Tour Scotland Video Of Biplanes Flying Above River Tay Newburgh Fife

Tour Scotland video of Biplanes flying above the River Tay by Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. A flying display on Heritage Day in Newburgh. David Cyster in the Tiger Moth and Dai Heather-Hayes in the Pitts Special give a wonderful display of flying this afternoon. The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation. The Pitts Special, company designations S1 and S2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Shepherd With Sheepdogs Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of a Scots shepherd with his sheepdogs and sheep near Aviemore on visit to the Scottish Highlands, of Scotland.

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Old Photograph Lochcarron Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Lochcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland. Lochcarron is so called from an arm of the sea which it is intersected, and which derived its name from the river Carron, signifying in Gaelic a winding stream. At an early period, the parish here was in the possession of several Clan chiefs, the principle of whom was Macdonald of Gengarry, who had the western part of Strome. All these were gradually dispossessed by Seaforth Lord Kintail, who took the Castle of Strome in 1609. William and Alexander Mackenzie, who were brothers of this parish, were the authors of some popular Gaelic poetry.



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Old Photographs Tobermory Scotland

Old photographs of Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Legend has it that the wreck of a Spanish galleon, laden with gold, lies somewhere in the mud at the bottom of Tobermory Bay, although the ship's true identity, and cargo, are in dispute. Due to similarities in sailing conditions, in the mid 1800s emigrant sailors created the community of Tobermory, located in Ontario, Canada. This namesake town has twin harbours, known locally as " Big Tub " and " Little Tub ", which sheltered ships from the severe storms of Lake Huron. During World War II, Tobermory was home to Royal Navy training base HMS Western Isles under the command of the legendary Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson.



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Old Photographs Interior Blair Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of the interior of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Abbey Church Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Abbey Church Culross, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish Church is located on a hillside overlooking the town of Culross.

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Old Photographs Townhill Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottage, Tram and people in Townhill just North of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the village is thought to be from the coal mining industry. The ancient gallows of the burgh was erected about a mile north east of the town on the road to the Townhill Colliery at a place still named Gallow Bank.

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Old Photograph Train Station Montrose Scotland

Old photograph of railway staff outside the Train Station in Montrose, Scotland. The current station was opened in 1883 by the North British Railway on their North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway route linking Arbroath with the Scottish North Eastern Railway main line through Strathmore at Kinnaber Junction. This was essentially a continuation of the NBR main line from Edinburgh via the Tay Rail Bridge and allowed the company to accelerate its services between the Scottish capital and Aberdeen by an hour. Though the line received parliamentary approval in 1871, it wasn't until 1881 that the line was opened for goods traffic.



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Tour Scotland Video Sir George Bruce Tomb Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Sir George Bruce Tomb in Abbey Church Culross, Fife, Scotland. Sir George Bruce of Carnock, born 1550, died 1625, was a Scottish merchant and engineer. He was born in Carnock, near Dunfermline. King James VI, on a royal visit by to Culross, was invited by Sir George Bruce to visit one of his mines which tunnelled down beneath the sea bed. The King ventured into the tunnel which went far out into the Firth of Forth and found himself at a shaft point where the coal was loaded onto the ships. Alarmed to find himself surrounded by water at the top of the shaft, his Highness accused Sir George of an attempt on his life and declared that the whole affair was an act of treason! It was only when Sir George pointed out the rowing boat and explained that one could either use that or return by the tunnel from whence they came that the King relaxed again, and took the option of the boat journey.

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Tour Scotland Video Admiral Thomas Cochrane Memorial Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Admiral Thomas Cochrane memorial in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM, born 14th December 1775, died 31st October 1860, was a Scottish naval flag officer of the Royal Navy and radical politician. He was a daring and successful captain of the Napoleonic Wars, leading the French to nickname him Le Loup des Mers, The Sea Wolf.

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Tour Scotland Video Palace Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Palace in Culross, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish palace was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock. Bruce was a successful merchant who had a flourishing trade with other Forth ports, the Low Countries and the Baltic countries. He had interests in coal mining and salt production, and is credited with sinking the world's first coal mine to extend under the sea. Although never a royal residence, James VI visited the Palace in 1617.

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Tour Scotland Video Palace Garden Culross

Tour Scotland video of the Palace Garden in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The restored 17th century garden, complete with raised beds, a covered walkway and crushed shell paths. The herbs, vegetables and fruit trees planted in the garden are those that would have been found in the early 17th century.

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Old Photograph Crofter Cottage Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter outside his cottage on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Within crofting townships, individual crofts were established on the best land, and a large area of lesser quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing. Crofters also harvested Peat which was an important source of fuel. The women often spun and dyed wool as well as hand knitting and weaving. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Roots in Scotland.



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Old Photograph Provand's Lordship Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Provand's Lordship, Glasgow, Scotland. Provand's Lordship was built in 1471 as part of St Nicholas's Hospital by Andrew Muirhead, Bishop of Glasgow, the Muirhead coat of arms is still visible on the side of the building.

Recorded in several spellings including Mairhead, Morehead, Moorehead, Moorhead, and Muirhead, this is a Scottish surname. It is of locational origin from any of the places in southern Scotland named with the northern Medieval English words " muir " meaning " moor ", plus " heid ", head or end of a valley. These places include Muirhead in the barony of Bothwell, and Mureheid in the diocese of Ross. The surname first appears on record at the end of the 14th Century. Early recordings include William de Murehede who witnessed a charter of lands of Cranshaw in 1401; Andrew Morheid, assizer at Lanark in 1432; David de Murhed,1 cleric in Glasgow in 1471; Richard Murhede, dean of Glasgow in 1491 and Thomas Mureheid or Moirheid, quarryman at Dunkeld, Perthshire in 1507.



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Old Photograph Student Golfer St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a student golfer in, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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This is a lavish, full-colour exploration of the Scottish town whose name is synonymous with golf. St Andrews, once Scotland's greatest city, the cradle of its religion and the birthplace of its first university; today the ancient burg is known the world over as the spiritual home of golf, a place that evokes images of windswept seaside links and legendary golfing champions. St Andrews: The Home of Golf celebrates this unique haven of the game through striking pictures by renowned golf photographer Kevin Murray, while the authors' blend of history, personal observations and anecdotes distills centuries of golfing tradition into lively, atmospheric prose. Combined, they capture the immortal nature of all that is best about golf embodied in one of its most important and beautiful locations. As the Open Championship returns to St Andrews in 2010, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" marks the 150th anniversary of golf's oldest and most prestigious tournament with a lavish visual journey along the medieval city's bustling cobbled streets, through the doors of many prestigious golf clubs residing within its venerable greystone walls, and around each one of St Andrews' several great courses, from the famous Old Course to the stunning new Castle Course. For those who know and love St Andrews, this book will evoke fond memories. For those still to make the pilgrimage and walk in the footsteps of golf's greatest players, St Andrews: The Home of Golf is a must-read that no lover of the game should be without. St Andrews: The Home of Golf.

Old Photograph Black Watch Soldier St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a Black watch soldier from St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Black Watch was formed at Aberfeldy in Perthshire in the early eighteenth century as an independent security force, or 'watch', to guard the approaches to the lawless areas of the Scottish Highlands.

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Old Photographs Murraygate Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Trams in Murraygate, Dundee, Scotland. The modern city centre is still divided into the six medieval thoroughfares: the Seagait, Murraygait, Nethergait, Overgait, Wellgait and the Cowgait, Gait” being an old Scots word for street, which all remain today, although the “Overgate” and “Wellgate” are now enclosed shopping centres.

Old photograph of Murraygate, Dundee, Scotland.

Old photograph of Murraygate, Dundee, Scotland.

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Lost Dundee brings the second city of renaissance Scotland back to life showing, through previously undiscovered photographs and drawings, the life and the maritime quarter of this great port. It illustrates Dundee's transformation into a major Georgian town at the centre of the flax trade between St Petersburg and the USA, with the development of major public buildings a result of the influx of wealth into the region. This book goes on to examine Dundee's next transformation into the jute capital of the world. Its identity was transformed by the arrival of railways, which separated the town from the sea, and by the great mills and factories which engulfed it on both sides.The pressures upon mediaeval Dundee proved so great that in 1871 the process of replacing it with grandiose Victorian boulevards began. The final section illustrates the changes wrought in the twentieth century with the death of jute and its replacement as the city's major employer by tertiary education. This book draws particularly upon the rich visual history sources of Charles Lawson's drawings of old Dundee in the Central Library, the DC Thomson photographic collection, and the University of Dundee Archives. Essential to the understanding of this constantly re-generating city, this book contains 150 drawings, photographs and plans of Dundee. Lost Dundee.

Old Photographs Leuchars Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Leuchars near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Bearsden Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. The Roman Antonine Wall runs through the town and the remains of a military Bath House can be seen near the town centre.

Old photograph of Canniesburn Toll, Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. Canniesburn, formerly the site of a tollhouse and smithy, now a huge roundabout.



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Old Photograph Museum Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of the Museum in Paisley, Scotland. Sir Peter Coats funded the construction of the modern Paisley Museum and Central Library in 1871, built in a neo Classical style. Sir Peter Coats was born on 18 July 1808 in Paisley and is deeply associated with that town. He attended Paisley Grammar School and then the University of Glasgow, at first intending to study for as a minister. However he decided to follow his father, James Coats, as a thread manufacturer, largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats. Sir Peter had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, with his wife Gloranna McKenzie, all staying together at Woodside House together with a small army of servants. Their eldest son Sir James Coats was made a baronet. He died in the Mustapha Superieur quarter of Algiers on 9 March 1890 aged 81. His body was returned to Paisley for burial in Woodside Cemetery, west of the town centre.



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Old Photograph Market Cross Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Market Cross, Aberdeen, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Balloch Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Balloch Castle on the southern tip of Loch Lomond, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built as a residence in 1808 by the architect Robert Lugar at the order of John Buchanan of Ardoch, a partner in the Glasgow Ship Bank. The Buchanans of Ardoch are descended from William Buchanan, first of Ardoch who was the eldest son of Thomas Buchanan of Gartincaber. The family are Cadets of Drummakill, via Gartincaber, Blairlusk, and Carbeth. John Buchanan of Ardoch, the bearer of these arms was fifth of Ardoch. He was born 1761 and married in 1785 Elizabeth Parkes. By this marriage he had, Mary who married Robert Finlay, John, and two daughters who died unmarried. John Buchanan of Ardoch took a leading part in the affairs of Dunbartonshire, and was appointed in 1794 as Deputy Lieutenant, and in 1820 Vice Lieutenant of the County. In 1821 he was elected Member of Parliament for the county. During his life time he purchased the estate of Balloch and built Balloch castle which until recently was in the possession of the Finlay family. He died in 1839.



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Old Photograph Dunbeath Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland. Although a castle has stood here since the 15th century, the present building is of mainly 17th century origin, with 19th century extensions. The first recorded laird was Alexander Sutherland. It later became the property of the Clan Sinclair through the marriage of the daughter of Alexander Sutherland to William Sinclair, the first Sinclair Earl of Caithness. The Sinclairs replaced the earlier structure with a four storey tower house in 1620. Scottish Castles.



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Old Photographs Longhope Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Longhope, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls which is one of the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. An RNLI lifeboat has been stationed at Longhope since 1874; a former lifeboat station is now a museum. On 17 March 1969 the station suffered one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history when its lifeboat, T.G.B., was lost with all eight crew after answering a mayday call during severe storms. In total, as of 2004, the station has received 26 bravery honours.

Old photograph of Longhope, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Old photograph of Longhope, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Old photograph of Longhope, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Overgate Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the Overgate, Dundee, Scotland. The modern city centre is still divided into the six medieval thoroughfares: the Seagait, Murraygait, Nethergait, Overgait, Wellgait and the Cowgait, Gait” being an old Scots word for street, which all remain today, although the “Overgate” and “Wellgate” are now enclosed shopping centres.



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Old Photograph Prince's Dock Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Prince's Dock, Glasgow, Scotland. Prince's Dock, Govan Road, was originally known as Cessnock Dock and built between 1893 and 1897 for the Clyde Navigation Trust. The formal opening was performed by the Duchess of York on 10 September 1895.



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Old Photographs Annan Scotland

Old photograph of Annan, located 15 miles from Dumfries, Scotland. Each year in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. During his retreat from Derby, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in the High Street at the old inn. It was at Annan in December 1332 that Bruce supporters overwhelmed Balliol's forces to bring about the end of the first invasion of Scotland in the Second War of Scottish Independence.



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