Old Photograph Sheep Shearing Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters sheep shearing on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Shearing was very labour intensive. Apart from the shearers who hand clipped the sheep there were catchers to bring the sheep in from the field or pen. There were also people to roll the fleece once it was off the sheep, and then fold them before they were tied and bagged. Clipping could only be done in good conditions as fleeces had to be bagged whilst dry. Neighbouring crofters would help each other at busy times.



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Old Photograph Of Lochy Bridge Scotland

Old Photograph of a motorcycle and sidecar crossing Lochy Bridge, Fort William, Scotland. Lochybridge, also known as Victoria Bridge, spans the River Lochy on the northern edge of Fort William, providing the only real link to the town and beyond from the A830. Immediately to the east of the bridge, the A830 meets the A82 at the Lochybridge Junction. This crossing point of the River Lochy was originally established as the most important one by Thomas Telford when he was constructing his Highland Roads. The first road built, in 1805, as part of this commission was the Arisaig Road, which left the old military road at Lochybridge and headed west. However, Telford decided that a bridge at this location was not necessary, instead improving the ferry service across the river. Whilst the ferry may have been sufficient in the first instance, as the new road brought a lot more traffic that way a bridge slowly became essential.



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Old Photograph Butchers Shop Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a Butchers Shop in Paisley, Scotland. The Industrial Revolution based on the textile industry turned Paisley from a small market town to an important industrial town in the late 18th century. Its location attracted English mill owners; immigrants from Ayrshire and the Highlands poured in to a town that offered paying jobs to women and children. By the middle of the 19th century weaving had become the town's principal industry. The Paisley weavers' most famous product were the shawls, which bore the Paisley Pattern made fashionable after being worn by a young Queen Victoria. The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 cut off cotton supplies to the textile mills of Paisley. The mills in 1861 had a stock of cotton in reserve, but by 1862 there was large scale shortages and closures.


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Old Photograph Camping Glen Etive Scotland

Old photograph of people camping in Glen Etive, Highlands, Scotland. At the north end of Glen Etive lie the two mountains known as the Herdsmen of Etive: Buachaille Etive Mòr and Buachaille Etive Beag. Other peaks accessible from the Glen include Ben Starav, located near the head of Loch Etive, and Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the northern side of the glen. Glen Etive has been used as the backdrop to many movies, among them Braveheart and Skyfall. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Deirdre and her love Naoise founded Glen Etive after fleeing Ulster. The Fachen is also known as the Dwarf of Glen Etive.



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Old Photograph Cyclist Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of a cyclist in Glencoe, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Camping Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of camping on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Curling Loch Leven Scotland

Old photograph of men Curling on Loch Leven, Perthshire, Scotland. The most famous association of this area is Loch Leven Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned. Curling was invented in medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 uncovered, along with another bearing the date 1551, when an old pond was drained at Dunblane. Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716; it is still in existence today.



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