Old Photograph Drumnadrochit Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the cottage Post Office in Drumnadrochit by Loch Ness, Scotland. A Scottish village in the Highlands, lying on the west shore of Loch Ness, at the foot of Glen Urquhart.



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Old Photograph Bunchcrew Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Bunchcrew near Inverness, Scotland. A small Scottish village close to the south shore of Beauly Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is three miles West of the city of Inverness, on the A862 road. Bunchrew had a station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station closed to passengers in 1960, and to goods in 1964.



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Old Photograph Newton Ferry North Uist Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the thatched cottage Post Office in Newton Ferry on North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. A ferry used to run between Newtonferry and the neighboring island of Berneray, but no longer runs since a permanent causeway was constructed between Berneray and North Uist. The greatest change in modern times occurred in 1999 when the causeway opened between Berneray and Otternish on North Uist. It eased travelling on and off the island, improved employment prospects and accelerated the carriage of produce, notably, crabs and lobster. The causeway contains culverts that allow the easy passage of otters and fish from one side of the structure to the other. The causeway was formally opened by Prince Charles in April 1999.



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Old Photograph Drivers And Staff Trams Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of drivers and staff of the Trams in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Paisley District Tramways Company took over the Paisley Tramways Company on 17 September 1903 and undertook a programme of modernisation and electrification.. The first electric tramway services started on 13 June 1904. There were depots at: Aurs Road, Barrhead; Main Road, Elderslie; Paisley Road, Renfrew. The company was taken over by Glasgow Corporation Tramways on 1 August 1923, which continued to operate trams in Paisley until the late 1950s.



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Old Photograph Shieldhall Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Shieldhall in Glasgow, Scotland. Shieldhall is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. It is located between Renfrew and Drumoyne and is close to Braehead. It includes the site of the King George V Dock.



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Old Photographs War Memorial Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The monument was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, the builders Messrs. Neil McLeod & Sons Limited, and the carving work carried out by Messrs. Allen & Sons, both of Edinburgh. The 228 tons of granite employed was supplied by the Shap Fells Granite Company in Westmorland. The inscription reads: " To the glorious memory of the 1,953 men of Paisley who gave their lives in the Great War. "

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Old Photograph Princess May Paddle Steamer Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of the Princess May paddle steamer on Loch Lomond, Scotland. Princess May was a Loch Lomond steamer and the sister to Prince George. He sailed on the Balloch to Ardlui service until she became a spare steamer after the introduction of Prince Edward in 1912. Sailings were undertaken at Easter and then from late May until the end of September. Princess May again took up the regular service, upon the withdrawal of Prince George in 1936 and she continued until the introduction of Maid of the Loch in 1953, when the Princess May was broken up on the slipway at Balloch.




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Old Photograph La Scala Theatre Saltcoats Scotland

Old photograph of La Scala Theatre in Saltcoats, Scotland. George Kemp opened the La Scala in Saltcoats, a resort on the Ayrshire coast, subsequently converting a wooden building across the street into the Casino Cinema in 1919. Kemp retired in 1925 and his son Harry took over the business. Harry had introduced a series of concert parties during the 1922 summer season at the La Scala cinema in Saltcoats. It was the first of the now legendary Kemp Summer Shows which ran at venues up and down the Ayrshire Coast. Kemp's only Glasgow city cinema, the Capitol in Ibrox opened in April 1927.



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Old Photograph Parish Church Portlethen Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in Portlethen near Aberdeen, Scotland. This Scottish church sits on high ground overlooking the small community of Portlethen and its railway station. There is open farm land east of the church and an extensive graveyard and cemetery extends around the church. A large church hall is also built nearby and a car park is situated to the south. The church is built on the site of a previous place of worship, a Roman Catholic chapel, built in the 17th century. Portlethen Church opened as a chapel of ease around 1840 and has remained little altered to this day.





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Old Photograph Parish Church Maryculter Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church in Maryculter, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A church was founded in this area by the Knights Templar, the ruin of the original St Mary's church can be found in the idyllic grounds of Maryculter House Hotel, close to the River Dee. Maryculter Church building dates from 1787, extended 1882.



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Old Photograph Mortlach Church Dufftown Scotland

Old photograph of Mortlach Church by Dufftown, in the heart of Speyside, Scotland. This Scottish church is known for being one of the oldest sites of continuous Christian worship in Scotland. Molvag, a contemporary of St Columba, came from Bangor and established a church or chapel here in around 566. The present church owes its form and appearance to centuries of phases of building work, stretching from the 13th century, or possibly earlier, to the late 19th century, when the existing church was extensively rebuilt.



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Old Photograph Ewart Library Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of Ewart Library in Dumfries, Scotland. The most noted Renaissance style library in Scotland is the Ewart Library in Dumfries, which was officially opened in 1904 by the donor of the site, Miss McKie. Mr and Mrs Carnegie also attended the ceremony, where Andrew Carnegie was presented with the freedom of the burgh.



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Old Photographs Golf Course Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course at Cruden Bay located 26 miles North of Aberdeen, Scotland. Cruden Bay is traditional Scottish links golf course, originally designed by Tom Morris and Archie Simpson, and only two hours drive from St Andrews in Fife.



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Old Photograph Tinkler's Gill Green Gleneagles Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on Tinkler's Gill green on a golf course at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph The Soap Factory Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the fire at the Soap Factory in Aberdeen, Scotland. Ogston & Tennant Ltd, soap and candle manufacturers, was formed in 1898 from two companies joining A. Ogston and Sons and Charles Tennant and Company. At the time of the merger Ogstons already owned both a factory and warehouses in Loch Street, Aberdeen. On 9 March 1910 the company won damages against the Glasgow Daily Record for defamation. This was in connection with another libel, by the Daily Mail against Lever Brothers. It totalled £9,000 and the news was reported around the world. On 28 June 1910 they suffered a great fire which engulfed and destroyed the factory. Reports mention machinery crashing through the floors. Damage totalled £80,000. In 1911 the company agreed to an " association " with Lever Brothers and after the second world war, they became part of the company until they ceased trading in the 1970s.



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Old Photograph Eaglesfield Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and a Double Decker bus in Eaglesfield near Annan in south east Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village is located not far from the English Border. Eaglesfield is of ancient origin, and Blacket Tower is the former seat of an old Borders family. There is some debate about the origin of the first element of the name which may derive from the Celtic word for a church, eglwys in modern Welsh, or eaglais in modern Scottish Gaelic. Many of the buildings in the town are of recent construction, from the 19th and 20th centuries. The town is a good example of a linear settlement, as most of it is in and around a single road.



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Old Photograph McLeod and Sons Shipyard Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of a boat launching in McLeod and Sons Shipyard in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. During the Second World War, the shipyard converted and refitted about 300 vessels and also overhauled tank landing craft, many of which took part in the D-Day landings in June 1944. The port of Alloa had declined by the 1950s and McLeod & Sons shipyard closed in 1972.



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Old Photograph Cardonald Parish Church Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Cardonald Parish Church on Paisley Road West in Glasgow, Scotland. Early English Gothic of Ballochmyle red sandstone designed by P MacGregor Chalmers, between 1888 and 1889. Nave and aisles gothic church with complex roof forms. Side aisle, also by Chalmers, added 1899.



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Old Photograph Parish Church Old Kilpatrick Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1812, although it is believed the original building was erected in the 12th century.





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Old Photograph Luggie Bridge Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of Luggie Bridge in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. A three arch 18th century masonry bridge with ornate cast iron railings carrying East High Street over the Luggie Water on the east side of Kirkintilloch. The bridge is said to have been rebuilt in 1715, but was later widened by the addition of walkways on each side.



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Old Photograph Duntreath Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Duntreath Castle in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The The Edmonstone Baronetcy, of Duntreath in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created 20 May 1774 for Archibald Edmonstone, 11th of Duntreath, Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire and Ayr Burghs. He was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He represented Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire in the House of Commons. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was a writer and traveller. He died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the fourth Baronet. He was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. The family seat is Duntreath Castle by Blanefield.



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Old Photograph Yarrow Church Scotland

Old photograph of Yarrow Church and cemetery near Selkirk, Scotland. It was only in 1640 that a church was built on this site, at Deuchar, to replace the parish church of St. Mary of the Lowes, by that time standing dilapidated in a remote and inconvenient situation near Kirkstead, overlooking St. Mary's Loch. In 1771 this new church was almost wholly rebuilt and in 1826 it was altered; half a century later it was again renovated. Further reconstruction in 1906 altered the original plan; the oblong church with a central cross-aisle now becoming a cruciform one. In 1922 this building was burnt down, only the bare walls being left. By the following year these surviving elements had been repaired and the fabric restored as a whole. The only features of antiquarian interest left are the bell, a sundial and the two doorways.



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Old Photograph Bridgegate Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of The Bridgegate in Glasgow, Scotland. The Bridgegate was synonymous with the rag and second hand clothes trade in the past. The Glaswegian word barras describes the handcarts which the traders used to sell their wares.



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Old Photograph Ardverikie House Scotland

Old photograph of Ardverikie House on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Highlands of Scotland. This Scottish house is located on a promontory overlooking Loch Laggan. It was designed by John Rhind of Inverness in a Scots baronial style, its gabled roofline complete with octagonal turrets with corbelled conical roofs. The tower panel is inscribed " Burnt 1873 Rebuilt 1874 Finished 1878 "; it is constructed of local grey granite rubble with contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. Ardverikie House became famous starring as Glenbogle House in the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen.



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Old Photograph Kinnordy House Scotland

Old photograph of Kinnordy House near Kirriemuir, Scotland. Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, was born in Kinnordy on 14 November 1797. He was the eldest of ten children. Lyell's father, was a lawyer and botanist of minor repute: it was he who first exposed his son to the study of nature. Charles became a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism, the idea that the Earth was shaped by the same processes still in operation today. Principles of Geology also challenged theories popularized by George Cuvier, which were the most accepted and circulated ideas about geology in England at the time. Lyell was also one of the first to believe that the world is older than 300 million years, on the basis of its geological anomalies. Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin.



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Old Photograph Coodham House Scotland

Old photograph of Coodham House by Symington, South Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1826 Mrs William Fairlie, widow of a banker from Calcutta built the mansion house. In 1850 James Ogilvie Fairlie of Coodham organised a meeting at the Red Lion in Prestwick of fifty seven gentlemen from the West of Scotland, leading to the formation of the Prestwick Golf Club and as a direct result in 1860 the first Open Championship was held. In the 1870s W. H. Houldsworth Esq owned the property and added a new wing, conservatory and a private chapel. It was known as Williamfield for a time and later the property was renamed Fatima House and became a retreat with a new wing added.



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Old Photograph Ellon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally built in the 15th century, the ruins of Ellon Castle date to the 17th century when the Ellon estate was bought by Bailie James Gordon. He landscaped the garden and laid out a formal deer park of 30 acres. A luxurious country home for his wife, two sons and daughter, the Gordon's were soon to regret ever having set foot in Ellon. Both their young sons were murdered by their tutor and licentiate of the church, John Irvine. Irvine slit the boys' throats and then tried to commit suicide but was caught and hung shortly after.



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Old Photograph Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club Scotland

Old photograph of Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club in Badenoch And Strathspey, Scotland. Established in 1898 Boat of Garten Golf Club was designed by James Braid who was born in Earlsferry, Fife, He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. He then developed a very successful career in golf course design.



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Old Photograph Dalgonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of children below Dalgonar Bridge by Dunscore located nine miles North West of Dumfries, Scotland. In 1818, Dalgonar Bridge, half a mile south of Dunscore, was erected over the River Cairn and is 80 feet in span, which is about the greatest breadth of the river. It replaced an original wooden bridge of the previous century.



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Old Photograph Barshaw House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the early 1800s by Robert Smith, and later reconstructed by wealthy Paisley businessman James Arthur. The estate was sold to Paisley Town Council in 1911, with the park officially opening the following year. The mansion house became an infirmary, and in 1917 a military hospital for wounded soldiers.



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Old Photograph Barshaw Park Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Barshaw Park in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In the early years of the 20th century, Paisley Burgh Council was looking for a site for a park which would be suitable for use by the public for recreational purposes. Extensive grounds at Barshaw, which covered some 55 acres, were bought from the Arthur family in December 1911. The Arthur family was well known in Paisley and owned several firms in Glasgow. Work was carried out on the park to bring it up to a suitable standard before its official opening on 15 June 1912.



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Old Photograph Auchencorlie House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Auchencorlie House to the East of Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1910, the Paisley Parish Council took over a large property known as Auchentorlie House on Seedhill Road to the east of Paisley. The house was used as a children's home and for maternity cases and had a total capacity of 77 inmates. The buildings consisted of two floors, plus attics, and included dormitories for boys and girls, a day room and dining-hall for the children, a waiting room for maternity cases, an accouchement, delivery, room, probationary wards, bathrooms and lavatories, kitchens and outhouses, and staff quarters. The children's home was intended for to prevent children of good character from coming into contact with the ordinary inmates of the poorhouse. Neglected and under-fed children were sent to a separate children's home at Largs.



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Old Photograph Clark Town Hall Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Clark Town Hall in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Paisley Town Hall, adjacent to the Abbey, was funded by the will of George Aitken Clark, one of the Clark family, owners of the Anchor Mills. In competition, Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, also in a neo-Classical style. The Clarks and Coats families dominated Paisley industry until their companies merged in 1896.



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Old Photograph Glen House Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Glen House in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was built around 1859 by William Fulton, Laird of Glenfield. who owned the nearby dyeing and finishing Works not far from Glasgow.



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Old Photograph The Haining House Scotland

Old photograph of The Haining House near Selkirk, Borders, Scotland. The Haining is recorded in the 15th century as a property of the Scott family. In 1625 Lawrence Scott sold it to Andrew Riddell, of Riddell, who built up the estate in the 17th century. In 1701 the estate was bought by Andrew Pringle of Clifton for his second son John Pringle, a lawyer. That first house may have been commissioned by John Pringle, or it may have already been in place when he arrived. The designed landscape was begun by John, and extended during the 18th and 19th centuries, with extensive tree planting carried out. In 1754 it was passed by Andrew Pringle's older son to John Pringle, merchant in Madeira, a younger brother of Andrew. It was passed in 1792 to the merchant's great nephew Mark Pringle. In 1794, Mark began construction of a new classical-style house, adjacent to the older house on the north shore of the loch. This new building has been attributed to Kelso-based architect and builder William Elliot. Mark died in 1812 and around 1820, his son John Pringle, who had inherited, rebuilt the new house with an Ionic portico and loggia, to designs by architect Archibald Elliot. Further extensions were planned to replace the old house, but these were never carried out. Marble statues were installed on the garden terrace at this time, and several estate buildings including the stables were erected. Captain John Pringle kept a menagerie on the estate, including a bear, wolf and monkey, whose cages still stand. On John's death in 1831, the estate passed to his brother Robert, also a soldier, then their sister Margaret. Her daughter Anne Pringle-Pattison left The Haining to a relative, Andrew Seth, born 1856, died 1931, a philospoher at the University of Edinburgh, who subsequently took the name Pringle-Pattison. During these years the house was leased, until 1939, when the estate was split up and sold. The house was requisitioned by the military during the Second World War, and was occupied by Free Polish soldiers, including their mascot, Wojtek the bear. The old house burnt down in 1944, and was demolished in the late 1950s.



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Old Photograph Byre Theatre in St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Byre Theatre in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. This small Scottish theatre was originally founded in 1933 by Charles Marford, an actor and Alexander B Paterson, a local journalist and playwright, with help from a theatre group made up from members of Hope Park Church, St Andrews.



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Old Photograph Lifeboat Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of the lifeboat pulled by horses on the beach in Montrose, Scotland. Montrose Lifeboat Station is part of the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. Find out about the station, its history, its lifeboats, its crew and its latest rescues.



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Old Photograph Wishing Stone Glen Nevis Scotland

Old photograph of the Wishing Stone in Glen Nevis, Scotland. The Wishing Stone, known as Samuel's Stone, Clach MicShomhairle, and the Counsel Stone, Clach Chomhairle, has many legends associated with it. It was said that the Wishing Stone would answer questions asked by elders who consulted it at certain times of the year when it supposedly revolved. Nowadays, people hop round it three times and make a wish. Legend has it that if you can make the stone turn your wish is granted.



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Old Photograph Johnstounburn House Scotland

Old photograph of Johnstounburn House near Humbie in East Lothian, Scotland. The current house was built in 1623 as a coaching Inn on the stagecoach route from Edinurgh to London. It became known as Highwayman's Haunt as it was a meeting place for thieves who robbed the coaches as they slowly moved up nearby Soutra Hill. The house was bought and expanded by Edinburgh whisky baron Andrew Usher in 1884 who entertained shooting parties there until his death in 1898. Another owner was John Hunt who climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953.



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Old Photograph Jean Armour House Mauchline Scotland

Old photograph of the Jean Armour house in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. The upper window on the left of these two cottages is where Jean Armour and Robert Burns lived in 1788. Born in Mauchline, Ayrshire in 1765, Jean Armour was second oldest of the eleven children of stonemason James Armour and Mary Smith Armour. She met Robert Burns on a drying green in Mauchline around 1784 when she chased his dog away from her laundry. According to Armour's testimony in 1827, she met Burns again at a local dance and they subsequently " fell acquainted ". Her marriage to Robert Burns was registered on 5 August 1788 in Mauchline, the parish records describe them as having been " irregularly married some years ago. " Jean Armour and Robert Burns had nine children together ( he had at least another four by other women ), the last of whom was born on the day of his funeral in July 1796.



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Old Photograph Castle of Old Wick Scotland

Old photograph of Castle of Old Wick in Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in the 12th century when the Norwegian earldom of Orkney included Caithness, and was united under Harald Maddadsson. The castle is thought to have been his stronghold on the mainland of Britain. There is evidence that the site was occupied before the present castle was built. During the 14th century it was owned by Sir Reginald de Cheyne who was a supporter of King Edward I during his attempt to establish John Balliol as King of Scotland, although there is no evidence of a battle having taken place there. It was abandoned in the 18th century. The castle was built to the same plan as Brough Castle, which is about 20 miles to the north west, on the Pentland Firth coast of Caithness.



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Old Photograph Bucholly Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Bucholly Castle in Caithness, Scotland. This Scottish castle also known as Buchollie, or Bucholie, dating from the period 1400 to 1542, stands on a peninsula 100 feet high, cut off from land by a trench. The castle was once known as Freswick. The property belonged to the Mowats from the time of King Robert I, until 1661, when it passed to the Sinclairs.



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Tour Scotland Video Lochgelly Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland video of the Lochgelly Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. Each year, on the second Sunday of June, a truly Scottish event takes place in the beautiful grounds of Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Arbroath Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland travel video of the Arbroath Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Glamis Castle, Scotland. After a period of having no band in the town, members of previous bands came together to form a new Aberbrothock band in 1972. The band under the leadership of Pipe Major Tom Dear, undertook fundraising and along with support from Arbroath Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland, purchased uniforms and instruments. The affiliation with the Arbroath Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland was strengthened in 1974 when the band changed its name to Arbroath RBLS Pipe Band.

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Tour Scotland Video Lathallan School Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of the Lathallan School Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. 2014 saw the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Lathallan School Pipe Band, and the Band remains a tradition, which is at the heart of the school.

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Tour Scotland Video Vale of Atholl Pipe Band Strathmore Highland Games Glamis Castle

Tour Scotland video of the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band at the Strathmore Highland Games pipe band competition on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Scotland. The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band is a competitive grade one pipe band. The band has placed highly in the Major Scottish competitions and the World Pipe Band Championships.

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Old Photograph Dower House Corstorphine Scotland

Old photograph of Dower House in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house dates back to 1587 when it was in the ownership of James Ingles. It is also called Gibsone’s Lodge from its late 18th century occupants, the Gibsons of Pentland.





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Old Photograph Railway Disaster Carrbridge Scotland

Old photograph of the 1914 railway disaster at Carrbridge, Badenoch and Strathspey, Scotland. On the afternoon of 18th of June 1914 a tremendous thunderstorm struck the mountains to the north of the Highland Main Line. The road bridge carrying the road from Carrbridge to Inverness across the Baddengorm Burn was swept away, while further down the valley the burn entered a narrow gorge, crossed by the railway by means of a narrow arch span of only 15 feet. The water was at rail level when the six carriage 11.50 Perth to Inverness train, 9 minutes late leaving Carrbridge Station at 15:24 crossed the bridge. The first two carriages made it across but the bridge finally gave way; its foundations having been undermined by a vortex of water. The third carriage was left on the north bank of the burn but the next one was plunged into the torrent which soon demolished the carriage, drowning five passengers; remarkably four survived.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Fort Augustus Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train locomotive in the railway station in Fort Augustus, Highlands, Scotland. The station was opened in 1903 as the north terminus of the line, situated outside of Fort Augustus, located near Loch Ness. The station was closed on 30 September 1906 due to poor traffic, and the station was dismantled when the track was lifted. Nothing of the station survives today.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Strathyre Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train locomotive in the railway station in Strathyre near Balquhidder, Scotland. This Scottish station opened on the 1st of June 1870 along with the first section of the Callander and Oban Railway, between Callander and Glenoglehead, originally named Killin. The station was laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a crossing loop. There were sidings on the east side of the station. Final closure came on 27 September 1965 following a landslide in Glen Ogle.