Tour Scotland Video Perch Creek Family Jugband Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of The Perch Creek Family Jugband on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Perch Creek Family Jugband from Australia, sing and dance their unique blend of original and traditional repertoire, roving from bluegrass, old-time jazz, and country blues to whatever else they may just happen to fancy.

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Old Photograph Stenton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland " Stenton" means "Stone town ". Originally, the parish was known as Pitcox, which was a chapel site linked to the Collegiate Church of Dunbar in 1342

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Old Photographs Armadale Scotland

Old photograph of Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. Formerly known as Barbauchlaw, is an ex mining town which is also known for its brick manufacturing. It is named after Armadale in Sutherland, this estate being owned by Sir William Honeyman who later acquired the land of Barbauchlaw. Before the building of a new turnpike road between Edinburgh and Glasgow in 1786 the village of Armadale was little more than a rural farm community but its location at a main highway junction brought additional traffic and a toll house was built where the new road intersected with an existing road in the east of the estate. The discovery of large coal deposits and also ironstone in the area attracted the attention of a number of companies and several pits were sunk in the area. A school was first formed in the town also in 1819, and it eventually became necessary to build a dedicated school house in 1839 to accommodate the growing number of students. Tom Hanlin was born in Armadale on 28 August 1907. At the age of 14 he left school and worked on a farm for a year, then got a job at a mine where he worked for the next twenty years. While working as a miner he began to study at a journalism school in Glasgow. After a workplace accident in 1945, he spent three months in the Royal Infirmary, and he began to write stories and sell them, thus realising his childhood dream to be a Scottish fiction writer,.Hanlin died at home on 7 April 1953, after developing heart and breathing problems. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Video Dunbar Castle East Lothian

Tour Scotland video of the ruins of the Castle at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. For almost a thousand years the East Lothian fortress of Dunbar has been at the centre of events in Scottish history. The impregnable castle site in Dunbar harbour was defended by the Votadini tribe in Roman times, held by Northumbrian and Pictish warriors in Scotland's 'dark ages' and was finally captured by Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scots in 849 AD.

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Old Photograph Union Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Union Street, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Sauchiehall Street Scotland

Old photograph of Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. Sauchiehall Street began as a country lane leading from the city center to the outskirts, where wealthy merchants built homes, particularly on Blythswood Hill and Garnethill. The street was widened and developed in the 1840s, attracting more villas, tenements, shops, and ultimately, businesses. The street's name, meaning " willow meadow, " reflects its origins as a rural lane.

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Old Photograph Bucksburn Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bucksburn was formerly a market village before being swallowed up by the spread of the city.




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