Old Photograph Ewart Library Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of Ewart Library in Dumfries, Scotland. The most noted Renaissance style library in Scotland is the Ewart Library in Dumfries, which was officially opened in 1904 by the donor of the site, Miss McKie. Mr and Mrs Carnegie also attended the ceremony, where Andrew Carnegie was presented with the freedom of the burgh.



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Old Photographs Golf Course Cruden Bay Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course at Cruden Bay located 26 miles North of Aberdeen, Scotland. Cruden Bay is traditional Scottish links golf course, originally designed by Tom Morris and Archie Simpson, and only two hours drive from St Andrews in Fife.



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Old Photograph Tinkler's Gill Green Gleneagles Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on Tinkler's Gill green on a golf course at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph The Soap Factory Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the fire at the Soap Factory in Aberdeen, Scotland. Ogston & Tennant Ltd, soap and candle manufacturers, was formed in 1898 from two companies joining A. Ogston and Sons and Charles Tennant and Company. At the time of the merger Ogstons already owned both a factory and warehouses in Loch Street, Aberdeen. On 9 March 1910 the company won damages against the Glasgow Daily Record for defamation. This was in connection with another libel, by the Daily Mail against Lever Brothers. It totalled £9,000 and the news was reported around the world. On 28 June 1910 they suffered a great fire which engulfed and destroyed the factory. Reports mention machinery crashing through the floors. Damage totalled £80,000. In 1911 the company agreed to an " association " with Lever Brothers and after the second world war, they became part of the company until they ceased trading in the 1970s.



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Old Photograph Eaglesfield Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and a Double Decker bus in Eaglesfield near Annan in south east Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish village is located not far from the English Border. Eaglesfield is of ancient origin, and Blacket Tower is the former seat of an old Borders family. There is some debate about the origin of the first element of the name which may derive from the Celtic word for a church, eglwys in modern Welsh, or eaglais in modern Scottish Gaelic. Many of the buildings in the town are of recent construction, from the 19th and 20th centuries. The town is a good example of a linear settlement, as most of it is in and around a single road.



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Old Photograph McLeod and Sons Shipyard Alloa Scotland

Old photograph of a boat launching in McLeod and Sons Shipyard in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. During the Second World War, the shipyard converted and refitted about 300 vessels and also overhauled tank landing craft, many of which took part in the D-Day landings in June 1944. The port of Alloa had declined by the 1950s and McLeod & Sons shipyard closed in 1972.



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Old Photograph Cardonald Parish Church Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Cardonald Parish Church on Paisley Road West in Glasgow, Scotland. Early English Gothic of Ballochmyle red sandstone designed by P MacGregor Chalmers, between 1888 and 1889. Nave and aisles gothic church with complex roof forms. Side aisle, also by Chalmers, added 1899.



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Old Photograph Parish Church Old Kilpatrick Scotland

Old photograph of the parish church in Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was built in 1812, although it is believed the original building was erected in the 12th century.





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Old Photograph Luggie Bridge Kirkintilloch Scotland

Old photograph of Luggie Bridge in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. A three arch 18th century masonry bridge with ornate cast iron railings carrying East High Street over the Luggie Water on the east side of Kirkintilloch. The bridge is said to have been rebuilt in 1715, but was later widened by the addition of walkways on each side.



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Old Photograph Duntreath Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Duntreath Castle in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The The Edmonstone Baronetcy, of Duntreath in the County of Stirling, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created 20 May 1774 for Archibald Edmonstone, 11th of Duntreath, Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire and Ayr Burghs. He was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He represented Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire in the House of Commons. On his death the title passed to his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was a writer and traveller. He died without surviving issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the fourth Baronet. He was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. The family seat is Duntreath Castle by Blanefield.



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Old Photograph Yarrow Church Scotland

Old photograph of Yarrow Church and cemetery near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was only in 1640 that a church was built on this site, at Deuchar, to replace the parish church of St. Mary of the Lowes, by that time standing dilapidated in a remote and inconvenient situation near Kirkstead, overlooking St. Mary's Loch. In 1771 this new church was almost wholly rebuilt and in 1826 it was altered; half a century later it was again renovated. Further reconstruction in 1906 altered the original plan; the oblong church with a central cross-aisle now becoming a cruciform one. In 1922 this building was burnt down, only the bare walls being left. By the following year these surviving elements had been repaired and the fabric restored as a whole. The only features of antiquarian interest left are the bell, a sundial and the two doorways.



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Old Photograph Bridgegate Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of The Bridgegate in Glasgow, Scotland. The Bridgegate was synonymous with the rag and second hand clothes trade in the past. The Glaswegian word barras describes the handcarts which the traders used to sell their wares.



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Old Photograph Ardverikie House Scotland

Old photograph of Ardverikie House, Scotland. This Scottish house is located on a promontory overlooking Loch Laggan in the Scottish Highlands. It was designed by John Rhind of Inverness in a Scots baronial style, its gabled roofline complete with octagonal turrets with corbelled conical roofs. The tower panel is inscribed " Burnt 1873 Rebuilt 1874 Finished 1878 "; it is constructed of local grey granite rubble with contrasting tooled ashlar dressings. Ardverikie House became famous starring as Glenbogle House in the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen.



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Old Photograph Kinnordy House Scotland

Old photograph of Kinnordy House near Kirriemuir, Scotland. Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, was born in Kinnordy on 14 November 1797. He was the eldest of ten children. Lyell's father, was a lawyer and botanist of minor repute: it was he who first exposed his son to the study of nature. Charles became a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism, the idea that the Earth was shaped by the same processes still in operation today. Principles of Geology also challenged theories popularized by George Cuvier, which were the most accepted and circulated ideas about geology in England at the time. Lyell was also one of the first to believe that the world is older than 300 million years, on the basis of its geological anomalies. Lyell was a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin.



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Old Photograph Coodham House Scotland

Old photograph of Coodham House by Symington, South Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1826 Mrs William Fairlie, widow of a banker from Calcutta built the mansion house. In 1850 James Ogilvie Fairlie of Coodham organised a meeting at the Red Lion in Prestwick of fifty seven gentlemen from the West of Scotland, leading to the formation of the Prestwick Golf Club and as a direct result in 1860 the first Open Championship was held. In the 1870s W. H. Houldsworth Esq owned the property and added a new wing, conservatory and a private chapel. It was known as Williamfield for a time and later the property was renamed Fatima House and became a retreat with a new wing added.



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Old Photograph Ellon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ellon Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally built in the 15th century, the ruins of Ellon Castle date to the 17th century when the Ellon estate was bought by Bailie James Gordon. He landscaped the gardens and laid out a formal deer park of 30 acres. A luxurious country home for his wife, two sons and daughter, the Gordon's were soon to regret ever having set foot in Ellon. Both their young sons were murdered by their tutor and licentiate of the church, John Irvine. Irvine slit the boys' throats and then tried to commit suicide but was caught and hung shortly after.



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Old Photograph Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club Scotland

Old photograph of Boat of Garten Golf and Tennis Club in Badenoch And Strathspey, Scotland. Established in 1898 Boat of Garten Golf Club was designed by James Braid who was born in Earlsferry, Fife, He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. He then developed a very successful career in golf course design.



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Old Photograph Dalgonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of children below Dalgonar Bridge by Dunscore located nine miles North West of Dumfries, Scotland. In 1818, Dalgonar Bridge, half a mile south of Dunscore, was erected over the River Cairn and is 80 feet in span, which is about the greatest breadth of the river. It replaced an original wooden bridge of the previous century.



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