Old Photograph Pittinain Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and horse and cart in Pittinain, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Mill Tyninghame Scotland

Old photograph of the sawmill in Tyninghame, East Lothian, Scotland. Tyninghame is an ancient Scottish parish. The oldest extant records give the superiors of the lands of Tyninghame as the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews, doubtless because of its connexions with Saint Baldred. From at least the end of the 11th century the lands were occupied by the Lauder of The Bass family, and in 1628 passed to the Earl of Haddington. In 1761 the Earl of Haddington moved Tyninghame village from its original position, to the west of the policies of Tyninghame House to make way for landscaped parkland.



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Old Photographs Libberton South Lanarkshire Scotland

Old photograph of Libberton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located five miles North West of Biggar. Libberton was established as a parish in the 12th century. In 1669, it was officially united with the neighboring parish of Quothquan. Much of the land was historically held by the Lords Dalzell until 1676, when it was sold to Sir George Lockhart of Lee.



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Old Photograph Grangepans Scotland

Old photograph of houses and shops in Grangepans by Bo'ness in West Lothian, Scotland. Grangepans was once known for its salt pans, of which four were still in operation by the middle of the 19th century.



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Old Photograph Municipal Buildings Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Municipal Buildings in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The County Buildings immediately to the North East of the Cross. housed the court house, county hall, council chambers and offices. Municipal buildings like town halls, hospitals, and fire stations reveal much about the people who built them. They attest to the expanding power of the state as it took over administrative capabilities from the parish in the nineteenth century. Victorian and Edwardian buildings were often grand and lavish, whilst less extravagant styles prevailed before and afterwards.



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Tour Scotland Video Song From Iceland St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a singer singing a song from Iceland in St Ninian's Cathedral on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Choir Singing St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a choir singing Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake on ancestry, history visit and trip to in St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake,
lay not our sins to our charge,
but forgive that is past,
and give us grace to amend our sinful lives.
To decline from sin and incline to virtue,
that we may walk in a perfect heart before thee,
now and evermore.
Amen.

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Old Photograph War Memorial Port William Scotland

Old photograph of of the War Memorial in Port William, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

World War 1 Roll of Honour

Alexander Barr Seaforth Highlanders
Gunner; Peter Barr
Sapper; William Barr
Private: Robert Baxter
Private; James Black
Private, George Brown
Private; James Brown
Private; Tom Brown
Gunner; Hugh Caig
Sub Lieutenant; William Callendar
Lance Corporal; T.G. James
Private; James Cowan
Trooper; H Dixon
Rifleman; James Gourley
Private; William Grier
Corporal; Robert Hailes
Private; William Hannah
Private; William Heron
Private; Peter Hood
Able Seaman; John Houston
Private; William Jamison
Private; David Kelly
Driver; Robert Kerr
Private; Alex Kevan
Private; Alex Linsay
Private, James Linsay
Lieutenant Colonel; Aymer Edward Maxwell
Private; John Maxwell
Private, Charles McCaig
Private; John McCaig

Sergeant; D McChesney
Able Seaman; T McDowall
Private; Thomas McGill
Private; James McNeil
Private, William McQuaid
Private; Peter Milhench
Private; James Milligan
Private; Andrew Neil
Private; James Neil
Private, Robert Nicholson
Corpora; James Nish
Private; E O'Neil
Private; B Riddock
Private; David Robbids
Sergeant; John Roberts
Lieutenant; K J Stafford
Private; Charles Stewart
Private; Archie Thompson
Trooper; James Thompson

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Flight Sergeant; James Broll
Private; McWilliam Galloway
Sergeant; Andrew J Hannah
Corporal; Robert Kevan
Pilot Officer, Archibald Lees
Sergeant, David Mactier
Sergeant; John McGhie
Chief Engineer Officer; J McKeand
Flight Sergeant; John McMaster
Private, David McNally
Master, S.S. Ocean Trader; James Milhench
Lieutenant; G Outram
Sergeant; Samuel H Potts
Signaller, Robert Shorrock
Private; David Stewart

The distance from Port William to Glasgow and Paisley is 96 miles



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Old Photograph Fisherman Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman wearing a knitted jumper on Fair Isle, Scotland. Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, a tiny island that forms part of the Shetland islands. Fair Isle knitting gained a considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII, wore Fair Isle tank tops in public in 1921. Traditional Fair Isle patterns have a limited palette of five or so colours, use only two colours per row, are worked in the round, and limit the length of a run of any particular colour.



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Old Photograph Brentfield Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Brenfield, Argyll, Scotland. Brentfield is located near Ardrishaig not far from the southern entrance to the Crinan Canal in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pier Culross Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people on the stone pier in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Culross harbour with its stone pier is believed to be one of the oldest in Scotland, first used by the monks of Culross Abbey.



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Old Photograph Brunton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Brunton in Fife, Scotland. Brunton in 1846 was described as a village, in the parish of Creich, district of Cupar, county of Fife; containing 90 inhabitants. This village, which is pleasantly situated, is inhabited chiefly by persons employed in agriculture, and in hand-loom weaving for the linen manufacturers of Cupar, under the inspection of a resident agent who furnishes the materials. Previously to the introduction of machinery, several of the females were employed in spinning yarn; but, at present, there is only one spinning wheel in operation.



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Old Photograph Annie Swan's House Kinghorn Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Annie Swan's house in Kinghorn, Fife. Annie Shepherd Swan, born 8 July 1859, died 17 June 1943, was a Scottish journalist, novelist and story writer. She used her maiden name for most of her literary career, but also wrote as David Lyall and later Mrs Burnett Smith. She was a popular writer of romantic fiction for young women during the Victorian era and published more than 200 novels, serials, short stories and other fiction between 1878 and her death in 1943. Annie was one of the seven children of Edward Swan, a farmer and merchant, by his first wife, Euphemia Brown. After her father's business failed, she attended school in Edinburgh, latterly at the Queen Street Ladies College. Her father belonged to an Evangelical Union congregation, but she turned in adulthood to the Church of Scotland. She persistently wrote fiction as a teenager. She Swan married the schoolteacher James Burnett Smith in 1883. They lived initially in Fife, where she became close friends with the Scottish theologian Robert Flint and his sister. They moved two years later to Morningside, Edinburgh, where Burnett Smith became a medical student, and in 1893 to London, where their two children, Effie and Eddie were born.



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Old Photograph Library Colinsburgh Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Galloway Library in Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland. Mr Galloway made his money in America. He also left a sum of money to provide newspapers and bursaries to the school children.The Colinsburgh Galloway Library is on the main street in the middle of the village, open twice a week.



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Old Photograph Gravestone Eye Church Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of a gravestone in Eye church, Aignish, Island of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Carved in hornblende schist, this gravestone depicts a knight with pointed helmet, said to be Roderick, 7th Chief of the Macleods of Lewis the last of Macleod chiefs who died around 1498. It is believed that St Catan, a contemporary of Columba, established a cell at Aignish on the island of Lewis. The buildings that stand there now date from the 14th century and from two separate construction phases. The church was dedicated to St Columba and is known variously as St Columba's (Uidh), Eye Church and Eaglais na h-Aoidh. It was used as an Episcopalian church until 1829 when a new Thomas Telford church was built nearby during a time when evangelical Scottish Presbyterianism was sweeping across the islands. The graveyard at Eye Church is the burial place for around nineteen of the Chiefs of the Macleods of Lewis.



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Old Photograph Cluny Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cluny Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is located South of Monymusk and north of Sauchen. Owned by three separate branches of Gordon families over the centuries, it was used to shelter Jacobite rebels in the mid 18th century. Extensive additions were made in 1820 to the design of architect John Smith when it was in the ownership of Colonel John Gordon. King Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Cluny to his sister Mary's husband, Alexander Fraser. The lands passed down through the family, via Adam Gordon of Huntly and the Earls of Huntly, to John Gordon, a younger son of the 3rd Earl. His son Sir Thomas Gordon built the castle to replace an earlier house or peel tower. The lands were inherited by his son, Alexander Gordon, who became the fourth laird of Cluny. By 1636 the cost of building the castle combined with other financial difficulties caused ownership of the lands to be transferred. The castle had various owners, probably creditors, until 1680 when it became the property of Robert Gordon, of the Gordonstoun branch of the family. It remained in the hands of this family until the mid 18th century. The Gordons of Cluny were implicated in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and had also incurred debts. This resulted in the castle passing to a third branch of the Gordon family around 1753. The new proprietor John Gordon was of obscure origins. He was an Edinburgh merchant as well as a factor to Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon. John Gordon's son was also named Cosmo and he inherited the estate on his father's death in 1769. He did some work at the castle, although records give no indication of what was involved. Plans for a re-design were commissioned from Robert Adam in 1790 and from his business partner and younger brother James in 1793, though this work was never carried out. Pre-deceased by his wife, Mary Baillie, Cosmo Gordon died without issue in 1800 and was succeeded by his brother Charles. When Charles died on 8 May 1814, various bequests were made to his children; his eldest son John, later an army colonel and a member of Parliament, inherited Cluny and the remainder of the properties plus £30,000. No money had been spent on the estate during the years it was owned by Charles Gordon. It was under the ownership of Colonel Gordon that extensive additions were made to the castle, commencing around 1820.



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Old Photograph Harbour Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people by the harbour in Cellardyke, East Neuk Fife, Scotland. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, Scots for Lower Kilrenny, or Sillerdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt between 1829 and 1831. The modern name of the fishing village is thought to have evolved from Sillerdykes, meaning silver walls, a reference to the sun glinting off fish scales encrusted on fishing nets left to dry in the sun on the dykes around the harbour. Cellardyke and Kilrenny were together a royal burgh from 1592, having been a burgh of regality since 1578. Fishing was a dangerous occupation, and over the years a number of boats from Cellardyke were lost. On the 6th of April 1826 a boat was lost. Seven of the crew perished and one survived. On the 28th of May 1844 a boat with eight crew members was lost. Two years later, on the 23rd of April 1846 a boat with seven crew was lost. On the 3rd of November 1848 a boat with eight crew was lost. The next loss occurred on the 10th of May 1865, when a boat with eight crew disappeared. In 1910 a boat from Pittenweem sank off Cellardyke with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor. In addition, on the 1st of July 1837 a boat from Cellardyke carrying people on an excursion to the Isle of May as part of a celebration for the start of the herring fishing foundered. Seventeen women and children lost their lives.



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Old Photograph Gothenburg Hall Kelty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Gothenburg Hall in Kelty, Fife, Scotland. Gothenburg Public Hall was built in 1910 by the Gothenburg Temperance Society as a Cinema. The clock tower was added in 1925 as a gift to the people of Kelty from the Gothenburg society. The building was demolished in 1976. The Gothenburg or Trust Public House system originated in the 1860s in Gothenburg, Sweden in an attempt to control the consumption of spirits. In Scotland, pubs run under the Gothenburg system are often colloquially known as " Goths. " There were several Goths in the Lothians, one each in Stirlingshire and Ayrshire and, prior to 1914, more than twenty in Fife, where the system took its strongest hold. The local coal companies were often a source of funds to establish these pubs and were usually a dominant force on the boards of the trusts, with the miners themselves usually holding representation and sometimes contributing in part to the capital.



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Old Photograph Carnegie Library Kinross Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Carnegie Library in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. The original Tradesman's Library here dated from 1825. The memorial stone for the new library was laid by Sir Basil Montgomery in 1905 after Kinross Burgh Council received a gift from Dr Andrew Carnegie. The building adjoins the Clock Tower, Town Hall and old Post Office. The architect was Peter Henderson based at 122 George Street, in Edinburgh, who was better known for his brewery and bar designs.



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Tour Scotland Video Chris White Singing High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Chris White singing The Wind Beneath My Wings on the High Street on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Oh, the wind beneath my wings.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. You let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.

Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings

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Old Photograph Quarry Brae School Parkhead Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Quarry Brae School in Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish school was designed by Ninian Macwhannell and John Rogerson. It was opened on Tuesday, 16 August, 1904, in Baird Street, now called Crail Street. Ninian Macwhannell was born in Hutchesontown on 15 October 1860, son of John Macwhannell, Treasurer and later Secretary of the Glasgow School Board, and Elizabeth Parker. He was educated at Glasgow High School and was articled to Alexander Petrie in 1877, remaining as assistant until 1884 and latterly studying at Glasgow School of Art from 1881 to 1884. His partner John Rogerson was born about 1862, the son of Provost David Rogerson of Dumbarton and Mary Roy, and was principally responsible for the designs of the partnership. Macwhannell died at 1366 Pollokshaws Road on 23 December 1939.





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Tour Scotland Photograph And Video Castle Stalker West Coast Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of Castle Stalker a Scottish tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe on the West Coast of Scotland. The original castle was a small fort, built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall who were then Lords of Lorn. Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around 1440. The Stewart's relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After changing hands between these clans a couple of times the Campbells finally abandoned the castle in about 1840, when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Kippen, Scotland.

World War 1 Roll of Honour

Private. Alexander Lennie
Private. Percy Smith
Lieutenant. Gerald A.C. Moore
Private. Robert Alexander
Private. Andrew Law
Corporal. Ebenezer Davidson
Private. Robert Chrystal
Private. Andrew Chrystal
Private. James Dick
Lieutenant. Ian Dickson
Gunner. William Chrystal
Private. John Ramsay
Private. James Ramsay
Private. Robert McQueen
Private. John McGibbon
Private. Andrew McGill
Corporal. David Syme (brother of William)
Sergeant. John Kerr
Private. Andrew Fairweather
Private. William Buchanan
Private. Richard Murray
Private. Percy F. Davey
Private. James Taylor
Private. Alexr. Johnstone
Private. Duncan McCowan
Private. James Napier
Private. William A. Gill
Private. John Leckie
Private. George Swanson
Sergeant. William J. Syme
Private. William S. Buchanan
Private. David Aitken
Private. William Laing
Private. Thomas Smith
Corporal. Thomas Gilchrist
Sapper. George Welsh
Sergeant. William Lennie
Private. John Clark
Private. John McEwen
Gunner. James Drummond
Private. Peter Morton
Private. Charles Buchanan
Chaplain. Reverend. Peter George Smith
Private. Andrew Campbell

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Private. John Leckie
Captain. Ernest E. Vallance
Sergeant. John D. Miller
Sergeant. Donald A.R. Chisholm
Chief Radio Officer. Sydney C.M. Patrick
Sergeant. George. Leslie Stewart
Lieutenant. Robert Jackson
Lieutenant. Neil G. Findlay

The distance from Kippen to Glasgow and Paisley is 37 miles



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Old Photograph Helen Keller Tweeddale Scotland

Old photograph of Helen Keller in Tweeddale, Scotland. Helen Keller traveled to Scotland three times between 1930 and 1935. Among her hosts were Lord and Lady Aberdeen, The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, The Marchioness of Tweedale, and The National College of Teachers of the Deaf. Tweeddale, also known as Tweedale, is a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale and the Marches to the east, Liddesdale and Annandale to the south, Clydesdale to the west and Lothian to the north. It is within the historic former Peeblesshire. Helen Keller was an American lecturer, author, and activist. Deaf and blind since early childhood, and living in an era where most individuals similarly afflicted were consigned to an asylum, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities with the aide of mentor Anne Sullivan and rose to international renown. Keller used her fame to educate others about the blind and to raise funds for related charities.



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Old Photograph Dalnaspidal Scotland

Old photograph of Dalnaspidal in the Highlands of Scotland. The Battle of Dalnaspidal was a battle during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and one of the last engagements of the Scottish Civil War, bringing an end to the Royalist rising of 1651 to 1654. The Earl of Glencairn raised the Clan MacGregor from the Isle of Rannoch. He would have no difficulty recruiting them because one of their opponents was the Earl of Argyll, a Campbell, one of their hereditary enemies. Alexander, the 12th chief of Clan Robertson led his men from Fea Corrie. Both forces met above Annat and marched up the old path to Loch Garry. On the evening of 19 July 1654, Thomas Morgan surprised John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton at Dalnaspidal near Loch Garry on the Drumochter Pass. The Royalist horse had become separated from the foot. When Morgan's superior forces advanced towards them, most of Middleton's cavalry fled, leaving the infantry unprotected. As Morgan's cavalry continued to advance, the Royalist infantry also turned and ran. The fight at Dalnaspidal broke the Royalist insurrection in the Highlands. Although wounded, Middleton managed to escape into the mountains, but he was never able to gather a substantial force again. Monck wanted all the leaders of the uprising put to death, but the Protector and Council promised a pardon to all those who submitted. The Earl of Glencairn himself surrendered to General Monck in September 1654. Middleton escaped back to the Continent and rejoined Charles II at Cologne early in 1655.



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Old Photograph Whitsome Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, people and shop in Whitsome, a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area ofScotland. Whitsome is located on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.



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Old Photograph Rhu Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office and houses in Rhu village on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that visitors would pronounce it correctly. Rhu is located North West of the town of Helensburgh on the Firth of Clyde, in the historic county of Argyle and Bute. Like many villages in the area, it became fashionable in the 19th century as a residence for wealthy Glasgow shipowners and merchants.





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Old Photograph Post Office Kilfinan Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Kilfinan, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish village has important links with Clan Lamont and the Clan McEwen. Clan Lamont is a Highland Scottish clan. The clan is said to descend from Ánrothán Ua Néill, an Irish prince of the O'Neill dynasty. As a part of this lineage, the clan claims descent from the legendary Niall Noigíallach, High King of Ireland. Clan Ewen of Otter, Clan MacNeil of Barra, Clan MacLachlan, and Clan Sweeney are also descendants of Anrothan, and thus are distant kin to Clan Lamont. Lamont and associated kinsmen are thus descendants of Conn Cétchathach.



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Tour Scotland Video Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu Song St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a singer singing Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu song in St Ninian's Cathedral on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Verses by Rosa of Vatnsendi is a traditional Icelandic song. The lyrics are a poem written by Rósa Guðmundsdóttir the melody is a traditional lullaby, arranged by Jón Ásgeirsson/

Augað mitt og augað þitt,
og þá fögru steina
mitt er þitt og þitt er mitt,
þú veizt, hvað eg meina.
Langt er síðan sá eg hann,
sannlega fríður var hann,
allt, sem prýða mátti einn mann,
mest af lýðum bar hann.
Þig eg trega manna mest
mædd af tára flóði,
ó, að við hefðum aldrei sést,
elsku vinurinn góði.
Engan leit eg eins og þann
álma hreyti hjarta.
Einn guð veit eg elskaði hann
af öllum reit míns hjarta.
Þó að kali heitur hver,
hylji dali og jökul ber,
steinar tali og allt, hvað er,
aldrei skal eg gleyma þér.
Augað snart er tárum tært,
tryggð í partast mola,
mitt er hjartað sárum sært,
svik er hart að þola.
Beztan veit eg blóma þinn,
blíðu innst í reitum.
Far vel Eyjafjörður minn,
fegri öllum sveitum.
Man eg okkar fyrri fund,
forn þó ástin réni.
Nú er eins og hundur hund
hitti á tófugreni.

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Tour Scotland Video Sonata in E minor Music St Ninian's Cathedral Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Sonata in E minor music on the recorder in St Ninian's Cathedral on ancestry, history visit and trip to St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth. This piece by J. S. Bach is believed to have been written during Bach's Cöthen period, 1717 to 1723, when he was employed as Capellmeister for Prince Leopold of Cöthen. However it may have been written slightly later, after Bach's move to Leipzig.

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Old Photograph Coldingham Priory Church Scotland

Old photograph of the Priory Church in Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland. Coldingham Priory was founded in the reign of King David I of Scotland, although his older brother and predecessor King Edgar of Scotland had granted the land of Coldingham to the Church of Durham, England, in 1098, and a church was constructed by him and presented in 1100. The first prior of Coldingham is on record by the year 1147, although it is likely that the foundation was much earlier. The earlier Columban Abbey was founded by Saint Æbbe around 640 AD. Although the monastery was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1648, some remains of the priory exist.



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Old Photograph New Pitsligo Church Scotland

Old photograph of the church in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was built at the very end of the 18th century, as a chapel of ease. Before the church was built the nearest parish church was in Tyrie, a fairly long walk for the villagers. Permission was granted to build a new church in New Pitsligo in 1799 and a small church opened in the same year. A larger church, the current building on the site, replaced the original in the mid 19th century. It stands at the eastern end of a rectangular graveyard at the north-west edge of the village, and is reached by a short lane.



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Old Photograph Heather House Fullarton Scotland

Old photograph of Heather house in Fullarton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. This thatched lodge cottage called Heather House stood at the entrance to the Fullarton House until it burned down in the 1950s. Fullarton House was built by William Fullarton of that Ilk in 1745 and altered by his son, however it was demolished in 1966.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Stewarton Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The memorial was made by monumental masons Scott and Rae of Glasgow.

World War I Roll of Hounour:
Barbour Andrew Royal Engineers Sapper
Barbour James Seaforth Highlanders Private
Barbour Matthew Seaforth Highlanders Private
Barclay James Royal Scots Fusiliers L/Sergeant
Barclay John South Staffords Private
Beveridge Robert Seaforth Highlanders Private
Black Robert Royal Scots Fusiliers Corporal
Boag John Highland Light Infantry Private
Borland Hugh Royal Scots Private
Bower Andrew Scottish Rifles Private
Browning David Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Campbell Duncan F. West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) Lieutenant Colonel D.S.O. M.P.
Campbell Thomas S. Royal Scots Fusiliers Second Lieutenant
Campbell William J. Gordon Highlanders Corporal
Cunningham Andrew Royal Scots Lance Corporal
Douglas William Royal Scots Private
Dunlop Andrew Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Dunlop Malcolm Royal Engineers Corporal
Edgar Alexander Seaforth Highlanders Sergeant
Galt George S. Gordon Highlanders Private
Galt Hugh Seaforth Highlanders Corporal
Galt William Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Gemmell John Cameron Highlanders Private
Grant John Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Private
Grubb John Royal Scots Fusiliers Sergeant Major
Haining Peter Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Highet Thomas Scottish Rifles Lance Corporal
Hill William H. Royal Army Service Corps Private
Howat William H.Royal Scots Fusiliers Lance Corporal
Kerr Stephen Cameron Highlanders Private
Kerr Willaim Canadians Private
King James Royal Scots Fusiliers Corporal
King Robert Royal Scots Private
Lamberton John S.Royal Fusiliers Private
Laurie Robert Leicester Regiment Private
Laurie Thomas Leicester Regiment Lance Corporal
Lees Robert M. Royal Flying Corp Second Lieutenant
Lindsay James Royal Scots Fusiliers Lance Corporal
MacRae Charles Royal Engineers Sapper
McCarrel George F.Highland Light Infantry Private
McCrossan William Canadians Private
McNaught Charles Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Mechan Harry Bedford Regiment Private
Miller Roger H. Royal Field Artillery Corporal
Miller William Durham Light Infantry Private Military Medal
Montgomery James Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Muir Alexander Royal Scots Private
Nairn John Royal Scots Private
Nairn John Scottish Rifles Private
Nelson Daniel Royal Highlanders Private
Nicolson Donald M. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Second Lieutenant
Orr Andrew Canadians Private
Picken James Royal Highlanders Private
Porter James Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Smith John Royal Scots Fusiliers Private 4th Battallion
Smith John Royal Scots Fusiliers Private 7th Battallion
Steel William Royal Scots Fusiliers Lance Corporal
Stewart Daniel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Private
Stirrat David Royal Scots Fusiliers Q.M. Sergeant
Stirrat Robert Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Tennent David S. Highland Light Infantry Private
Thomson James Royal Highlanders Private
Wardrop Oswald Canadians Private
Wardrope John Canadians Corporal
Watt David Royal Scots Private
Watt James Royal Highlanders Private
Wilson Hugh W. Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Wilson John Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Young Robert Royal Garrison Artillery Signaller

World War II Roll of Honour:
Alexander Robert John Royal Air Force Wireless Operator
Allan James Royal Air Force Sergeant A/C
Allan William Royal Scots Fusiliers Sergeant
Andrews Albert Royal Air Force Sergeant
Barbour Andrew Durham Light Infantry Private
Barcaly James R.A.C. Captain M.C.
Chalmers Robert Merchant Navy
Dunlop James R.E.M.E. Driver
Dunn James K. Scots Guards Guardsman
Ferguson Angus Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Sergeant M.M.
Hears John Royal Air Force L.A.C.
Kerr Samuel Merchant Navy
McGavin George Royal Air Force Sergeant
McGrand Harper Royal Scots Fusiliers Corporal
Mills Horace Royal Scots Fusiliers Fusiliers
Morton Robert S. Royal Air Force Wireless Operator
Morton Thomas Royal Air Force Sergeant
Nelson James Royal Navy Stoker
Nicolson Don Royal Air Force Warrant Officer
Porter William Scots Guards Guardsman
Redmond William Royal Field Artillery Bombadier
Sim Alan B. F.A.A. L.A. Fleet Air Arm?
Sim Robert Royal Air Force Sergeant Pilot
Thomson Alexander Royal Scots Fusiliers Fusilier
Thomson George Royal Scots Fusiliers Fusilier

The distance from Stewarton to Glasgow and Paisley is 22 miles



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Old Photograph All Saints' Church And Bell Tower Inveraray Scotland

Old photograph of All Saints' Church and Bell Tower in Inveraray, Scotland. This Scottish Belltower, in Gothic revivial by Hoare and Wheeler, was built between 1923 and 1931 as a Memorial to Campbell dead of First World War and previous wars. The church was built in 1885 in local red granite, designed by Wardrop and Anderson of Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph D. M. Brown's High Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the restaurant inside D. M. Brown's on the High Street in Dundee, Scotland D.M.Brown's store was a landmark for many generations of Dundee's citizens. David Millar Brown the son of a Lochee coal merchant served his apprenticeship as a draper with various Lochee and Dundee shops. He set us his own business at the age of 24 employing 3 people. The business was so successful that by 1938 D.M.Brown employed 400 people.



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Old Photograph Hugh Dowding Scotland

Old photograph of Hugh Dowding who was born on 24 April 1882 in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland. Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a British officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during the First World War. During the inter war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area, Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britain's defence, and hence, the defeat of Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. Dowding died at his home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, on 15 February 1970. Following his cremation, his ashes were laid to rest below the Battle of Britain Memorial Window in the Royal Air Force chapel at Westminster Abbey in London.

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Old Photograph Cora Linn Falls Scotland

Old photograph of Cora Linn Falls on the River Clyde near New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1802, William Wordsworth immortalized Corra Linn, the largest of the River Clyde waterfalls, in verse. Corra Linn has also been painted by a number of artists, including J. M. W. Turner. The name comes from the Gaelic " currach ", a marshy place. A local legend says that Cora was a daughter of King Malcolm II, who leapt to her death here whilst trying to escape imagined danger. Near Corra Linn is the Pavilion, built by Sir John Carmichael of Bonnington, probably in 1708. The Pavilion had mirrors on its back wall, and when the doors were opened visitors had the illusion of standing beneath the falls. The 15th century ruined Corra Castle is next to Corra Linn.



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Old Photograph Bonnington Falls Scotland

Old photograph of Bonnington Falls on the River Clyde near New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This area has long been a popular destination for visitors. The Wordsworths, Coleridge and Sir Walter Scott all visited the Falls.



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Tour Scotland Video Crossroads Song High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Jason Gibson and Isaac playing and singing a cover version the Crossroads song by Eric Clapton in the High Street on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

I went down to the crossroads,
Fell down on my knees.
I went down to the crossroads,
Fell down on my knees.
Asked the Lord above for mercy,
"Save me if you please."

I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me,
Everybody passed me by.

I'm going down to Rosedale,
Take my rider by my side.
I'm going down to Rosedale,
Take my rider by my side.
You can still barrelhouse, baby,
On the riverside.

You can run, you can run,
Tell my friend-boy Willie Brown.
You can run, you can run,
Tell my friend-boy Willie Brown.
And I'm standing at the crossroads,
Believe I'm sinking down.

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Tour Scotland Video Busking Banjo Player Singing High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of busking banjo player called Isaac playing music and singing in the High Street during 2014 Ryder Cup week on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Guardbridge Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Guardbridge, Fife, Scotland. In 1873, William Haig and two of his sons formed the Guardbridge Paper Company to find a more profitable use for their Seggie whisky distillery which had been established there since 1810. The mill went into production in 1874. As the mill developed the village grew around it, with new housing and roads to attract and accommodate workers. Before the First World War the labour force reached over 400, reaching a peak of 620 in the late 1950s. The paper mill was previously the main local industry and was operated by Curtis Fine Papers. On July 24, 2008, the mill went into receivership and 180 workers were made redundant. Many locals were employed elsewhere in Fife, Dundee, Edinburgh or even further afield. The building which played host to the mill is now Eden Brewery.





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Old Photograph Bow Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Bow of Fife, Scotland. In 1844 a church was opened at Bow of Fife to accommodate the congregation of Monimail Free Church. The church was later renovated in 1878, but this further new building was erected in 1898 and presented to the congregation by Sir Michael Nairn of Rankeillor. Following the union of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland in 1900, Monimail Free Church became Monimail United Free Church and following the later union in 1919 between the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland the congregation took the name Bow of Fife. In 1944 Bow of Fife was united with the parish church of Monimail, under the name of Monimail, and after the union both churches remained in use.



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Old Photographs Vineyard Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of the vineyard in Kippen, Scotland. In 1891, Duncan Buchanan planted a vineyard in the village and one of its vines grew to be the largest in the world. The Kippen Vine covered an area of 5,000 square feet, spreading across four greenhouses. It became a famous tourist attraction, until the Kippen Vinery had to close in 1964.



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Old Photograph Queen Marys Bower Inchmahome Priory Scotland

Old photograph of Queen Mary's Bower, Inchmahome Priory, Lake Of Menteith, Trossachs, Scotland. The priory at Inchmahome was founded around 1238 for Augustinian Canons, by Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith. It remained in use until the Reformation in 1560 when it was secularised. A young Mary Queen of Scots took refuge on Inchmahome following the Battle of Pinkie in 1547.



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Old Photograph Torosay Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Torosay Castle located South of Craignure on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This castle was was designed by architect David Bryce for John Campbell of Possil in the Scottish Baronial style, and completed in 1858. John Campbell of Possil sold the castle and the estate to Arburthnot Charles Guthrie, a wealthy London businessman, in 1865.




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Old Photograph Parish Church Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Kippen, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1827 by William Stirling, extensively redesigned between 1924 and 1926 by Reginald Fairlie and Eric Bell. Reginald was born on 7 March 1883 at Kincaple, Fife, he was the son of J. Ogilvy Fairlie of Myers and Jane Mary Fairlie. He was educated at the Oratory School in Birmingham, England. He was apprenticed to Robert Lorimer in 1901 and much of his style echoes that of Lorimer. A faithful Roman Catholic, Fairlie designed many war memorials, churches and restorations of castles. From a long list of commissions only a handful fall outside the borders of Scotland. Fairlie died in St.Raphael’s Nursing Home in the Grange, Edinburgh but was buried with his parents in the Eastern Cemetery in St Andrews. His grave stone was carved by his friend Hew Lorimer. It lies on the eastern wall, towards the south east corner.



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Old Photograph Grotto Glen Tilt Scotland

Old photograph of the Grotto in Glen Tilt by Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish grotto overlooking the River Tilt at the York Cascade, was built in the 18th century as a Gothic viewpoint when part of the gardens at Blair Castle were landscaped. During her three week stay to Blair Castle in 1844, Queen Victoria visited the grotto many times to watch the salmon swimming upstream to spawn.



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Tour Scotland Video John Robertson From Atlanta Singing Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of John Robertson from Atlanta, Georgia, USA, singing a cover version of Viva La Vida by Coldplay in the High Street during a visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

This surname is especially common in Scotland, where Robert was a popular personal name and the name of three kings of Scotland, including King Robert the Bruce, born 1274, died 1329. Donnachaidh Reamhair, otherwise Duncan, a descendant of the Royal House of Duncan through the Celtic earls of Atholl, was the ancestor of the Clan Robertson which came to prominence in 1306 when Robert the Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven, near Perth, and fled into Atholl for protection. The Clan fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and Duncan's son was called Robert after the King. It is from him that the Robertson surname originates.

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Tour Scotland Video Big Screen Concert Hall Plaza Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the big screen in the Concert Hall Plaza on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Big Screen broadcasts the action from Gleneagles so that fans of golf can watch The Ryder Cup 2014.

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