Old Photograph Links Road Lundin Links Fife Scotland

Old photograph of children, the Bremner grocers shop, cottage and houses on Links Road in Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The Bremner surname is of Scottish origin which dates back to the early 15th Century. Variations in the idiom of the spelling include Brimner, Bremner, Brymner, etc., Church records include one William, son of Robert and Catherine Bremner, who was christened, at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England on December 10th 1736, John Bremner who married Margaret Donaldson at St. Dunstan in the East, London, on September 11th 1763 and Margaret Bremner who was christened in Edinburgh on April 29th 1773. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Brabounare held a tenement in Irvine, which was dated 1418, Documents of the Royal burgh of Irvine, Scotland, during the reign of King James 1 of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Borthwick Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Borthwick Hall, Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland. Dating from 1852, the present house, the site of which was originally a hunting lodge for the Earls of Borthwick, was designed in the Baronial style by John Henderson, who also originated a number of Gothic Churches for the Scottish Episcopal Church. The first owner was the famous Seedsman and Nurseryman Sir Charles Lawson after whom Lawson Cypress was named. He served as Edinburgh’s Lord Provost from 1862 to 1865. From 1872 until 1926 it was owned by David Macfie whose crest may be seen in the Billiard Room fireplace. It was bought in 1926 by the eminent Edinburgh lawyer William Blair.



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Old Photograph Spey Bridge Newtonmore Scotland

Old photograph of the Spey Bridge outside Newtonmore, Scotland. This Scottish bridge was built to carry the A9 across the river Spey in the 1920s. It was one of eight bridges designed by the Engineer Sir Owen Williams and the Architect Maxwell Ayrton.



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Old Photograph Tweed Vineyards Clovenfords Scotland

Old photograph of Tweed Vineyards in Clovenfords near Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Tweed Vineyards was created by William Thomson in 1869, choosing Clovenfords, Vine Street, because it had its own railway station, essential for delivering the many tons of coke required to heat the large complex of hothouses and because his brother-in-law was a builder and contractor living in Galashiels. The Tweed Vineyards of Scotland became the creme de la creme of the grapevine producing six tons of Muscat and Gros Colman grapes per year, then delivered by rail as far south as Covent Gardens and Harrods of London. For 90 years the Tweed Vineyards flourished under four generations of the Thomson family until the price of grapes fell dramatically. They sold the business in 1959, to Robert Affleck, a market gardener. Time took its toll and the once famous vineries fell into a state beyond repair.



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Old Photograph Malleny Bridge Balerno Scotland

Old photograph of Malleny Bridge by Balerno by Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Spylaw Park Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Spylaw Park in Edinburgh, Scotland. Spylaw Park was acquired by the Midlothian County Council in 1911 for use as a public park. Spylaw House dates back to the middle of the 17th century. It once had a snuff mill below and behind it, both owned by James Gillespie.



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Old Photograph Collin Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Collin village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This small Scottish village located between Dumfries and Gretna Green on the Lochar Water has a small cemetery. Collins was the 30th most common surname in Ireland when a study was made in 1890, yet it is also a common name in Scotland and in England. Ironically, the name today spelled Collins probably has at least three different origins, one or more Irish Gaelic, one Scots Gaelic, and one in Anglo-Saxon.

Old Photograph George Ballantyne Choirmaster Greenlaw Church Choir Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of George Ballantyne, choirmaster of Greenlaw Church Choir in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland.

Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been spelled Balentine, Ballentine, Ballantyne, Ballantine, Ballentyne, Bannentyne, Bannatyne, Bannantyne, Ballanden, Ballanden, Ballendine, and Ballendyne. It is unclear when the surname was first recorded in Scotland, but John Ballenden, also recorded as John Ballentyne and John Ballantyne was the archdeacon of Moray in circa 1450, whilst Sir Alexander Balendin, was the provost of Methven, Perthshire, in 1563.



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Old Photograph Greenlaw Church Choir Paisley By Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of Greenlaw Church Choir from Paisley by Glasgow on a visit to Loch Lomond, Scotland. George Ballantyne is one of the most prominent historic figures associated with the choir, serving as its choirmaster during the early 20th century.


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Old Photograph Greenlaw Church Choir Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Greenlaw Church Choir in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The original church here was established around 1147 and granted to Kelso Abbey by the Earls of Dunbar. It was officially dedicated in 1242 by David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews.


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Old Photograph Brass Band Jedburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a Brass Band outside the Abbey in Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland.



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Old Photograph White Horse Close Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of White Horse Close in Edinburgh, Scotland. White Horse Close, or Whitehorse Close, is an enclosed courtyard off the Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile at the eastern end of the Old Town of Edinburgh. It was formerly known as Ord's Close, after Laurence Ord, the builder of the 17th century inn at its northern end. The origin of the name is obscure. The location has been traditionally associated with a royal mews from the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, the name being said to derive from the fact that her favourite white palfrey was stabled there, near the main entrance to the royal palace. It is more likely, however, that the name derives from the White Horse Inn which occupied the northern end of the courtyard from at least the 17th century. It has also been suggested that the name may have come from a later 18th century inn sign displaying the White Horse of Hanover.

It is recorded that some of the leaders of the Covenanting party in Scotland, including James Graham, earl of Montrose, attempted to set out from the inn in the close for Berwick to parley with King Charles I after the Treaty of Berwick had been signed to end the First Bishops' War in June 1639. Their departure was blocked by a mob which feared the meeting might lead to a betrayal of the principles of the National Covenant. Montrose alone slipped through to join the King, to whom he gradually transferred allegiance. Over a decade later, in 1650, he passed the head of the close again, entering Edinburgh at the foot of the Canongate as a captive on his way to trial and execution for treason.

The building bears the date 1632, but this is believed to have been carved when it was restored in the 1930s, the tablet being altered from displaying the more implausible date of 1532. In his Views of Edinburgh, published around 1820, the English engraver James Storer gave the date as 1683, which is more in keeping with the late 17th-century architectural style of the buildings. The dilapidated close was bought by Dr. John Barbour and his sister in 1889, and the inn, with its distinctive forestairs, and the surrounding courtyard buildings were converted into fifteen dwellings for the working class. They were last restored by Frank Mears & Partners between 1961 and 1964.

The inn was the departure point for the stagecoaches that ran between Edinburgh, Newcastle and London, England, in the 18th century. Five arches on the Calton Road side of the building, previously known as the North Back of the Canongate, indicate the former existence of an undercroft which contained the inn's stables, smithy and coach houses. These were accessed from the rear of the building at a considerably lower ground level compared with the courtyard of the close. A small descending flight of steps and narrow pend still connects the courtyard with the rear of the inn building.

The inn should not be confused with another inn of the same name, later known as Boyd's inn after one of its owners, which existed in St. Mary's Wynd, now St. Mary's Street, near the head of the Canongate between 1635 and 1868. This was where James Boswell welcomed Samuel Johnson on his arrival in Edinburgh in 1773.

The building with a turnpike stair immediately on the right when entering the close was the residence of two Bishops of Edinburgh from the time when the church of St. Giles was a cathedral, namely John Paterson, born 1632, died 1708, and Alexander Rose, born 1647, died 1720.

Tradition maintains that Jacobite officers were billeted in the close during Charles Edward Stuart's occupation of nearby Holyrood Palace during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.

A wall plaque inside the close records it as the birthplace in 1793 of William Dick, son of a farrier and founder of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

The close is widely regarded as the most picturesque group of buildings on the Royal Mile, but is often overlooked by visitors to the city who fail to enter the pend which connects it to the Canongate.



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Tour Haunted Airth Castle Scotland

Tour Haunted Airth Castle in central Scotland. A harbinger of doom takes the form of a ram that walks around the gardens prior to disaster. A drumming sound is also reported to herald a death in the family.

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Tour Haunted Ackergill Tower Caithness Scotland

Tour Haunted Ackergill Tower in Caithness, Scotland. A legend relates the tale of a young woman by the name of Helen Gunn, who was abducted by John Keith for her beauty. She flung herself, or fell, from the highest tower to escape her abductor's advances. Supposedly her ghost is still seen, wearing a long red rustling ball gown and a tall head of black hair. This was in the late 14th or early 15th century and is said to have been the true beginning for all feuding between the Gunns and the Keiths. It led to the Battle of Champions in either 1478 or 1464, a judicial combat which led to a massacre of the Gunns by the Keiths at the chapel of St Tear just east of the village.

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Tour Haunted Culloden Battlefield Scotland

Tour Haunted Battlefield at Culloden, near Inverness, Scotland. There are many ghosts at Culloden Moor, such as the anniversary ghosts who return on the 16 April to relive the battle and their deaths. These Culloden ghosts make themselves heard by the cries of battle. Some local Scots have heard the clash of steel on steel as if of broadsword and sword fighting. Birds do not sing at the exact site of the battle or at the graves of the slaughtered Jacobites. Other local legends at Culloden Moor is that heather which grows nearby will never grow over the graves of the Jacobites.

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Tour Haunted Barnbougle Castle Scotland

Tour Haunted Barnbougle Castle on a visit near Edinburgh, Scotland. According to tradition, Sir Roger Mowbray went as a crusader to the Holy Land, and was killed in battle against the Moslems. His faithful hound, still at home in Barnbougle, at that moment began to howl uncontrollably. Finally it died through grief for its master. It is said that its howls can still be heard at Hound Point, half a mile west of the castle, when the night is dark and windy. In another version of the tradition, it is said that when the death of any of the lords is about to take place, a black man with a dog appears on the point, and sounds on a bugle the baron's death-note. A ballad says:

And ever when Barnbougle's lords
Are parting this scene below
Come hound and ghost to this haunted coast
With death notes winding slow.

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Tour Haunted Abergeldie Castle Aberdeenshire Scotland

Tour Haunted Abergeldie Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is haunted by a ghost known as French Kate or Kitty Rankie. She is said to be a French woman who was employed in the castle at one time. After being suspected of witchcraft she was confined in the castle before being burned at the stake on a nearby hill.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Birnam Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Dunkeld and Birnam war memorial in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Sergeant Major, Donald Allan, D.C.M., Black Watch
Sergeant, Hunter Anderson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
Lance Corporal, William Annand, Seaforth Highlanders,
Private, David Cameron, Scots Guards,
Private, Donald Campbell, Cameron Highlanders,
Captain, Sydney Cesari, R.A.M.C.,
Private, McLaren Cuthbert, Gordon Highlanders,
Corporal, James Davidson, Black Watch,
Private, William S Duff, East Kent Regiment,
Private, JAMES EDWARDS, EAST YORK REGIMENT,
Corporal, ANGUS FINLAYSON, ROYAL SCOTS,
Private, THOMAS FITZGERALD, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,
Private, JOHN FITZGERALD, BLACK WATCH,
Private, EDWARDS FITZGERLAD, NOTTS and DERBY REGIMENT,
Corporal, JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, BLACK WATCH,
Corporal, GEORGE GLASS, BLACK WATCH,
Private, JAMES GOW, BLACK WATCH,
Private, ALEXANDER GREIG, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,
Private, JOHN ALEXANDER HALL, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,
Private, ROBERT HENDERSON, BLACK WATCH,
Corporal, JAMES HISLOP, ROYAL SCOTS
Piper Corporal, ARTHUR J. C. HORNE, SCOTTISH RIFLES,
Private, JAMES HUNTER, ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS,
Private,, DUNCAN HUTTON, ROYAL SCOTS,
Corporal, WILLIAM INNES, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,
Sapper, DAVID PATON JACKSON, ROYAL ENGINEERS,
Lieutenant, ARTHUR LESLIE JENKS, DORSET REGIMENT,
Corporal, DUNCAN LAWSON, BLACK WATCH,
Private, JAMES LITTLE, ROYAL SCOTS,
Private, WILLIAM LOW, SCOTS GUARDS,
Gunner, JOHN LOW, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY,
Lieutenant, GEORGE LOW, ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS,
Private, DONALD McDIARMID, GORDON HIGHLANDERS,
Private, ALEXANDER McDOUGALL, BLACK WATCH,
Captain, MALCOLM McGILLEWIE, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY,
Lieutenant, NIGEL McGILLEWIE, K.OS.B.,
Private, GEORGE McINTOSH, H.L.I.
Private, EWEN McKAY, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,
Trooper, LACHLAN McKECHNIE, SCOTTISH HORSE,
Trooper, JOHN MACRAE McLEOD, SCOTS GREYS,
Sergeant, JOHN McROSTIE, LONDON SCOTTISH,
Private, ARCHIBALD McPHERSON, BLACK WATCH,
Private, JAMES MALCOLM, ROYAL SCOTS,
Lieutenant, DAVID MARTIN, OXFORD and BUCKS REGIMENT,
Corporal, DUNCAN MURRAY, MACHINE GUN CORPS,
Private, IAN MACNAUGHTON PILKINGTON, BLACK WATCH,
Lieutenant, PETER ROBERTSON PURDIE, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
Lieutenant, W. A. RAE, BLACK WATCH,
Sergeant, DAVID REID, SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY,
Private, THOMAS A. RICHARDSON, BLACK WATCH,
Private, PETER RITCHIE, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,
Private, DAVID ROBERTSON, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,
Private, DONALD ROBERTSON, BLACK WATCH,
Private, ROBERT ROBERTSON, BLACK WATCH,
Captain, ROBERT C. ROGER, R.A.M.C.,
Private, HUGH Y. ROGER, BLACK WATCH,
Private, DRUMMOND K. ROGER, BLACK WATCH,
Private, ALISTAIR SCOTT, SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS,
Private, JAMES LOW SCOTT, BLACK WATCH,
Private, DANIEL SIM, BLACK WATCH,
Private, JAMES R. SMEATON, CAMERON HIGHLANDERS,
Sergeant, WILLIAM SMITH, BLACK WATCH,
Corporal, JOHN M'GREGOR SMITH, BLACK WATCH,
Major, LORD GEORGE STEWART-MURRAY, BLACK WATCH,
Private, DAVID STEWART, BLACK WATCH,
Corporal, ALEXANDER STEWART, S. HORSE R.A.M.C.,
Rifleman, ATHOLL STEWART, L.P.O. RIFLES,
Corporal, JOHN STEWART, INNISKILLINGS,
Corporal, DONALD TURNBULL, BLACK WATCH,
Private, JOHN GEORGE WALLACE, GORDON HIGHLANDERS.



The distance from Birnam to Glasgow and Paisley is 71 miles

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Old Photograph Tobacconist Shop Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a Tobacconist shop in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Muckerach Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Muckerach Castle in Badenoch And Strathspey, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in 1598 by the second son of John Grant of Freuchie and was the original seat of the Grants of Rothiemurchus. The square Keep, of simple design had at one time extensive buildings connected with it and forming a courtyard.



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Old Photograph Post Office Land Rover Glenshee Scotland

Old photograph of a Post Office land rover crossing a bridge in Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland. These vehicles were used when a 4-wheel drive vehicle was required as was the case in the Highlands.



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Old Photograph Children In A House In Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of children in a tenement house in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Trough Maker Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a trough maker outside his cottage in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Racing Yacht River Clyde Scotland

Old photograph of a racing yacht in the River Clyde by Glasgow, Scotland. The River Clyde is a river, that flows into the Firth of Clyde. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the second longest in Scotland. Travelling through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire. In the early medieval Cumbric language it was known as Clud or Clut, and was central to the Kingdom of Strathclyde.



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Old Photograph Bus Station Falkirk Scotland

Old photograph of the bus station in Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk is situated in the Forth Valley, almost midway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Falkirk town centre is fairly small so most of the main shops are within walking distance of the High Street. The bus service covers most of Falkirk. Most buses leave from Newmarket Street or the main bus station in Meadow Street. There are many taxi firms in Falkirk. The main taxi rank is in Lower Newmarket Street. There are regular bus services to Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Harbour Cottage And Postbus In Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour, a cottage and the Postbus in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkcudbright has had a long association with the Glasgow art movement, which started when several artists, including the Glasgow Boys and the famed Scottish Colourists, such as Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell, based themselves in the area over a 30 year period from 1880 to 1910, establishing the Kirkcudbright Artists' Colony. Many of them moved to the town from Glasgow, including Edward Hornel, George Henry and Jessie M. King.



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Old Photograph Athelstaneford Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Athelstaneford located twenty miles East of Edinburgh, Scotland. According to popular legend, Athelstaneford is where the original Scottish saltire, the white diagonal cross on a sky blue background, was first adopted. On the eve of a battle between an army of the Picts and invading Angles from Northumbria, England, in 832AD, Saint Andrew, who was crucified on a diagonal cross, came to the Pictish King Óengus II in a vision promising victory. The next morning the Picts saw a white cross formed by clouds in the sky. They won the battle and attributed their victory to the blessing of Saint Andrew, adopting his form of the cross as their flag, and naming him as their patron saint. The leader of the retreating Angles, Athelstan, was slain at a nearby river crossing, hence the name Athelstaneford. There are several versions of the tale, of which this is one of the more popular. Whatever the truth, the legend has cemented Athelstaneford's place in Scotland's history.



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Old Photograph Shore Terrace Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of Shore Terrace near Victoria Dock in Dundee, Scotland. The dock's construction was initiated in 1833 by the Dundee Harbour engineer James Leslie, based on a design by the renowned civil engineer Thomas Telford. Progress was slow due to a town depression, and the dock existed as a shallow basin for some time, with women reportedly using the slopes to bleach clothes.


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Old Photograph Baberton Golf Clubhouse Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Baberton Golf Clubhouse in Juniper Green located South West of Edinburgh, Scotland. Baberton Golf Club has a history dating back to 1893. It was built in the grounds of the ancient Baberton House. Baberton Golf Club is the first place to pioneer the use of the steel shafted club. Several of its members have gone on to represent Scotland in competitions.



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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Kinnoull Tower Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Kinnoull Tower on ancestry visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish tower was built in 1829 by Lord Grey of Kinfauns as a romantic folly, the tower, along with nearby Binn Tower, originally used as an observatory by Grey, are meant to resemble the castles on the Rhine in Germany as Grey saw a great similarity between the River Tay and parts of the Rhine. The tower is easily accessible via a footpath. From the south facing cliff summit of Kinnoull hill, views are afforded of the River Tay, the Friarton Bridge, and a stretch of the Tay Coast railway line. Further to the south, Moncreiffe Hill can be seen.

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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Trees River Tay Friarton Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Autumn trees by the River Tay near Friarton Bridge on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Morning Video Bird Table Garden Cottage Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn morning video of birds at the bird table in my garden in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Glaisnock House Scotland

Old photograph of Glaisnock House by Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built around 1833, Glaisnock House was designed by James Ingram of Kilmarnock for James Allason, the owner at the time. The house has been extended since. In the mid 19th century the Estate passed from the Allason family to Captain Robert Campbell of Auchmannoch in the parish of Sorn. The estate was broken up around 1949 with the mansion being bought by the County Council. The Council opened Glaisnock in 1952 as a junior secondary school. The school specializing in rural education, took in boarders as well as day pupils. Glaisnock was operated as a four year school from 1968 until its closure in June 1973.



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Old Photograph Portland Street Troon Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and houses on Portland Street in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Golf Course Aboyne Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course by Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course by Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. James Braid born in Earlsferry, East Neuk of Fife, designed the course in 1935 on the estate of Schawpark house.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Tobermory Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course by Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Tobermory Golf Course is a 9 hole course set on the cliff tops above Tobermory Bay. It offers superb panoramic views which includes Ardnamurchan, Loch Sunart and, on a clear day, the Isle of Skye.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Edzell Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Edzell, Angus. Scotland. The original course was laid out in 1895 by Bob Simpson, top golf course architect of his day. In 1934 the course was re-designed on recommendations made by the famous James Braid who was born in Earlsferry, East Neuk of Fife, and remains virtually unchanged to this day.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Aberfeldy Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish Golf Club began as a nine hole public golf course in 1895. It was built on the plains along the south side on the River Tay. It remained a nine hole course for a hundred years till it was extended into an eighteen hole parkland golf course that stretched on both sides of the River Tay. In 1995 the club built a private, reinforced glass bridge across the youthful River Tay. The unique A-frame suspension bridge made it to the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s first glass reinforced bridge.



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Old Photographs Clatchard Craig Scotland

Old photograph of Clatchard Craig near Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The Pictish hill fort of Clatchard Craig was located on a hill of the same name by the River Tay. A human presence on the site has been identified from the neolithic period onward and the fort itself was occupied from the sixth century AD until at least the eighth century. It stood close to several places which were centres of secular and religious power during the early Middle Ages including Abernethy,Forteviot, Scone and Moncreiffe in Perthshire. As such it seems to have been an important stronghold of the Picts. In the late twentieth century Clatchard Craig was entirely destroyed by quarrying for aggregate authorised by the British Ministry of Transport.

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Old Photographs Golf Course Auchterarder Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Auchterarder Golf Club was formed in 1892, complete with an 18 hole course, on parkland to the west of the town.



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Old Photograph Golf Course Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the golf course in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland. Auchtermuchty Golf Club was founded in 1902. The club ceased to exist following World War 2.



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Old Photograph Ocean Triumph Fishing Boat Pittenweem Scotland

Old photograph of the fishing boat named Ocean Triumph returning to the harbour in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Ocean Triumph Fishing Boat Pittenweem Scotland

Old photograph of the fishing boat named Ocean Triumph leaving Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Ocean Triumph II was built in 1977 by James N Miller and Sons in St Monans, a key boat builder for the Fife fleet.


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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Old Bridge Over The River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of Smeaton's Bridge which spans the River Tay on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. John Smeaton, architect of the Eddystone Lighthouse, was commissioned to build a new bridge at Perth. Smeaton's bridge was completed in 1771and is generally known as Perth Bridge or by locals simply the Old Bridge.

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Tour Scotland Autumn Video Trees Robert Douglas Memorial School Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn travel ideo of trees on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Robert Douglas Memorial School in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The school is named after the village’s Robert Douglas, who developed the use of the setting agent pectin in jam making to make his fortune in the USA. He became President of the great Certo Corporation, later sold to the giant General Foods Corporation of America. Throughout the years he remembered his birthplace and retained his affection for it.

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Old Photograph Ice Skating Frozen Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of people ice skating on frozen Loch Lomond, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Bathing Pool Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of children and adults by the bathing pool in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Throughout the East Neuk, burghs built their own tidal pools which were a hive of activity throughout the holiday period. Within north east Fife alone there are also outdoor pools in St Andrews, St Monans and Cellardyke, all of which have slipped into varying degrees of disrepair and abandonment over the years. The pool at Pittenweem opened around May each year, and the water was always freezing cold. The tide would come in and refill the pool every two weeks or so.



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Old Photograph Billowness Beach Anstruther Scotland

Old photograph of children playing on Billowness Beach in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Army Tug Of War Teams Scotland

Old photograph of Army tug of war teams in the Highlands of Scotland.



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