Old Photograph MacDuff's Tower and Castle Fife Scotland

Old photograph of MacDuff's Castle and Tower by East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. The location of this Scottish castle is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages, although nothing survives from this period. The present ruins are the remains of the home of the Wemyss family, who lived here from the 14th century, and their successors in the 16th century. It is thought that a castle may have been built here by the MacDuff Mormaers, or Earls, of Fife in the 11th century, at the time of King Macbeth of Scotland. The castle is supposedly haunted by a Grey Lady, said to be a Mary Sibbald who was found guilty of theft and died in the castle.





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Old Photograph The Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital Buckhaven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of The Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland. Captain Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss, born 11 July 1858, died 17 July 1908, was Laird of Wemyss Castle and Chief of Clan Wemyss. This Scottish hospital was erected in Buckhaven in his memory at a cost of £10,000, and opened on 28 August 1909. Randolph was born in Wemyss Castle on 11 July 1858, the eldest son on James Hay Erskine Wemyss and Augusta Millicent Anne Mary Kennedy Erskine, youngest daughter of the Honourable John Kennedy Erskine of Dun in the County of Forfar. He was tutored at home by Reverend John Thomson; minister of St. Adrian’s church in West Wemyss, until he entered Eton College in England in 1873. Randolph married twice. Firstly Lady Lillian Mary Paulet, daughter of John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester and the Honorable Mary Montagu, on 18 July 1884. His second marriage was to Lady Eva Cecilia Margaret Wellesley, daughter of the William Henry Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley on 23 November 1899.



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Tour Scotland Video Aberdour Castle Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of Aberdour Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Easter Aberdour in Fife. This historic castle became known to American TV audiences as one of the settings for the hit TV series Outlander. This Scottish castle began as a modest hall house built by the de Mortimer family,.on a site overlooking the Dour Burn in the 13th century. The oldest ruined part is one of the earliest surviving stone castles in mainland Scotland. James Douglas, Earl of Morton, who was Regent of Scotland from 1572 to 1578 built the first big structure east of the existing tower house. In the 1630s the Seventh Earl of Morton, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, built an L-shaped extension known as the east range.

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Tour Scotland Video Women For Scottish Independence Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of women for Scottish Independence in the city centre at a flash rally on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. These are women who support independence for Scotland and will work with others for a Yes vote in the referendum.

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Old Photograph Jean Alwyn Scotland

Old photograph of Jean Alwyn who was born on October 10, 1885 in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. Jean was a Scottish actress, known for Winning a Widow in 1910 and The Greatest Wish in the World in 1918. She also acted in Levy's play, " Who's the Lady ? ", at the Garrick Theatre in London, England with Farren Soutar, E. Dagnall, Fay Compton, Violet Gould, and Minnie Terry in the cast.



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Old Photograph George MacDonald Scotland

Old photograph of George MacDonald who was born on 10 December 1824 in Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. George was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. His father, a farmer, was one of the MacDonalds of Glen Coe, and a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the massacre of 1692. He took his degree at the University of Aberdeen, and then went to London, England, studying at Highbury College for the Congregational ministry. He went to London and taught for some time at the University of London. MacDonald was also for a time editor of Good Words for the Young, and lectured successfully in the United States during 1872 to 1873. His best known works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith, all fantasy novels, and fairy tales such as The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. " I write, not for children, " he wrote, " but for the child like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy five. " MacDonald also published some volumes of sermons, the pulpit not having proved an unreservedly successful venue. He died on 18 September 1905.



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Old Photograph Jack Buchanan Scotland

Old photograph of Jack Buchanan who was born 2 April 1891 in Helensburgh, Scotland. Jack was the son of Walter John Buchanan, died 1902, and his wife, Patricia, née McWatt, died 1936. He was educated at the Glasgow Academy. After a brief attempt to follow his late father's profession as an auctioneer and a failure at acting in Glasgow, he went to London and became a music-hall comedian under the name of Chump Buchanan and first appeared on the West End in September 1912 in the comic opera The Grass Widow at the Apollo Theatre. Hardship dogged him for a while before he became famous whilst on tour in Tonight's the Night. He produced and acted in his own plays both in London and New York. Buchanan's Hollywood films included Paris, The Show of Shows, 1929, Monte Carlo, 1930, The Band Wagon, 1953. His British films included Yes, Mr Brown, Good Night, Vienna, That's a Good Girl, Brewster's Millions, Come Out of the Pantry, When Knights Were Bold, This'll Make You Whistle , Smash and Grab, The Sky's the Limit, Break the News, The Gang's All Here, The Middle Watch, Bulldog Sees It Through , As Long as They're Happy, and Josephine and Men. He made one French film, The Diary of Major Thompson. Buchanan died in London in 1957 when he was 66 years old.

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Old Photograph Frederick Guthrie Tait Scotland

Old photograph of Frederick Guthrie Tait who was born on 11 January 1870 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Freddie was a Scottish soldier and amateur golfer. He was the third son of eminent physicist and fanatical amateur golfer Peter Guthrie Tait. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Sedbergh School. He then went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and is credited with introducing golf there. Tait was commissioned into the 2nd battalion the Leinster regiment, 109th foot, and then transferred to the 2nd battalion of the Black Watch. Tait was an extremely powerful and long hitter of the ball. At The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Fife, on 11 January 1893, he hit the ball 250 yards. Tait won The Amateur Championship twice in 1896 and 1898, finished third in The Open Championship twice in 1896 and 1897, and was leading amateur in the same competition on six occasions. Tait was killed in action at Koodoosberg during the Second Boer War.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Carron Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Carron in Moray, Scotland. This intermediate Scottish station on the Boat of Garten to Craigellachie, Spey Valley or Speyside line of the former Great North of Scotland Railway was opened on 1 July 1863, by the Strathspey Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the line as a whole, on 18 October 1965.



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Old Photograph St Peter's Church Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of St Peter's Church in Thurso, Caithness,Scotland. The ruins of the old St Peter's Church are situated in the old part of Thurso adjacent to the river. This Scottish church was founded about 1220 by Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness, partly rebuilt in 1636, when the tower was erected, and closed in 1832.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Traditional Music Sunday Afternoon Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Jimmy Cassidy on accordion and Callum Wallace on percussion playing Scottish Traditional music on a Sunday afternoon visit and trip to a pub in Scone by Perth, Perthshire.
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Tour Scotland Video Dougie MacLean Singing For Scottish Independence Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the brilliant Dougie MacLean and crowd singing Caledonia for Scottish Independence at a flash rally in the city centre on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Dougie MacLean, OBE is a Scottish wonderful singer songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. One of Scotland's premier singer songwriters, and a man I consider to be a good friend

I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs, that make me think about where I come from
That's the reason why I seem so far away today

CHORUS
Let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

I have moved and I've kept on moving, proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing, found others on the way
I have tried and I've kept on trying, stolen dreams, yes there's no denying*
I have traveled hard sometimes with conscience flying somewhere in the wind

CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher they've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow then I will disappear

CHORUS

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Old Photograph Donibristle House Scotland

Old photographs of Donibristle house near Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish house was the scene of the killing of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, in 1592, which is remembered in the ballad " The Bonnie Earl O' Moray ". Around 1540, James Stewart of Doune was made Commendator of Inchcolm Abbey, which is located on an island in the Firth of Forth. Donibristle was then a property of the abbey, and James used it as a residence. In 1580, his son was raised to the peerage as Lord Doune. Lord Doune's son James Stewart married, in 1581, Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray, and assumed, jure uxoris, in right of his wife, the title of the Earl of Moray. Moray argued with George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, and on 7 February 1592 Huntly attacked and burned Donibristle. Moray attempted to flee but was caught and killed.



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Tour Scotland Video Of A Drive Down The High Street In Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a drive down the High Street on ancestry visit to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Blairgowrie was made a barony in favour of George Drummond of Blair in 1634 by a royal charter of Charles I, and became a free burgh in 1809. In 1724 the military road from Coupar Angus to Fort George in the Highlands which passes through the town on the line of the A923 and A93 was completed. The town expanded hugely in the 19th century thanks to the employment provided by the many textile mills which were built along the River Ericht, all now closed. Soft fruit growing, mainly raspberries and strawberries developed in the 20th century and became a very important part of the town's economy. Berry pickers were brought in by bus from Perth and Dundee, and large encampments were set up on farms for pickers from further afield, mainly from the Glasgow area, who made this their annual holiday.

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Old Photograph Loch Eriboll Scotland

Old photograph of Loch Eriboll, a nine mile long sea loch on the coast of Northern Sutherland, Scotland. This Scottish loch has been used for centuries as a deep water anchorage as it is safe from the often stormy seas of Cape Wrath and the Pentland Firth. Around the shores of the loch are the crofting townships of Eriboll, Laid, Heilam, Portnancon and Rispond. Eilean Hoan island is located at the northern, seaward end of the loch and there are various small islets in the vicinity including A' Ghoil-sgeir, An Cruachan, An Dubh-sgeir, Eilean Clùimhrig, and Pocan Smoo. The Royal Navy have been frequent visitors to the loch, particularly during World War II. Portnancon, on the western shore of Loch Eriboll, was where the company of the HMS Hood spent their last shore leave prior to the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and there are stones arranged by sailors into the names of their warships, including Hood and Amethyst, on the hillside above the hamlet of Laid. It was nicknamed " Lock orrible " by the British servicemen stationed here during the war because of the often inclement weather. The largest island in the loch, Eilean Choraidh, was used as a representation of the German battleship Tirpitz for aerial bombing practice by the Fleet Air Arm prior to the successful Operation Tungsten in April 1944. The surviving 33 German U-boats, for example U-532 and U-295, formally surrendered here in 1945, ending the Battle of the Atlantic.



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Old Photograph Singer Clock Tower Scotland

Old photograph of the Singer Clock Tower in Clydebank by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish clock clock tower stood over the central wing of Singer's Kilbowie Factory, which in 1885 was the largest factory in the world, and had the capacity to manufacture 8000 sewing machines a week, employed 3500 people and manufactured sewing machines that were sent around the globe. Each face of the clock weighed five tons and it took four men fifteen minutes twice a week to keep it wound.



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Old Photograph Peterhead Prison Scotland

Old photograph of the prison in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888. It was designed to hold 208 prisoners and to be Scotland's only convict prison. Occupancy averaged at around 350 however, until peaking at 455 in 1911. Until the opening of this Scottish Prison, Scots convicts were transported to England to serve their sentences. The first convicts were received in August 1888.



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Old Photograph Faskally House Pitlochry Scotland

Old photograph of Faskally House by Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Faskally Estate was the seat of the Butter family from it's purchase in 1778 by Mr. Henry Butter. The main house, which sits to the east side of Loch Faskally and two miles from the junction of the Garry and Tummel rivers, was designed by William Burn and built on the site of the old house, built about 100 years previously, in 1831 by Henry's only son Archibald. The family estate and newly purchased Cluniemore and Duntanlich estates were then passed to Archibald's eldest grandson, his son having predeceased him, in 1885. The then current Archibald eventually sold the estate in 1911 to his younger brother Colonel Charles A. J. Butter who owned it until it was sold to the Forestry Commission in the 1950s. It is now owned and run by a Christian trust.



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Old Photograph Windygates Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, shops and people in Windygates by Milton of Balgonie, Fife, Scotland. Windygates is a small Scottish village and surrounding district in central Fife. It encompasses the villages, hamlets and estates of Wellsgreen Farm, Little Lun Farm, Woodbank Farm, The Maw, a former farming community, Cameron, Isabella, Smithyhill, Cameronbridge, Bridgend, Durie Estate, Duniface Farm, Haughmill, a former weaving community, Drumcaldie, The Meetings, confluence of Rivers Leven and Ore, Bankhead of Balcurvie, Fernhill, Fernbank, both former farms, Balcurvie Village, a former weaving community, Little Balcurvie, Hawthorn Bank, Kennowayburns and Windygates Village itself. Housing demands of the 20th century brought all of these, almost forgotten identities, together into a district now commonly known as Windygates. The Windygates Hotel at the village cross was originally a coaching inn, and there were toll gates at the cross until the late 19th century, when the village grew to accommodate the nearby Cameron Bridge Whisky distillery.



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Tour Scotland Video Train Journey Along The Coast Of Fife

Tour Scotland video of a part of cloudy day train journey on a diesel passenger train along the coast of Fife from Burntisland to Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. Following the opening of the Forth Railway Bridge in 1890,the North British Railway started to promote Kinghorn's picturesque sheltered bay and beach as a resort which led to considerable development of the town. Three different companies were eventually involved in building a railway round the Fife coast. The Leven Railway opened the section from Thornton to Leven in 1854. Since John Haig, proprietor of Haig's whisky, was also chairman of the railway company, an extra station was built at Cameron Bridge to serve his distillery. The line was worked by the Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee Railway. The East of Fife Railway built a line from Leven to Anstruther opening in 1857. Finally the Anstruther and The St. Andrews Railway completed the line to St Andrews in 1887. Apart from the termini at Thornton and St. Andrews fourteen other stations were constructed. The first two companies amalgamated in 1861 to become the Leven and East of Fife Railway. A further amalgamation with the North British Railway occurred 1877. The Anstruther and St Andrews Railway remained independent till 1897 before becoming part of NBR .In 1923 following the grouping it became part of LNER then, following nationalisation in 1947, was taken over by British Railways.

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Old Photograph Cullapool Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Cullapool on the Island of Luing, Firth of Lorn, fifteen miles South of Oban, Scotland. In the early part of the Christian era the island of Luing would have formed part of the Gaelic kingdom of Dalriada. From the 9th to 13th centuries almost all of the Hebrides came under the control of Norse settlers and formed part of the Kingdom of the Isles. However, when Edgar of Scotland signed a treaty with Magnus Barefoot in 1098, formally acknowledged the existing situation by giving up Scottish claims to the Hebrides and Kintyre, Luing and Lismore were retained by the Scots.



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Old Photograph Whitburgh House Scotland

Old photograph of Whitburgh House by Pathhead in Midlothian, Scotland. Sir Thomas Borthwick, 1st Baronet. was born on 11 January 1835. He was the son of Thomas Borthwick. He married Letitia Mary Banks, daughter of Thomas Banks, on 2 January 1872. He died on 31 July 1912 at age 77. Proprietor of Thomas Borthwick and Sones. He was created 1st Baronet Borthwick, of Whitburgh House, on 21 July 1908. He lived at Whitburgh House. On 14 June 1912 his elevation to the peerage was announced, but he died before the issue of the Letters Patent.



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Old Photograph Bobby Collins Scotland

Old photograph of Bobby Collins who was a Scottish footballer, who played for Everton and Leeds United in England, and Celtic in Glasgow, Scotland. Robert Young " Bobby" Collins " born 16 February 1931, died 13 January 2014. Collins was a strong, hard working midfield player who was in the Celtic team as a 17 year old and stayed there for ten years, winning the Scottish Cup in 1951, and the Scottish cup double in 1954. He was also called up for international duty in 1950, and maintained a frequent presence in the Scotland squad in the later stages of the decade. Collins also represented the Scottish League XI 16 times, scoring 12 goals.



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Old Photograph Dave Mackay Scotland

Old photograph of Dave Mackay who was born on 14 November 1934 in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Craig Mackay is best remembered for a highly successful playing career with Heart of Midlothian, the Double winning Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961 in England, and winning the league with Derby County as a manager. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad.



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Old Photograph Daniel McArthur Scotland

Old photograph of Daniel McArthur, born 1867, died 1943, who was a Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic in Glasgow, Scotland. He also played for Clyde Football Club and the Scottish National Team.



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Old Photograph William Allan Lambie Scotland

Old photograph of William Allan Lambie who was born on 10 January 1873 in Glasgow, Scotland. Wiiliam was was a Scottish footballer of the 1880s and 1890s. He played for Queen's Park in Glasgow, where he won a Scottish Cup runners up medal in 1892 and a winners medal in 1893, the club's last ever Scottish Cup triumph. Aside from a brief spell at Ardwick, Manchester City, in England, in 1892, he remained at Queen's Park until around 1900. He was capped 9 times by the Scotland national team, making his debut against Ireland in 1892 at the age of 19. He scored 5 goals for Scotland, including a goal in each of his first four appearances.



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Old Photograph Hughie Wilson Scotland

Old photograph of Hughie Wilson who was born on 18 March 1869 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland. Hughie " Lalty " Wilson was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland in England and the Scotland national football team as an inside forward. Wilson won his first cap for Scotland against Wales on 22 March 1890 in a 5–0 win at Underwood Park. He went on to make 3 further caps for his country, overall making 4 appearances scoring one goal. Wilson also represented the Scottish League XI once, while with Third Lanark a football club that existed for 95 years between 1872 and 1967, in Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Jim Baxter Scotland

Old photograph of Jim Baxter who was born on 29 September 1939 in Hill of Beath in Fife, Scotland. James Curran Baxter was a left footed Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers, whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as " Slim Jim ". However he started drinking heavily during a four month layoff caused by a leg fracture in December 1964, his fitness suffered, and he was transferred to Sunderland, England, in the summer of 1965. In two and a half years at Sunderland he played 98 games and scored 12 goals, becoming known for drinking himself unconscious the night before a match and playing well the next day. At the end of 1967 Sunderland transferred him to Nottingham Forest, who gave him a free transfer back to Rangers in 1969 after 50 games. After a further year with Rangers Baxter retired from football in 1970, at the age of 31. In February 2001, Baxter was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the pancreas, and he died at his home on Glasgow's South Side on 14 April 2001, with his partner Norma and his sons Alan and Steven at his bedside. His funeral was held in Glasgow Cathedral, where a reading was given by Gordon Brown, a long time fan of Raith Rovers Football Club, where Baxter began his career.



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Old Photograph Gordon Smith Scotland

Old photograph of Gordon Smith who spent much of his childhood in Angus, Scotland. Gordon Smith, born 25 May 1924, died 7 August 2004, was a Scottish association football player. He is perhaps best known as being the only player to have won a Scottish league championship with three different clubs, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian in Edinburgh and Dundee. Smith also represented Scotland and the Scottish League XI. During his playing career, Gordon Smith was capped 19 times by Scotland, scoring four goals. Smith was compared favourably with his contemporaries in England, Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney.



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Old Photograph George Young Scotland

Old photograph of George Young who was born on 27 October 1922 in Grangemouth, South of Stirling, Scotland. George Lewis Young was a Scottish footballer, best remembered for his association with Rangers in Glasgow, and for being the first player to receive more than 50 caps for the Scotland national team. After leaving Ibrox, Young had a three year spell as manager of Third Lanark between 1959 and 1962. He then left football, becoming a successful hotelier. He died, aged 74, in 1997.



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Old Photograph Matt Busby Scotland

Old photograph of Matt Busby who was born in 1909 to Alexander and Nellie Busby in a two roomed Miner's cottage in the mining village of Orbiston by Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sir Alexander Matthew " Matt " Busby, CBE, KCSG was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. During his time at City, Busby played in two FA Cup Finals, winning one of them. After his playing career was interrupted by the Second World War, Busby was offered the job of assistant coach at Liverpool, but they were unwilling to give him the control over the team that he wanted and he took the vacant manager's job at Manchester United instead.



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Old Photograph Alex James Scotland

Old photograph of Alex James who was born in Mossend in 1901 and brought up in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Alexander Wilson James was a Scottish footballer who is most noted for his success with Arsenal in London, England. James played as an inside forward, as a supporting player for the main strikers. He was famed for the excellent quality of his passing and supreme ball control.



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Old Photograph Hughie Gallacher Scotland

Old photograph of Hughie Gallacher who was born in 1903 in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish football player in the 1920s and 1930s. In 624 senior games, Gallacher scored 463 times. He is one of the Scotland national football team's most prolific goalscorers with 23 goals from his 20 internationals, a remarkable strike rate of more than a goal a game. Gallacher was one of the Wembley Wizards who beat England 5–1 at Wembley Stadium in 1928.



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Old Photograph HMS Argyll Armoured Cruiser Built In Greenock By Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of HMS Argyll armoured cruiser built in Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland. Argyll, named to commemorate the Scottish county of that name, was laid down at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering at their Greenock shipyard on 25 March 1902 and was launched on 3 March 1904. In 1912 she was assigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the Second Fleet. The squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet in mid 1914 as the Navy mobilized for war. It spent much of its time with the Grand Fleet reinforcing the patrols near the Shetland and Faeroe Islands and the Norwegian coast where Argyll captured a German merchantman on 6 August. Two years later, she ran aground on the Bell Rock near Dundee on 28 October 1915 at night during a storm. During the war, lighthouses were ordered to switch their lights off for fear of assisting German U-boats in their operations, and the light was only turned on by special permission. En route Argyll sent a signal requesting the light to be turned on, but the lighthouse did not have a radio and could only contacted by boat or visual signals. Attempts to notify the lighthouse failed, but the ship was not notified of the failure and proceeded in the expectation of using the light. Soon afterwards, she ran aground, suffering extensive damage to much of the hull and starting a fire. Two destroyers, Hornet and Jackal, were sent and rescued her entire crew without serious injury. The Navy salvaged all of the valuable items on board, including her guns, and she was demolished by the salvage team. In 1970 her two propellers were recovered by divers and sold for scrap. She remains a diveable wreck.



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Old Photograph Milton of Crathes Railway Station Scotland

Old photograph of Milton of Crathes railway station located three miles East of Banchory in Aberdeenshre, Scotland. Crathes Castle station was opened by the Deeside Railway in 1853 for the private use of the Laird of Crathes. In 1863 Crathes Castle was renamed Crathes and became a public railway station, a role it retained until the closure of the railway in 1966.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Cathcart Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish station is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, four miles South of Glasgow Central. via Queens Park.







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Old Photograph Railway Station Morar Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Morar, a small village on the west coast of Scotland, situated three miles south of Mallaig. Morar is a station stop on the West Highland Line and is served by the A830 Road to the Isles, between Fort William and Mallaig. It is famous for Morar Beach, known as the White Sands of Morar, which featured prominently in the film Local Hero, as well as in Breaking the Waves. Loch Morar, the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles, is located nearby. The Battle of Morar was a Scottish clan battle fought in 1602, between the Clan MacDonald of Glengarry and the Clan Mackenzie. Many houses in the area were used as training schools by the Special Operations Executive during World War II.



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Old Photograph Railway Statiion Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train locomotive in the railway station in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station currently standing was built as Aberdeen Joint Station between 1913 and 1916, replacing an 1867 structure of the same name, on the same site. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is located on Guild Street in the city centre, next to Union Square.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Cults Scotland

Old photograph of a steam trin in the railway station in Cults a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally, Cults had two railway stations on the Royal Deeside Railway Line before the line was closed in the middle of the 20th century. The route has since been converted into a cycle path which leads to Duthie Park in Aberdeen in one direction and further into Deeside in the other, running alongside Cults public park, Allan Park. Cults was also on a tram route between Aberdeen and Bieldside, operated by the Aberdeen Suburban Tramways Company until 1927. Today, public transport to Aberdeen takes the form of buses.



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Old Photograph Kincardine O'Neil Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Kincardine O'Neil located between Banchory and Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since ancient times there was a crossing of the Dee River at Kincardine O'Neil. Locations of the Dee crossings along with alignment of ancient trackways formed a major impetus for location of early castles and settlements. In the vicinity of Kincardine O'Neil the Middle Ages trackways to the south had a particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. In the 19th century, the Deeside Railway bypassed the village, impeding the expansion of the settlement, unlike towns nearby. By 1895 the population of Kincardine O'Neil exceeded 200. Most of the present buildings were built in the 19th century.



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Old Photograph Rothienorman Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Rothienorman was on the Inveramsey to MacDuff Branch Railway which opened in 1857 and closed to passengers in 1951.




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Old Photograph Sorisdale Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages in Sorisdale on the Isle of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. In the 1840s, the area supported a substantial population, with the nearby coast utilized for collecting peat for fuel. Like much of Coll, Sorisdale was affected by the Highland Clearances in the 1830s and 1840s, leading to the abandonment of many dwellings.




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Old Photograph Bellahouston Academy Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish school first opened in 1876 as a private school, run by Alexander Sim. It was taken over by the Govan School Board in 1885, and has been a state school ever since. The site of the Academy was donated by the Misses Steven of Bellahouston whose generosity also provided the clocktower, and the building was designed by a Bath Street architect, Robert Balde. The school was built to provide education for the children of the local area who would otherwise have had to travel to central Glasgow to the fashionable schools; not an easy journey as there was little public transport until the introduction of the tram in 1879.



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Old Photograph Rosskeen Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Rosskeen Parish Church by Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. This Scottish church was bulit in 1900. Prior to that there was a Free Church building on the same site which had been started in 1844 after the minister at Old Rosskeen left the Church of Scotland during the disruption of 1843, taking almost all of his congregation with him.



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Old Photograph Finavon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Finavon Castle located five miles North East of Forfar in Angus, Scotland. This Scottish estate was the property of the Lindsay Earls of Crawford from 1375, who built the now ruined castle. David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, married Margaret, the daughter of Cardinal David Beaton, at Finavon in 1546. Extravagance ruined the Crawford fortunes, and in 1625 the barony of Finavon was disposed of by a forced sale to Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie. It passed through the Carnegie family, the Gordon Earls of Aboyne and the Gardynes. In 1843 the Castle was bought by Thomas Gardyne of Middleton. Through an 18th century marriage he came of the old Lindsay stock. His descendant, Lieutenant-Colonel Alan David Greenhill Gardyne died in 1953, leaving the estate to a daughter, Mrs Susan Mazur. The house shown above, also known as Finavon Castle, is a Scottish baronial style mansion built in 1865 for the then laird, David Greenhill Gardyne, by Messrs Carver and Symon of Arbroath.



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Old Photograph Seafield Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Seafield Tower located between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. This ruined Scottish castle is located on the North Sea coast of Fife and The Fife Coastal Path passes the tower. The lands of Seafield and Markinch were granted to Robert Multrare by King James II of Scotland in 1443. The lands and the tower remained in the ownership of the Multrare, or Moultrie as the family name became, until 1631 when the lands were sold to James Law then Archbishop of Glasgow. With Law's death in 1632 ownership of the tower becomes lost but eventually it passed into the hands of the Methven family. Its last owner was Methven of Raith who abandoned it in 1733.



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Old Photograph Blairlogie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blairlogie near Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated at the base of the great cliff of Dumyat between Stirling and Menstrie. Between 1598 and 1609, the minister of Logie Parish was the poet Alexander Hume.


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Old Photograph Souter Johnnie's Cottage Scotland

Old photograph of Souter Johnnie's Cottage in Kirkoswald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This was the home of John Davidson, who was the original Souter Johnnie in the poem Tam O' Shanter by Robert Burns.



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Old Photograph Balmacara House Scotland

Old photograph of Balmacara House by Kyle of Lochalsh across the sea from Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sir Hugh Innes purchased what is now the Lochalsh Estate in 1801. During his ownership, he built and lived in Balmacara House on the shores of Loch Alsh. Sir Alexander Matheson bought the house in the middle of the 19th century, and lived there while having Duncraig Castle built as his main residence. Balmacara House was then sold to Sir Daniel Hamilton.



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Old Photograph Niddry Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Niddry Castle near Winchburgh in West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built around 1500 by Lord Seton. Mary Queen of Scots, stayed here on 2 May 1568, after her escape from captivity in Loch Leven Castle. George Seton, 7th Lord Seton garrisoned the castle in support of Queen Mary in 1572 during the civil war in Scotland. According to the chronicle, the Historie of James the Sext, it was twice attacked, in April and June. In April, the Captain with forewarning repelled a night attack. He suspended heavy timber beams around the tower and released them on a party climbing scaling ladders. The garrison of Edinburgh Castle supported Niddry by attacking Merchiston Castle, which was held for James VI of Scotland, as a diversion. Around 1680, the castle passed to the Hope family and became part of the Hopetoun estate. The Hope family, now Marquesses of Linlithgow, hold the subsidiary title Baron Niddry.



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