the Overgate shopping centre in the City Centre on visit and trip to Dundee.

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast

You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies

But you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
'Cause you loved her too much
And you dived too deep

Well you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
Will you let her go?

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
Only know you love her when you let her go

And you let her go

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Old Photograph Pearsie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pearsie House located North of Kirriemuir, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built at the turn of the century and was originally the property of Lord Granville.



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Old Photograph Levenwick Scotland

Old photograph of Levenwick located seventeen miles south of Lerwick, on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. In the literature of the isles this area is associated with George Stewart, author of the pioneering Shetland Fireside Tales, who lived here in his youth. Historically, Levenwick Bay was a popular spot for Dutch fishing fleets, who conducted trade with locals, establishing early commercial links.


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Old Photograph Hermitage Calderwood Glen Scotland

Old photograph of The Hermitage, Calderwood Glen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nearby is a marked grave that the hermit who lived here had died in 1722, and the building appears to have been built to keep his legend living on.



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Old Photograph Old Rayne Scotland

Old photograph of Old Rayne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The word Rayne comes from the Scottish Gaelic Raon meaning a field of good ground. In the area around Old Rayne are other settlements including Kirton of Rayne, Rayne North and Potts of Rayne. Once a burgh of barony, Old Rayne has a 17th century mercat cross, market cross. In days gone by this served as a meeting place for farm workers looking for employment. The bishops of Aberdeen who owned the parish of Rayne once held residence.



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Tour Scotland Video Emirates Airbus A380 Passenger Jet Flying Above Glasgow

Tour Scotland video of an Emirates Airbus A380 passenger jet flying above Glasgow, Scotland. This is the world's largest passenger airliner. The Airbus A380 is a double deck, wide body, four engine jet airliner manufactured by European Union manufacturer Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it. It was initially named Airbus A3XX and designed to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large aircraft market. The A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and entered commercial service in 25 October 2007 with Singapore Airlines.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Bagpiper Ross Ainslie Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scottish Bagpiper Ross Ainslie playing the pipes on visit to the Greyfriars Bar in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ross is one the finest traditional musicians and composers, highly sought after on the Scottish contemporary folk scene for his skill on pipes. Born in Perthshire in 1983, Ross began his career as a member of the Perth and District Pipe Band, before joining the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, where he was mentored by piper Gordon Duncan. Hugely influenced by Gordon’s fearlessly innovative spirit and ground breaking compositions, Ross began exploring his own abilities as a composer and writing his own tunes, and in 2002 he was a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition.

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Tour Scotland Video Gavin Munro Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Gavin Munro singing Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Oh the Summer time is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

I will build my love a bower
Near yon pure crystal fountain
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

If my true love she were gone
I will surely find no other
Where wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go
And we'll all go together
To pull wild mountain thyme
From around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie go

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Old Photograph William Gorrie Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of William Gorrie a Doctor in Lochee, Dundee, Scotland.

In 1700 the Cox family set up as linen merchants in Lochee. By 1760 the firm had 300 weavers and after using steam power and moving into the jute industry the family built Camperdown Works in 1864, said to be the largest factory in the world, with over 5,000 employees. Many immigrants were attracted to the area by the prospect of employment in the city's jute mills. By 1855, there were 14,000 Irish immigrants in Dundee, most of whom stayed in Lochee, or Little Tipperary as it would come to be known.



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Old Photograph St Margaret's Convent Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of St Margaret's Convent in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ecclesiastical history of the site goes back to 1834 with the founding by Bishop James Gillis of the first post-Reformation convent in Scotland. For over 150 years it was well known in Edinburgh as St Margaret's Convent and School under the ministry of the Ursulines of Jesus. In the 1830s, the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland was not yet established. James Gillis as Apostolic Vicar of the Eastern District of Scotland wanted a convent and school built there to cater for the Catholics in Edinburgh. The Ursulines were asked to start a convent and funds were provided for a chapel. In 1863, this chapel went on to house a relic, given to them by Bishop Gillis, of St. Margaret of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Kinloss Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Kinloss Abbey located three miles East of Forres, Moray, Scotland. This Scottish abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187. The abbey went on to become one of the largest and wealthiest religious houses in Scotland, receiving the valuable salmon fishing rights on the River Findhorn from Robert the Bruce in 1312, subsequently renewed by James I and James IV. During its history the abbey has received many royal visitors, including Edward I in 1303, Edward III in 1336 and Mary Queen of Scots.


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Old Photograph William Fergusson Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of William Fergusson in Edinburgh, Scotland. William, born on the 20th of March 1808, died 10 of February 1877, was a Scottish surgeon. He was the son of James Fergusson of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. In 1828 Fergusson became a licentiate, and in 1829 a fellow of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons. In 1840 he accepted the professorship of surgery at King's College London, and established himself at Dover Street, Piccadilly, whence he removed in 1847 to George Street, Hanover Square. His practice grew rapidly, and the fame of his operative skill brought many students and visitors to King's College Hospital. In 1849 he was appointed surgeon in ordinary to the prince consort, and in 1855 surgeon extraordinary, and in 1867 sergeant-surgeon to the queen. On the 10 of October 1833 he married Helen, daughter and heiress of William Ranken of Spittlehaugh, Peeblesshire. They had two sons and three daughters.

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