Old Photograph Ladykirk Church Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was originally dedicated as Our Lady Kirk of Steill, is said to have been built during the last years of the 1490s on the orders of King James IV of Scotland. On returning from the siege of Norham Castle in 1496, King James IV is said to have fallen from his horse into the Tweed. He attributed his survival to the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Ladykirk is a fine example of late Scottish Gothic architecture, grander than its location required because of its royal patronage, and now home to a bust of King James IV. It is one of the few stone roofed churches in Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Clunie Footbridge Over Loch Faskally Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Clunie Footbridge over Loch Faskally on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. This bridge carries a footpath over Loch Faskally immediately West of Coronation Bridge. This Scottish bridge is unusual in being built of aluminium alloy.The consulting engineers were Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners and the contractors P. & W. McLennan Ltd, Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Sunnybrae Cottage Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Sunnybrae Cottage on ancestry visit to Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Once an inn, it was the scene in 1767 of a tragic accident involving cousins John Stewart of Bonskeid and Donald Stewart of Sheierglass. During a fight, Bonskeid was stabbed by Sheierglass' knife which was being used as cutlery during a meal. It is rumoured that, following the Highland belief that if a murderer could see light under their victims coffin, they would escape punishment, Shierglass hid until the funeral procession passed by, then fled to Holland where he stayed for many years before returning and settling back in Highland Perthshire.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Wood Sculpture Faskally Near Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of a wood sculpture by Loch Faskally near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Youth Hostel Glen Brittle Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the Youth Hostel in Glen Brittle on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Many tributaries of the River Brittle run down from these mountains into the glen, including a stream with waterfalls known as the Fairy Pools, a popular place to go for a walk. Because of its location by the peaks, the area is popular with hikers and mountain bikers. The most popular choice of accommodation is the SYHA's 1930s youth hostel by the Allt a' Choire Ghreadaidh, a Brittle tributary, just north of Glenbrittle hamlet. This is an ideal starting point for walks up to the Cuillin hills. The sandy beach at the southernmost point of the glen is the most popular attraction. It is adjacent to the campsite, where there is also a grocery shop, and campers often visit the beach and swim in the loch.



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Old Photograph Royal Alexandra Infirmary Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Alexandra Infirmary in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish hospital can trace its history back to 1788, when a dispensary for the poor was established. In 1805, this became a House of Recovery for catering for those with infectious diseases, which developed into a general infirmary with medical and surgical wards in 1850. Renamed the Royal Alexandra Infirmary, it moved to a new building in 1900 and then again, to the current site, in 1986.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Troon Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. The town is served by Troon railway station. Troon, old, railway station was one of the first passenger stations in Scotland as part of the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. A line had been there previously used by the Duke of Portland for the transport of coal from the collieries in East Ayrshire but was upgraded to run Steam locomotives.



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Old Photograph Drill Hall Southend Scotland

Old photograph of the Drill Hall, cottages and people in Southend, which is situated 8 miles South of Campbeltown, Scotland. The village hall, now the Dunaverty Hall, was built as a drill hall in about 1913. In 1914 it was the base for " C " Company, 8th battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Records also show the existence of a drill hall in 1882 which was the base of " G " Company, 2nd Argyll Rifle Volunteers, from 1887 the 5th Volunteer Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.





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Old Photograph North Church Buchlyvie Scotland

Old photograph of the North Church and cottages in Buchlyvie village in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The village of Buchlyvie had two churches, a United Free Church of Scotland in the north of the village on Station Road and a Church of Scotland in the south east of the village on the Main Street. In 1931 the churches were merged as a parish of the Church of Scotland. Buchlyvie North Church on Station Road has since been disused.



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Old Photograph Scoonie War Memorial Durie Street Leven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Scoonie War Memorial on Durie Street in Leven, Fife, Scotland.

Roll Of Honour includes:

Trooper, John Duncan, Royal Armoured Corps, lost at sea age 29
Leading Aircraft Woman, Elizabeth Smith Dempster, age 25, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Daughter of Elizabeth Rose Cunningham Dempster, of Leven.
Corporal, Adam Cubie McLuckie, age 29, Seaforth Highlanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam McLuckie.
Trooper, Andrew Reid, age 27, Reconnaissance Corps, son of David and Agnes Reid; husband of Isabella Reid, of Kennoway, Fife.
Trooper, John Warrender, age 21, Royal Tank Regiment, son of Beatrice Warrender, of Leven, Fife.
Chief Engineer Officer, David Francis Randolph Campbell, age 62, Merchant Navy, S.S. Jalapadma.
Trimmer, James I. P. Duff, age 18, Merchant Navy, S.S. Oropos.
Boy, George Finlay, age 16, Merchant Navy, S.S. Hindpool.
Assistant Cook, John Black Gartshore, Merchant Navy, M.V. Rosewood.
Fireman and Trimmer, Alexander Person Herd, age 28, Merchant Navy, S.S. Chulmleigh.
Junior Engineer, George Hounam Smith, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, H.M.S. Voltaire
Chief Officer, William Smith, age 28, Merchant Navy, S.S. Aelybryn
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, William Warrender Beveridge, age 24, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Quorn.
Able Seaman, Henry Butters Blyth, age 23, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Royal Oak.
Stoker 1st Class, Robert Cheape, age 32, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Boadicea.
Able Seaman, John Bernard Cowper, age 22, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Goodall
Corporal, James Wilson, age 25, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Renown.

Leven is 67 miles from Glasgow and Paisley.



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Old Photograph Road To Torbeg Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage by the road to Torbeg on the Island of Arran, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Road To Bodesbeck Law Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by the road to Bodesbeck Law near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Bodesbeck Law hill rises steeply above the South Eastern side of the Moffat Water.



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Old Photograph Shops People Houses Bus Coupar Angus Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people, houses and bus in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland. Coupar Angus was the birthplace of Jock Sutherland, coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1946 to 1947. William Nairne Clark, one of the two protagonists that fought the last recorded Regulation duel with flintlock pistols in Western Australia, was born in Coupar Angus in 1804. Clark and his opponent, George French Johnson, faced each other in Fremantle, Western Australia, on the morning of Friday 6 June 1832. Johnson was fatally wounded in the hip in the encounter. Clark was subsequently charged with, and acquitted of, Johnson's murder. Clark, who had trained as a lawyer,emigrated to Western Australia on the convict ship Eliza in 1830. He initially practised as a lawyer before founding The West Australian Journal newspaper in 1836. The Scottish Fold breed of cat originated in Coupar Angus. Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus from 1939 to 1945.



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Old Photograph Pier Whiting Bay Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cars, buses and people by the pier at Whiting Bay on the Island of Arran, Scotland. Whiting Bay is the third largest village on the island, after Lamlash and Brodick, and was once the site of the longest pier in Scotland.



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Old Photographs Fisher Folk Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of fisher folk on the coast at Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Formerly a prosperous fishing and whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the " richest square mile in Europe. " Hugh Malcolm was born in Broughty Ferry on 2 May 1917, and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. He entered the Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 9 January 1936. In January 1938, Malcolm joined 26, Army Co-operation, squadron at Catterick. In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash. By the end of 1941 he had risen to the rank of squadron leader and joined No 18 Squadron as a flight commander, flying the Bristol Blenheim and based in Suffolk, England. Malcolm was a 25 year old Wing Commander commanding 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 December, he led a thirteen strong attack on an enemy fighter airfield near Chougui, Tunisia. On reaching the target, however, and starting the attack, the squadron was intercepted by an overwhelming force of enemy fighters from I and II. Gruppen JG 53, and 11 Staffel, JG 2. One by one, all his bombers were shot down, until he himself was shot down in flames. Malcolm's aircraft crashed in flames some 15 miles west of the target. An infantry officer and two other men who arrived at the scene of the crash minutes later retrieved the body of navigator Pilot Officer James Robb. Malcolm, with Robb and gunner Pilot Officer James Grant DFC, were buried in the Beja War Cemetery in a collective grave. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 27 April 1943. His was the first Royal Air Force Victoria Cross to be won in North Africa.



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Old Photograph Lindores Loch Scotland

Old photograph of a mother with two boys by Lindores Loch near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The old Abdie Parish Church ruins are close to the north shoreline. The ruins of Inchrye House, a grand Victorian Gothic house to which estate the loch once belonged, lay to the East. The rail line between Perth and Ladybank is located on the west shoreline. The loch was an important source of water for powering mills in the Lindores valley, where up to 13 mills of various types operated from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century. The Loch has for many years been used as a fishery and is well known for its abundant fish life. A curling pond is situated on the Northern shoreline and is nominally used by the Abdie Curling Club and Abdie ladies Curling Club.



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Old Photograph Glasgow Corporation Waterworks Loch Katrine Scotland

Old photograph of Glasgow Corporation Waterworks by Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Scotland. The growth of Glasgow and the subsequent need for unpolluted water for human consumption and for a guaranteed source for industrial needs saw the decision to build an aqueduct to provide water to the city. Loch Katrine was chosen to be the source of the supply. An intake was constructed by 1855 at Royal Cottage allowing a controlled water supply to flow from Loch Katrine into the aqueduct system. The system was inaugurated by Queen Victoria on 14th October 1859. By 1883 an additional supply from Loch Katrine was needed due to the increased consumption of water by the city. An additional aqueduct was constructed resulting in the need for a second intake which was completed in 1885. The new aqueduct 23.5 miles in length was officially opened on 21st June 1901.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Lasswade Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

David Anderson
James Anderson
James Bisset
James Bowman
James Cairns
Arch. Cunningham
Timothy Dempsey
Andrew Elder
John Hutchison
John Johnstone
John King
Charles Knowles
John Darg Laing
Henry Lumsden
David Mallin
John McFadyen
James McGhee
George Masterton
William Masterton
William Murdoch
George Proudfoot
John Purves
John S. Rae
David Robertson
William Scott
Robert Smith
Charles Stewart

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Joseph Cousins
Robert Dundas
Ronald Forrester
Henry Graham
Charles Michael
Neil N.M. Morris
George McQueen
Andrew Scott
MacKenzie Sharpe

The distance from Lasswade to Glasgow and Paisley is 50 miles



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Old Photographs King Street Kilmarnock Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops and people on King Street in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph St Andrew's U F Church Dalry Scotland

Old photograph of St Andrew's U F Church on New Street in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1843 the Church of Scotland was torn in half, when around 500 ministers broke away to form the Free Church of Scotland, this event became known as the Disruption. It was during this period that St Andrew’s was built at New Street; the disruption came to an end in the 1920’s when the two wings of the church formed a Union.



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Old Photograph Post Office Waterloo Place Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office on Waterloo Place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The foundation stone of the building was laid on October 23, 1861, by Prince Albert. The building opened on May 7, 1866 and closed in October 1995.



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Old Photograph Pump Room Highland Hotel Strathpeffer Scotland

Old photograph of the Pump Room and Highland Hotel in Strathpeffer, Scotland. This Scottish hotel was built by the Highland Railway Company to its standard design in 1911 and overlooked the main Pump Room in the centre of the village.



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Old Photograph Pavilion Strathpeffer Scotland

Old photograph of the Pavilion in Strathpeffer, Scotland. Built in 1879 the pavilion was officially opened by the Duchess of Sutherland, First Countess of Cromartie, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower in 1881. This building served as a grand hall in the Victorian spa village and became the centre of entertainment for locals and visitors. Famous speakers at the pavilion included the prominent suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, the explorer Ernest Shackleton, and lectures given by the Irish dramatist and political thinker George Bernard Shaw. During World War I, many building in the village were requisitioned by the military, and the pavilion served as a hospital for the USA Navy. The pavilion was even visited by the Beatles in January 1963 but, contrary to popular lore, they never actually performed at the Pavilion.



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Old Photograph Cottages Houses People Killin Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shops and people in Killin, Scotland. The oldest remaining houses are single storey rows along the Main Street and Gray Street, some dating back to the 1700s. These were originally the homes of local weavers, shoemakers, and blacksmiths


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Old Photograph Railway Station Edderton Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Edderton in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Opened in 1864, the station came under the control of the Highland Railway Line, formed the following year. Now closed, this station originally had two platforms.



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Old Photograph Steel Casket National War Memorial Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Steel Casket in the National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. After the First World War, a former barracks in Edinburgh Castle was converted into a National Shrine to those who had lost their lives. The dead of the Second World War and other conflicts since 1945 are also commemorated. Inside is the Hall of Honour and the Shrine itself, an apse with stained glass windows and a steel casket containing the complete Roll of Honour of the Scottish war dead.



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Old Photograph Colonel James Gardiner Monument Prestonpans Scotland

Old photograph of the Colonel James Gardiner monument in Prestonpans to the East of Edinburgh, Scotland. Colonel James Gardiner, born 11 January 1688, died 21 September 1745, was a Scottish soldier who fought in the British Army, including during the 1745 Jacobite rising. He was born at Carriden, educated in Linlithgow, and joined the army at the age of fourteen. He served with distinction in several battles and was promoted through the ranks to Colonel in 1743. He was known as a rake in his youth, but had a religious experience in 1719 and became a devout convert. In 1726 he married Frances Erskine, daughter to the ninth Earl of Buchan; five of their thirteen children survived to adulthood. During the Battle of Ramillies he was shot through the mouth and nearly killed by a French soldier who had returned to plunder the dead. However, Gardiner was spared after being mistaken for a French soldier. At the Battle of Prestonpans he was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some foot soldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle Gardiner was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died. By a quirk of fate Gardiner lived close to the battlefield in Bankton House.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Dunbar, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

William Amos
A. Stewart Anderson
Duncan Anderson
Edward Anderson
George Anderson
Robert Anderson
James Angus
John Bald
William J. Black
James M. Borthwick
Thomas Boyce
James Boyle
William Brims
James Browning
Robert L. Bruce
Alexander S. Budge
James Buglass
Charles H. Burgoyne
P.F. Burgoyne
George Burton
Alexander Campbell
William Chapman
Hugh Christie
William Coe
William Colborne
John Y. Collins
James Collins
George H. Combe
George E. Crooke
John Cross
William Cunningham
Thomas Curr
James W. Davis
Kenneth Dickson
William S. Dickson
John Donaldson
Thomas Edington
John Edmonds
Alex. McK. Elrick
John Esson
Gavin Fairbairn
John Fairbairn
Peter Fairbairn
John Farquhar
John A. Farrell
Adam Fleming
Robert K. Galloway
Robert Gardner
Thomas Gardner
James Gaughan
John Gaughan
Thomas Gilhooly
James Gillan
John Gillan
James W. Good
William Gordon
Peter Grant
William Gullen
George Hannah
Andrew C. Henderson
George Henderson
James Hepburn
James Herkes
William Hill
Peter Hogg
Alexander Hunter
Walter Jardine
James R. Jeffrey
B. Jenkins
Charles Kerse
John Kerr
Rev. James Kirk
James Knox
William Lough
John P. Mason
Robert Maon
Thomas Mason
George Mercer
Richard Mercer
Alexander Millar
Alexander Miller
David T. Marr
Hugh Marr
Robert Marr
Edward A. Marrow
James Moncrieff
John Moncrieff
William J. Mustarde
Andrew Moody
James T. Moody
John E. Myles
George MacDonald
David J. MacLeod
Robert MacLeod
John C. McIntosh
Alexander Nisbet
James O'Brien
John O'Brien
William Paxton
Robert Penney
Martin Pott
Robert Pow
G.C. Prescott
Robert S. Prescott
W.B.W. Prescott
Robert Preston
John Punton
William Punton
John Pritchard
Angus Ramage
W.B. Robertson
Ralph S. Russell
Sinclair B. Rutherford
George A. Scott
Robert Shiell
James H. Smith
Robert Smith
Thomas Smith
William Smith
John Stewart
Peter Stewart
Peter Stewart
Alex. J. Tait
David J. Thomson
James Turnbull
Alex. M. Vassie
Charles E. Vassie
James Veitch
George W. Warren
Sir George John Scott Warrender, Bart.
William Watson
William Watt
Malcolm R. Wingate
Thomas Young
Sister Violet Fraser

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

Robert G. Amos
William Archibald
Richard Barber
Edgar S. Beevers
William B. Blair
George C. Brunton
William Burns
Samuel Cameron
Colin Campbell
John G. Cook
William Crarer
Edward Dann
Stewart McL. Donaldson
Andrew H. Dores
William McL. Dores
William J. Fairbairn
Philip L. Gullane
James Gullen
James Hastie
Rupert A. Hendy
James B. Herbert
Alexander Herkess
James Herkes
Robert Heugh
William Hewat
James F. Hughes
Hugh Hume
James G. Johnston
William Jowitt
Murdoch MacPherson
George Main
Robert Main
Robert A. Malcolm
Robert B. Marr
William McDonald
Angus F. McPherson
William A. Murray
James Nairn
Arthur Paxton
Henry Paxton
Adam Peffers
John A. Rennie
Ian J. Robertson
James Robertson
Peter Robertson
William Robertson
Arthur L. Sargeant
John Smail
Alexander Smith
Hugh Smith
Thomas E. Smith
Thomas J. Songhurst
George E. Thomson
Robert E. Tofts
Luigi Togneri
Peter P. Watson
Robert Watson
Allan H. White
James H. Williams
Albert Wilson
Joseph M. Wilson
John Wood
David C. Young
Robert Young
Agnes Johnstone
Colin A. Malcolm
Dennis Moore - Died 25th September 1949

Dunbar is 75 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photographs Lampits Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of Lampits ferry crossing the River Clyde between the villages of Pettinain and Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish ferry worked from the mid 1820's until about 1914. She was chain driven via a wheel on the shore and was capable of ferrying passengers, horse and carts, sheep and cattle.




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Old Photograph Pettinain Church Scotland

Old photograph of Pettinain Church in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site has been a place of worship since the early 12th century when David I established the Chapel of Pedynane. The present church dates principally from the 18th century with an earlier belfry of 1692 and an incised cross slab re-used as a relieving lintel. Interesting walled burial ground.



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Old Photograph Longridge Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Longridge village in West Lothian, Scotland. In 1856 the village, then known as Langrigg, had a population of 225, it had a library and a post office, and the economy of the area had improved with the discovery of blackband ironstone, known as Crofthead.



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Old Photograph Barns Ness Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Barns Ness Lighthouse located three miles from Dunbar, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was constructed by the engineer David A. Stevenson between 1899 and 1901. Taking approximately 2½ years to construct, it was constructed from stone quarried from Craigree (near Cramond) and Barnton. It was illuminated in October 1901. The stone proved resilient during the Second World War, when the lighthouse was machine-gunned yet sustained no damage. The lighthouse was manned by two lighthouse-keepers until 1966 when it was electrified, with a backup generator and emergency battery, used if the generator failed. It remained semi-automated, requiring only a single keeper, until 1986, when it was completely automated. In early 2005, the UK and Ireland lighthouse authorities issued a consultation regarding a review of lighthouses, and it was decided that the Barns Ness Lighthouse was no longer needed. It was deactivated in October 2005.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of Scone Palace on windy ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Scone was an important religious gathering place of the Picts, and it was the site of an early Christian church. Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306 and the last coronation was of Charles II, when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651. The first Lord Scone was Sir David Murray. He was of Flemish noble origin, and was Cup-bearer, Master of the Horse and Captain of the Guard to King James VI of Scotland. The 3rd Lord Stormont held the last coronation in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Walk On Old Road To Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a walk on a windy afternoon on the old road from the village of Scone on windy ancestry visit to Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees Moot Hill Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of trees on Moot Hill on a windy ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. From the time of Kenneth MacAlpin, who created the Kingdom of Scone in the 9th century, all the Kings of Scots were crowned on the Moot Hill. Probably the greatest historic event to take place at Scone was the coronation of Robert the Bruce, who declared himself King of Scots upon the Moot Hill on 25 March 1306. The last coronation held at Scone was that of King Charles II as King of Scots on 1 January 1651, some nine years before he was restored to the English throne. Standing on the Moot Hill is a small Presbyterian chapel. Like the Palace, it was restored in Gothic style around 1804.

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Tour Scotland Video Red Squirrel Trees Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a red squirrel in the trees on the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Harvesting Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of farmers harvesting on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Farming was the backbone of society, moving from the traditional run-rig system to modern practices like using oats for fodder, with farming traditions deeply rooted in the land.


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Old Photograph Saeva Ness Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Saeva Ness lighthouse on Helliar Holm, an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay, Orkney Island, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was built in 1893 by brothers David A. Stevenson, born 1854, died 1938, and Charles Stevenson, born 1855, died 1950, of the famous lighthouse building dynasty. The light is visible for 15 nautical miles. It was automated in 1967. Helliar Holm is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapinsay. It is still possible to walk across from the mainland during very low tides. The island also has the ruins of a broch, cairn and chapel.



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Old Photograph People Walking Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of people walking by the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.





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Old Photographs High Street Kinghorn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, people and shops on the High Street in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. Kinghorn's High Street was the historic market place and main thoroughfare of this Royal Burgh in Fife, Scotland, a central part of a town that developed from the medieval period through to its transformation into a tourist destination and dormitory town for Kirkcaldy in the 20th century. The street's architecture reflects this history, with 18th-century buildings still visible.


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Old Photograph Muirton of Ardblair Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages in Muirton of Ardblair near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Artist, Ewan Geddes, produced many works inspired by the area of Muirton of Ardblair. He was born in Blairgowrie and trained in Edinburgh and had a studio at 108 George Street. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1891.


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Old Photograph Kintyre Technical College Scotland

Old photograph of Kintyre Technical College in Southend near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. After a fire destroyed the original building in Southend it was relocated and opened in Dumbarton as Keil School in 1925. In 1941, due to the school's high vulnerability during the Clydeside Blitz, including the destruction of nearby industrial centres such as Clydebank, only 16 buildings were left undamaged, and conflagrations at the Bowling Oil Refinery and the Tate and Lyle Sugar Refinery at Greenock by Glasgow, the school had to be evacuated and relocated in the safer surroundings of Balinakill House, Kintyre for the duration of the war. Keil School closed in July 2000.



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Old Photograph Charlotte Street Perth Scotland

Old photograph of Charlotte Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Charlotte Street was laid out around 1783 as part of the Georgian expansion of Perth, which included nearby Rose Terrace and Marshall Place.


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Tour Scotland Video Halloween Cookies Scottish Bakers Shop Window Glasgow

Tour Scotland video of Halloween cookies in a Scottish Bakers shop window on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. The word Halloween means hallowed evening or holy evening. It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Hallows' Day.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Autumn Walk In Rain Pitlochry Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a walk in the rain in the town of Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is largely a Victorian town, which developed into a tourist resort due to Queen Victoria visiting the area in 1842, and the arrival of the railway in 1863. It remains a popular tourist resort today

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Old Photograph Railway Station Oxton Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in the railway station in Oxton, Borders, Scotland. This was the only intermediate station on the Lauder branch of the North British Railway. It was opened by the Lauder Light Railway on 2 July 1901, and closed to regular passenger traffic (with the line as a whole) on 12 September 1932. The village of Oxton was called Ugston for several hundred years and appears under that name as late as the 1841.



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Old Photographs South Street Bo'ness Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on South Street in Bo'ness in West Lothian. Scotland. Bo'ness has important historical links to the Roman period and marks the eastern extent of the Antonine Wall which stretched from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick on the west coast of Scotland. Bo'ness was a site for coal mining from medieval times. Clay mining was carried out on a smaller scale. The shore was the site of industrial salt making, evaporating seawater over coal fires.


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Old Photograph Newburgh On Ythan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Newburgh On Ythan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. During the nineteenth century, Newburgh was a main sea port for the nearby town of Ellon. A number of clipper ships sailed to destinations all over the globe to deliver tea and other cargoes and coal barges sailed up the east coast to offload at the quayside. Several of the wealthier clipper sea captains built houses in the village and named them after their most frequent ports of call. Hence several imposing properties exist in the village such as Shanghai house, Santa Cruz and Sydney house.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Burghead Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Burghead located eight miles North West of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. This intermediate station was opened on 10 October 1892 to supercede the older station on the extension of the line from Burghead to Hopeman. It was closed to regular passenger traffic on 14 September 1931.



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Old Photograph Cairnbulg Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Cairnbulg located four miles East of Fraserburgh, Scotland. Cairnbulg railway station was opened on 1 July 1903. It was originally named Inverallochy, but was renamed on 1 September, two months after it opened. The station closed in 1965.


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