Old Photograph Portknockie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Portknockie, Moray Firth, Scotland. This Scottish village was founded in 1677 and became a significant herring fishing port during the nineteenth century, although today only a handful of commercial inshore boats remain.



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Old Photographs Inverurie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Inverurie is said to have been founded by David of Huntingdon, Earl of the Garioch, brother of Malcolm IV, great-great-grandfather of Robert the Bruce who defeated the Comyns nearby at the Battle of Barra on Christmas Eve 1307.



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Tour Scotland Video Entrance Facade Falkland Palace Fife

Tour Scotland video of the entrance facade at Falkland Palace on ancestry visit to Falkland in Fife, Scotland. A former royal palace of the Scottish Kings. The Scottish Crown acquired Falkland Castle from MacDuff of Fife in the 14th century. In 1402 Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany imprisoned his nephew David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, the eldest son of King Robert III of Scotland, at Falkland. The incarcerated Duke eventually died there from neglect and starvation. Mary, Queen of Scots, was a frequent visitor to Falkland Palace. The palace courtyard is entered through the gatehouse tower at the west end of the South Quarter as shown above. This facade has many armorial tablets

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Tour Scotland Videos The Cathedral Express Steam Train Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of The Cathedral Express steam train arriving at the railway station on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. First steamed in 2008, after a 19 year project to fund and build the locomotive, Tornado was built to be not a replica, but the 50th A1. The locomotive is currently painted in British Railway's Express Passenger Blue, a livery which was carried by the A1s between 1948 and the early 1950s. Tornado has 3 cylinders, 6 driving wheels and a firebox of 50 square feet. During its short life Tornado has twice hauled the Royal Train.



Tour Scotland video of The Cathedral Express steam train leaving the railway station after visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Videos Union Of South Africa Steam Train Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Union Of South Africa steam train arriving at the railway station on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. 60009 Union of South Africa is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built in Doncaster in 1937.



Tour Scotland video of the Union Of South Africa steam train at the railway station on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Thomas G Stewart Mathemetical Master Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Thomas G Stewart, Mathemetical Master, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Sacred to the memory of Thomas G. Stewart, Mathemetical Master in the Edinburgh Institution, who died from the effects of an accident 4th of March 1863, aged 24 years. This stone is erected by his fellow Masters and pupils who deeply deplore his untimely death.

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Tour Scotland Video Thomas Stewart Builder Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Thomas Stewart, Builder, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by David A. Stewart in memory of his father Thomas Stewart, Builder, Rattray, who died 29th February 1864, aged 64 years. Also of his mother Susan Robertson, who died 19th December 1868, aged 57 years. The above David A. Stewart who died at Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1875, aged 33 years. Also their son Alexander Stewart who died at Zlobane in the Zulu War 28th of March 1879, aged 42 years.

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Tour Scotland Video Thomas Robertson Gardener Gravestone Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Thomas Robertson, Gardener, gravestone on ancestry visit to the Parish Church graveyard in Rattray by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Thomas Robertson, Gardener, Rattray, who died 3rd of February 1889, aged 86 years. Also his spouse Margaret McQueen, who died 2th of May, 1835, aged 84 years.

The Robertson surname is spelt variously as Robertson, Roberts, Robarts and Robeson, and amongst the early records is one which shows that Thomas Robertson, a merchant Scot, had a safe conduct to travel to England in 1444, although legend has it, that the patronymic Robertson was adopted by a Scottish family, after King Robert the Bruce of Scotland in circa 1306, said that he regarded them as his children. Nicholas Robertson, aged 30, was an early emigrant to America. He embarked from London on the ship " Blessing " bound for New England in June 1635. Alexander Robertson, born 1670, died 1749, thirteenth Baron of Struan, became chief of the clan Robertson in 1688.

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Tour Scotland Video Druids Park Standing Stone Circle Murthly Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Druids Park Standing Stone Circle on ancestry visit to Murthly, Perthshire, Scotland. Prior to the laying out of the asylum at Murthly between 1863 and 1864, this stone circle stood out prominently in an open field but it is now surrounded by trees and plants. It is probable that the circle originally comprised 8 stones, of which 5 remain ranging from three to eight feet in height. In 1863 some cinerary urns were found within a few yards of the circle, some in groups of 2 and 3 and one series arranged in a circle. One example however, was buried alone, and contained partly burnt human bones, possibly of a child, together with a perforated bone object, probably a button or play thing.

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Tour Scotland Video Bradystone House And Garden Murthly Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Bradystone House and Garden on ancestry visit to Murthly, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Highland Railway Signal Box Murthly Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the old Highland Railway Signal Box on ancestry visit to Murthly, Perthshire, Scotland. Built in late 19th century for the Highland Railway. Timber box on brick plinth with standard Highland Railway plank and strip cladding. 4 windows to front, of which outer ones slide behind inner, 2 windows at each end. At Perth end bracketed porch formerly with straight wooden stair along side.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs St Vigeans Graveyard Arbroath Angus

Tour Scotland video of photographs of St Vigeans graveyard and cemetery on ancestry visit to Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. St Vigeans Church, built of the local red sandstone, served as parish church to the inhabitants of Arbroath up to the Reformation. The 18th century headstones in the kirkyard, some of which are notably well carved, are interesting examples of folk-art, characteristic of Angus. There was once a legend that the kirk was built with stones used by an enslaved Kelpie, and for several years the local congregation would not enter the kirk during certain services for fear the building would collapse due to the Kelpie's curse.

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Tour Scotland Video Eems Chrystal Cargo Ship Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland video of the Eems Chrystal cargo ship leaving the harbour on the River Tay after a visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. It would have been a better video if the sun had been shining, oh well.

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Old Photograph Children Gorbals Scotland

Old photograph of children in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Hotel Glenisla Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel in Glenisla, Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Persey Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel in Persey by Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Broughty Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Broughty Castle by Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Peel House Scotland

Old photograph of Peel House, Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Lord Craigmyle handed over Peel House and its grounds on trust to be used as a hospital for service patients. Peel Hospital was built as an emergency medical service hospital and after the war, in 1948 when the NHS came into being, the hospital was used for a while for the the treatment of civilian patients. During the First World War, Lord Craigmyle served in the Royal Marine Artillery and was involved in the Battle of the Somme, he too had experienced the horrors and conditions of deadly warfare where around 450,000 British and Allied soldiers were killed. Thousands more were badly wounded or blinded, and many more suffered from mustard gas and shell shock.



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Old Photograph Langlea Scotland

Old photograph of Langlea, Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Langlea is built on both sides of Melrose Road to the east of the town and north of the Gala Water and River Tweed.



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Old Photograph Gala House Scotland

Old photograph of Gala House, Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. This Scottish building was originally built as a tower house in 1487 by the Pringle family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas. In 1583, Andrew Hoppringill carried out much improvement and extended the house as his family home. Further expansion took place in 1611, before Andrew returned to live at the family seat of Smailholm Tower in 1635, when his daughter, Jean, married Hugh Scott.



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Old Photographs Gauldry Scotland

Old photograph of Gauldry, Fife, Scotland.





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Old Photograph Salmon Fishermen River Spey Scotland

Old photograph of Salmon Fishermen on the River Spey near Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Blackhall Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blackhall a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.





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Tour Scotland Video Sea Mine War Memorial West Wemyss Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Sea Mine War Memorial on ancestry visit to West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. Peter Graham, who was just 15, and coal miners Colin Smart, George Storrar, James Anderson and David Laing lost their lives after the device exploded near Lady's Rock. It is thought that they were trying to move the mine to prevent it being carried by the tide towards the village, where it could have claimed more lives.

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Tour Scotland Video Tractor McCormick Harvester Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of a tractor and McCormick Harvester on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally. Cyrus Hall McCormick, born February 15, 1809, died May 13, 1884, was an American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he and many members of his family became prominent residents of Chicago.

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Old Photograph The King's Theatre Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of The King's Theatre in Dundee, Scotland. The King's Theatre, Dundee, was a large scale touring venue for fifty years, and from time to time presented opera over most of that period. Unfortunately the owners closed it as a theatre venue in 1961, in order better to concentrate on wide screen cinema. It later became a bingo hall and is now a nightclub.



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Old Photograph Turriff Scotland

Old photograph of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Knights Templar appear to have had a base in this area, and a nearby site is still known as Temple Brae.



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Old Photograph Horse And Cart Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart in Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Heavy Horses Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of heavy horses pulling farm equipment on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill by Strathmiglo, Fife. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally.
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Tour Scotland Video Fowler Ploughing Engine Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of a Fowler ploughing engine on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally. John Fowler, born 11 July 1826, died 4 December 1864, was an English agricultural engineer who was a pioneer in the use of steam engines for ploughing and digging drainage channels. His inventions significantly reduced the cost of ploughing farmland, and also enabled the drainage of previously uncultivated land in many parts of the world, Fowler was born in Melksham, Wiltshire, England, the third of five brothers. His father, John Fowler senior was a wealthy Quaker merchant, who had married Rebecca Hull.

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Tour Scotland Video Raspberry Picker Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of a Raspberry harvester, picker on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally.

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Tour Scotland Video Narrow Tractors Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of narrow tractors on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally.

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Tour Scotland Video Vintage Classic Cars Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of vintage and classic cars on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally.

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