Tour Scotland Photograph Video Dancers Blackford Highland Games


Tour Scotland photograph of Scottish Dancers in kilts at Blackford Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland. Highland dance or Highland dancing is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games, where it is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music. Highland dancers wear specialized shoes called ghillies.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Piper Blackford Highland Games


Tour Scotland photograph of a Bagpiper in a kilt at Blackford Highland Games, Perthshire, Scotland. Blackford is located 5 miles from the town of Auchterarder. The village is located just off the A9 between Perth and Stirling which has been bypassed since 1978. It is home to Highland Spring water and the Tullibardine whisky distillery. Blackford became a popular stopping place especially when Scotland's first public brewery was started. James VII of Scotland even stopped in Blackford while travelling to sample their ale.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Atholl Highlanders


Tour Scotland photograph of an Atholl Highlander in Perthshire, Scotland. The Atholl Highlanders are a military regiment. Based in Blair Atholl, Scotland, they are not part of the British Army. Instead, the regiment is in the private employ of the Duke of Atholl, making it the only legal private army in the United Kingdom and Europe.



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Old Photograph Dyeing Wool Scotland


Old photograph of a woman dyeing wool in a Crofter's Cottage on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Fireplace Cottage Scotland


Old photograph of fireplace and spinning wheel in a cottage in Scotland.

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May 29th Photograph Rolls Royce Scotland


May 29th photograph of a vintage Rolls Royce in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland.


May 29th photograph of a vintage Rolls Royce in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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May 29th Photograph Deer On The Road Scotland


May 29th photograph of a Deer on the road in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Blacksmith Scotland


Old photograph of a Blacksmith in Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Of Ploughman Scotland


Old photograph of a Ploughman with his horses in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Carter Scotland


Old photograph of a Carter in Perthshire, Scotland. A Carter worked with horse and cart on farms or in towns in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Of Factory Workers Scotland


Old photograph of Factory Workers in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Farm Workers Scotland


Old photograph of Farm Workers in Perthshire, Scotland. Farm workers were rarely employed on a permanent basis and often lived quite a nomadic life. They were usually hired on a temporary basis at a feeing market, usually held every 6 months in May and November. On accepting the fee, the farm servant would be bound to the farmer for the next six months or a year.



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Old Photograph Of Ploughmen Scotland


Old photograph of Ploughmen in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Brewers Scotland


Old photograph of Brewery workers in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Royal Scots Fusilier Scotland


Old photograph of a Pipe Major in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, of Scotland.

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Old Photographs Linlithgow Scotland


Old photograph of the High Street, Linlithgow, Scotland. Linlithgow Palace. The palace at Linlithgow was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries. Mary, Queen of Scots, was born at the Palace in December 1542.



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Old Photograph Gosford House Scotland


Old photograph of Gosford House, near Longniddry in East Lothian, Scotland. Gosford was built by the 7th Earl of Wemyss between 1790 and 1800. It was built to plans by the architect Robert Adam, born 1728, died 1792, who died before the house was completed. The 8th Earl knocked down the wings, and his grandson, the 10th Earl, rebuilt them in 1891 to designs by the architect William Young.

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Old Photographs Kingoodie Scotland


Old photograph of cottages in Kingoodie, Scotland. Kingoodie is a village about four miles south west of Dundee, but in the region of Perthshire, Scotland. The shore is easily accessible and close to the estuary of the River Tay. Quarries close to Kingoodie supplied the town with building stone for a number of centuries.

Old photograph of Kingoodie, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Doune of Rothiemurchus Aviemore Scotland


Old photograph of Doune of Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Scotland. Family home of the Grants of Rothiemurchus. Home of Elizabeth Grant, born 1797, who here wrote her Memoirs of a Highland Lady. Elizabeth Grant was the daughter of the 9th Laird, John Peter and his wife Jane. She was the eldest of five children and spent her life travelling between Edinburgh, London, India and France before settling down in Ireland on the property of her husband, Colonel Henry Smith.



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Old Photograph Post Office Staff Edinburgh Scotland


Old photograph of Post Office Staff in Edinburgh the Capital City of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pony And Trap Perth Scotland


Old photograph of a Pony and Trap in Perth, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Buses To Ardrossan Scotland

Old photograph of the Bus to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland.




Old photograph of the Bus to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Douglas Road Leslie Fife Scotland


Old photograph of Douglas Road, Leslie, Fife, Scotland. This is a large Scottish village on the northern tip of the River Leven Valley, to the west of Glenrothes. The village was granted burgh of barony status by King James II in 1458 for George Leslie who became the first Earl of Rothes.



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Old Photograph Balcurvie Fife Scotland


Old photograph of Balcurvie, Fife, Scotland. A Scottish village located between Leven and Windygates in the Levenmouth area of Fife. Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of small settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principle coastal towns; Buckhaven, Leven and Methil, and a number smaller towns, villages and hamlets inland.



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Old Photographs Lighthouse Portpatrick Scotland


Old photograph of the Harbour Lighthouse, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of the Harbour Lighthouse, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland.



Old photograph of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Gray Street Broughty Ferry Scotland


Old photograph of Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, 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 ”. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.

Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm, born 2 May 1917, died 4 December 1942, was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Malcolm was born in Broughty Ferry, and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline in Fife, 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. 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. 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 and the famous Malcolm Clubs opened at many RAF stations are named in his honour.



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May 27th Photograph Slater Scotland


May 27th photograph of a Slater on a church roof in Perth, Scotland.

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May 27th Photograph Caterham Seven Sportscar Scotland


May 27th photograph of a Caterham Seven Sportscar, outside the Birnam Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland. Drive a Caterham, Caterham Seven Sportscars for hire in Scotland. Today they were at the Local Business Trade Fair for Scottish Business in Birnam, Scotland.

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May 27th Photograph Harris Hawk Scotland


May 27th photograph of a Harris Hawk, outside the Birnam Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland. Raptor World is a company that works with birds of prey to provide a wide range of services to a variety of clients. Today they were at the Local Business Trade Fair for Scottish Business in Birnam, Scotland.


May 27th photograph of a Harris Hawk, outside the Birnam Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland.

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May 27th Photograph Highlander Boat Scotland


May 27th photograph of a Highlander Boat, outside the Birnam Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland. Highlander Boats are built exclusively by W A Simpson Marine Ltd of Dundee who have been building quality fishing boats and pleasure boats for over 25 years. The range of boats comprises of rowing boats, loch fishing boats and fast fishing boats. With some of the models in production for over 25 years, Highlander Boats has built up a reputation for producing high quality boats which will stand the rigors of both the private and the hire markets. Today they were at the Local Business Trade Fair for Scottish Business in Birnam, Scotland.

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Old Photographs New Street Dalry Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on New Street, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland.





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Old Photographs Ballachulish Scotland


Old photograph of West Laroch, Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. This was an old quarry village. The name Ballachulish, from Scottish Gaelic, Baile a' Chaolais, means the Village by the Narrows. The narrows in question is Caolas Mhic Phàdraig, Peter or Patrick's son's narrows, at the mouth of Loch Leven. As there was no road to the head of Loch Leven until 1927, the Ballachulish Ferry, established in 1733, and those at Invercoe, Callert and Caolas na Con were essential. The Ballachulish ferry closed in December 1975 when the Ballachulish Bridge finally opened. In 1903, a branch of the, now closed, Callander and Oban Railway, from Connel Ferry, was opened to Ballachulish. Slate from local quarries, established just two years after the infamous Glencoe Massacre of 1692, was used to provide the roofing slate for much of Edinburgh and Glasgow's skyline in the succeeding centuries. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Corrie Arran Scotland


Old photograph of Corrie, Island of Arran, Scotland. The village used to be a regular stop for steamers circumnavigating the island, passengers embarking by way of a rowing boat from the " ferry rock ".

Old photograph of Corrie, Island of Arran, Scotland.

Old photograph of Corrie, Island of Arran, Scotland.

Old photograph of Corrie, Island of Arran, Scotland.


Old photograph of Corrie, Island of Arran, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Port Bannatyne Scotland

Old photograph of Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland. The village started in 1801 with the building of a small harbour on Kames Bay. Lord Bannatyne of Kames Castle, at the head of the bay, planned the village in an attempt to rival Rothesay. Initially known as Kamesburgh, by the mid 19th century, steamers were calling there regularly. In 1860 the Marquess of Bute purchased this part of the island and renamed the village Port Bannatyne in honour of the long historical association of the Bannatyne family with the area. Boat building became an important local industry. In the Second World War midget submarines exercised in the bay and nearby Loch Striven. The luxury Kyles Hydro Hotel, overlooking the Port, was requisitioned by the Admiralty to serve as the HQ for midget submarine, x-craft, operations. In particular, it was from here that the top secret and audacious attack on the Tirpitz was masterminded.





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Old Photographs Lagg Jura Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman by the pier at the harbour in the hamlet of Lagg, Isle of Jura, Scotland. The harbour is situated on the West shore of Rubh' a' Chamais, the promontory that encloses the East side of Lagg Bay, north, north east of Craighouse. In the early 19th century the 4 mile sea crossing from Lagg to Keills in Knapdale was the normal route for cattle, not only from Jura itself, but for those landed from Colonsay at Loch Tarbert and for over 2,500 animals annually from Islay, which were driven over a hill road from Feolin on the Sound of Islay.



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Old Photographs Millport Scotland

Old photograph of Millport, Scotland. This is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire. During the development of the River Clyde as a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs and Excise. Several of the streets in Millport are named after crew members of the Revenue cutter Royal George. The Victorian era was a period of rapid growth, both in terms of population, governance, amenities and property. To the west and east of the old harbour, many fine Victorian and Edwardian villas were built, along with new tenements. These still form the backbone of the housing stock. Millport, along with Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, is famous with generations of daytrippers from Glasgow as one of the resorts visited going doon the watter, down the water, meaning taking a trip aboard a River Clyde paddle steamer. Millport has an 18 hole golf course, with views over the Arran hills and the Firth of Clyde. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photographs Kinghorn Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland. The old town was dramatically transformed in 1846 by the construction of the railway viaduct across the valley of the burn and the opening of Kinghorn Station by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway which had its terminus at Burntisland for ferries across the Forth to Granton.


Old photograph of the beach at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Threave Castle Scotland


Old photograph of Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located on an island in the River Dee, west of Castle Douglas, this Scottish castle was the home of 'Black' Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their fall in 1455. Tour Scottish Castles.



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