Old Photographs Eaglesham Scotland

Old photograph of Eaglesham near Glasgow, Scotland. Eaglesham is located 10 miles south of Glasgow to the southeast of Newton Mearns, south of Busby and Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride. The ancient seat of the Earls of Eglinton; in the 17th century Eaglesham was a small market town; the present village was founded in 1769 by Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton; it had at one time handloom weaving and a cotton mill.



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Old Photograph Cathcart Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cathcart Castle, Glasgow, Scotland. Cathcart Castle was a 15th century castle, located in what is now Linn Park in the Cathcart area of southern Glasgow, Scotland. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century, and the remaining ruins were pulled down in 1980, leaving only foundations visible. The lands of Cathcart were held by the family of that name from the 12th century. In the mid 15th century the head of the family was raised to the peerage as Lord Cathcart, and it is believed that the castle was built at around this time.




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Old Photograph Old Kilpatrick Scotland

Old photograph cottages, houses and people in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is on the north bank of the River Clyde immediately to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal, three miles from Clydebank on the road to Dumbarton. George Harcourt was born in Old Kilpatrick in 1868, Harcourt's family moved to nearby Dumbarton while he was still a toddler. In the 1871 Harcourt's family were living, with two lodgers, in a modest property in the HIgh Street, Dumbarton and Henry Harcourt, George's father worked as a labourer. Harcourt received his initial art training at the Dumbarton School of Art, a satellite of the Glasgow School of Art which operated in Dumbarton at the end of the 19th century. Aged 20 he won the Denny Scholarship which funded further studies abroad. He studied at the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey, England, from 1889 and later went on to become the head of school. He rose to become the President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1945 following a spell as vice president and was also the Director of the Royal Academy. Over the years, Harcourt's style of painting changed from a Pre-Raphaelite influenced naturalism to an almost photorealistic portraiture. This perfection not only gave him a reputation among colleagues, but also secured him a good income as a portraitist of the British upper class. Harcourt died on 30 September 1947




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Old Photographs Broxburn West Lothian Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. the village that later became Broxburn probably originated around 1350 when Margery le Cheyne inherited the eastern half of the Barony of Strathbrock, Easter Strathbrock, on the death of her father, Sir Reginald le Cheyne III. The hamlet that grew up around her residence was then called Eastertoun, eastern town, after the land on which it stood. The lands of Strathbrock were earlier owned by Freskin the Fleming, granted to him under a charter from King David I. Eastertoun was burned to the ground sometime in 1443 during a conflict between William, Earl of Douglas, Lieutenant General of Scotland, and William, Lord Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland. It was destroyed again in 1455 during fighting between the Douglases and King James II. After the conflict, peace was regained and the town was gradually resettled. The village was renamed Broxburn in 1600 by Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Whitehall Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour, cars, houses and people in Whitehall, Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stronsay island is now agricultural, but during the 18th and 19th centuries, kelp collection and herring curing employed up to five thousand people. The population, which is high for a Scottish island, was over a thousand for the entire 19th century through the mid 20th century, with the 1891 census recording a population of 1275 people, excluding seasonal itinerants involved in the herring fishing industry.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Misty Firth of Forth near Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of boats on a misty Firth of Forth by the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a boat on a misty Firth of Forth by the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a boat on a misty Firth of Forth by the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The Forth Bridge has long been recognised as one of the finest examples of Victorian engineering on the planet and has achieved an iconic status as one of the great feats of western civilisation since its official opening in 1890. Lavishly illustrated throughout with stunning archive images, Elspeth Wills uncovers the human story behind 'the engineering marvel': the story of the Briggers. It is a story that has never been told before - of ordinary men working on an extraordinary structure in an often hostile and dangerous environment. Recognised throughout the world as an enduring icon of Scotland, the Forth Bridge is more than just a testament to the genius of Victorian engineering, it is a monument to all those who worked to realise its vision and to the scores of lives that were lost in the process. In this groundbreaking new work, Elspeth Wills gives a voice to the forgotten heroes who helped to make the ambition of the Bridge a reality. The Briggers: The Story of the Men Who Built the Forth Bridge.

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Old Photograph Cleish Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Cleish Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. A 16th Century Scottish castle.

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