Old Photograph Golf Course Port Seton Scotland

Old photograph of golfers on the golf course by Port Seton, Scotland. This Scottish links golf club was founded in 1912 and originally played on a course extending from the Ship Inn towards Seton Sands.



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Old Photograph Free Church Kildonan Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of the Free Church in Kildonan, Island of Arran, Scotland. The former church now unused was built of random coursed sandstone and harled walls with a slated roof. The eastern gable retains some of the church’s former grandeur, with a rounded doorway framed by projecting post and lintel supports. Originally the eastern gable had a bell housing at the top. Two flat headed windows with triple frames lie on each side of the doorway arch. The nave walls have been altered but may have included similar windows. The western gable wall has been similarly modernized and hosts two simple flat-headed rectangular windows.





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Old Photograph Bothy Cottage Island of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of farm workers outside a Bothy cottage on the Island Of Arran, Scotland. Unmarried farm workers lived in a bothy. Normally they took the job on a six monthly basis seeking new employment at the Spring or Autumn. It was in bothies like this that the bothy ballad originated, expressing the feelings on their living conditions.



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Old Photograph Lucky Scaup Tayport Fife

Old photograph of the Lucky Scaup by Tayport, Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. This Scottish stone tower was built by Admiral Dougall in 1861. It was used as a marker for ships in the North Sea looking for safe haven. Vice Admiral William Heriot Maitland Dougall was born on 3 July 1819. He was the son of James Maitland Heriot and Margaret Dalgleish. He married Elizabeth Kinnear Dougall, daughter of William Stark Dougall, on 18 December 1851. He died on 7 March 1890 at age 70. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for Fife. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Fife. He was Colonel of the Fife and Stirling Volunteer Artillery, Tay Submarine Mines. He lived at Scotscraig, Tayport.

Children of Vice-Admiral William Heriot-Maitland-Dougall and Elizabeth Kinnear Dougall
Mary Catherine Heriot-Maitland-Dougall died 12 July 1919
William Heriot-Maitland-Dougall born 12 Oct 1852, died 3 June 1916
Frederick Heriot Heriot-Maitland-Dougall boen 17 Jan 1854, died 21 Oct 1916
James St. Leger Heriot-Maitland-Dougall born 17 Januaru 1867, died 11 May 1940



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Old Photographs Howgate Railway Station Scotland

Old photograph of Howgate Railway Station in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. This intermediate Scottish train station on the Glasgow to Giffen to Ardrossan line of the former Caledonian Railway was also the junction station for that company's branch to Irvine. It was opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 3 September 1888, closed on 1 January 1917 and was reopened on 1 February 1919. It was renamed Kilwinning East station by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 2 June 1924, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 4 July 1932.

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Old Photographs Maryburgh Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Maryburgh in Perthshire near Kelty in Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village was laid out as a planned estate and mining village in 1730 by the architect William Adam of Blairadam, but never completed, the village takes its name from Adam's wife Mary. William Adam and Mary Robertson had ten surviving children:

Janet, known as Jenny, born 1717, at Linktown, later managed their brothers' London business.
John, born 3 July 1721, at Linktown, took over Blair Adam and the other family businesses, as well as practising architecture.
Robert, born 3 July 1728 at Linktown, architect, and best known of the Adam brothers.
James, born 21 July 1732 architect, business partner of Robert.
William, known as Willie, born 1738.
Elizabeth, known as Betty, with Janet, managed their brothers' London business.
Helen known as Nellie.
Margaret, known as Peggy.
Mary, married John Drysdale, Minister of the Tron Kirk and one time Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, though now chiefly remembered for his friendship with economist Adam Smith.
Susannah, married Sir John Clerk of Eldin, son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik.
The birth dates of their five younger daughters are not recorded. In addition another son, named William, and two daughters died in infancy.

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Old Photograph Falkland House Scotland

Old photograph of Falkland house near Falkland village in Fife, Scotland. This Scottish house was built between 1838 and 1844 by William Burn for Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce and his wife. Nuthill House was demolished and its stone reused in the building of the house. The Tyndall-Bruces later went on to finance the rebuilding of Falkland Parish Church. The house is now a school. The chapel is in the house and is built in a Jacobean style.



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Old Photograph Harry Kemp's Entertainers Saltcoats Scotland

Old photograph of Harry Kemp's Entertainers in Saltcoats, Scotland. Harry Kemp introduced a series of concert parties during the 1922 summer season at the La Scala cinema in Saltcoats. This proved to be the first of the renowned Kemp Summer Shows which ran at venues up and down the Ayrshire Coast. Kemp also invested heavily in Saltcoats' cinemas, with the Regal and La Scala cinemas in Saltcoats remaining in Kemp family ownership after Harry's death in 1972. Amongst the many performers who featured in Kemp's shows at the Beach Pavillion was Dave Willis, born 1895, died 1973, a Scottish comedian and actor well-known for his music hall performances in 1930s and 1940s. Willis also made two films for Welwyn Studios, co-starring with Patricia Kirkwood. Built on the site of the old Minstrel Stance, the Beach Pavilion was constructed to house summer shows. The Beach Pavilion, built as part of the Lido Complex, was also used a cartographic centre during World War II.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Cottage Howwood Renfrewshire Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial Cottage in Howwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The Howwood memorial is in the form of a bronze tablet which was originally by the cottage built for the District Nurse.

World War I ROLL OF HONOUR:
Allan John King's Own Scottish Borderers Private
Allison John Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Second Lieutenant 14th A&S.H.
Armstrong John Seaforth Highlanders Lance Corporal 7th Seaforths
Cairnduff Andrew Highland Light Infantry Lance Corporal 9th H.L.I.
Campbell Hugh Seaforth Highlanders Private 8th Seaforths
Clark Philip Royal Scots Fusiliers Private 7th R.S.F.
Clews James Gordon Highlanders Private 1st Gordons
Edgar John Highland Light Infantry Private M.M. 15th H.L.I.
Findlay Matthew Seaforth Highlanders Private 7th Seaforths
Findlay William Royal Field Artillery Gunner
Gilhooley James Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Private 10th A&S.H.
Gilhooley John Royal Navy Petty Officer
Graham John Gordon Highlanders Private 1/7th Gordons
Guthrie Gilbert Naval Service Cadet
Guthrie Robert H.B. Scottish Rifles Private 9th S.R.
Haughey James Seaforth Highlanders Private 7th Seaforths
Hunter John Scottish Rifles Company Segreant Major 1st S.R.
Irwin David R.I.R. Sergeant 10th R.I.R.
Irwin James R.I.R. Sergeant 14th R.I.R.
Logan David Royal Air Force Private oMcCabe William H. Border Regiment Private 1st Border
McIlroy John Royal Scots Fusiliers Private
Moore James R.H.A. Bombadier
Murphy William A.S.C. Private
Neillands Robert Imperial Camel Corps Corporal
Nelson William Barr R.F.London Regiment Signalman 2nd. R.F. London Regiment
Niven William Royal Scots Private 12th R.S.
Stevenson John A.S.C.M.T. Private
Trainor John Royal Navy Able Seaman
Weir Robert R. Canadians Trooper Canadian L.H.
Wilson David Royal Scots Fusiliers Private 1/4th R.S.F.

World War ROLL OF HONOUR:
Andrew R. Merchant Navy
Bruce R. Royal Artillery Gunner 57th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
Crosbie C. Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant
Harvey O.S. Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant
Nicol H. Seaforth Highlanders Corporal 6th Seaforths
Smith T. Cameronians Rifleman 2nd. Cameronians

The distance from Glasgow and Paisley to Howwood is 17 miles via M8 and A737

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Old Photograph MacDuff's Tower and Castle Fife Scotland

Old photograph of MacDuff's Castle and Tower by East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. The location of this Scottish castle is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages, although nothing survives from this period. The present ruins are the remains of the home of the Wemyss family, who lived here from the 14th century, and their successors in the 16th century. It is thought that a castle may have been built here by the MacDuff Mormaers, or Earls, of Fife in the 11th century, at the time of King Macbeth of Scotland. The castle is supposedly haunted by a Grey Lady, said to be a Mary Sibbald who was found guilty of theft and died in the castle.





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Old Photograph The Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital Buckhaven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of The Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital in Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland. Captain Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss, born 11 July 1858, died 17 July 1908, was Laird of Wemyss Castle and Chief of Clan Wemyss. This Scottish hospital was erected in Buckhaven in his memory at a cost of £10,000, and opened on 28 August 1909. Randolph was born in Wemyss Castle on 11 July 1858, the eldest son on James Hay Erskine Wemyss and Augusta Millicent Anne Mary Kennedy Erskine, youngest daughter of the Honourable John Kennedy Erskine of Dun in the County of Forfar. He was tutored at home by Reverend John Thomson; minister of St. Adrian’s church in West Wemyss, until he entered Eton College in England in 1873. Randolph married twice. Firstly Lady Lillian Mary Paulet, daughter of John Paulet, 14th Marquess of Winchester and the Honorable Mary Montagu, on 18 July 1884. His second marriage was to Lady Eva Cecilia Margaret Wellesley, daughter of the William Henry Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley on 23 November 1899.



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Tour Scotland Video Aberdour Castle Fife

Tour Scotland video of Aberdour Castle on ancestry visit Easter Aberdour in Fife, Scotland. This historic castle became known to American TV audiences as one of the settings for the hit TV series Outlander. This Scottish castle began as a modest hall house built by the de Mortimer family,.on a site overlooking the Dour Burn in the 13th century. The oldest ruined part is one of the earliest surviving stone castles in mainland Scotland. James Douglas, Earl of Morton, who was Regent of Scotland from 1572 to 1578 built the first big structure east of the existing tower house. In the 1630s the Seventh Earl of Morton, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, built an L-shaped extension known as the east range.

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Tour Scotland Video Women For Scottish Independence Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of women for Scottish Independence in the city centre at a flash rally on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. These are women who support independence for Scotland and will work with others for a Yes vote in the referendum.

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Old Photograph Jean Alwyn Scotland

Old photograph of Jean Alwyn who was born on October 10, 1885 in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. Jean was a Scottish actress, known for Winning a Widow in 1910 and The Greatest Wish in the World in 1918. She also acted in Levy's play, " Who's the Lady ? ", at the Garrick Theatre in London, England with Farren Soutar, E. Dagnall, Fay Compton, Violet Gould, and Minnie Terry in the cast.



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Old Photograph George MacDonald Scotland

Old photograph of George MacDonald who was born on 10 December 1824 in Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. George was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. His father, a farmer, was one of the MacDonalds of Glen Coe, and a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the massacre of 1692. He took his degree at the University of Aberdeen, and then went to London, England, studying at Highbury College for the Congregational ministry. He went to London and taught for some time at the University of London. MacDonald was also for a time editor of Good Words for the Young, and lectured successfully in the United States during 1872 to 1873. His best known works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith, all fantasy novels, and fairy tales such as The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. " I write, not for children, " he wrote, " but for the child like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy five. " MacDonald also published some volumes of sermons, the pulpit not having proved an unreservedly successful venue. He died on 18 September 1905.



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Old Photograph Jack Buchanan Scotland

Old photograph of Jack Buchanan who was born 2 April 1891 in Helensburgh, Scotland. Jack was the son of Walter John Buchanan, died 1902, and his wife, Patricia, née McWatt, died 1936. He was educated at the Glasgow Academy. After a brief attempt to follow his late father's profession as an auctioneer and a failure at acting in Glasgow, he went to London and became a music-hall comedian under the name of Chump Buchanan and first appeared on the West End in September 1912 in the comic opera The Grass Widow at the Apollo Theatre. Hardship dogged him for a while before he became famous whilst on tour in Tonight's the Night. He produced and acted in his own plays both in London and New York. Buchanan's Hollywood films included Paris, The Show of Shows, 1929, Monte Carlo, 1930, The Band Wagon, 1953. His British films included Yes, Mr Brown, Good Night, Vienna, That's a Good Girl, Brewster's Millions, Come Out of the Pantry, When Knights Were Bold, This'll Make You Whistle , Smash and Grab, The Sky's the Limit, Break the News, The Gang's All Here, The Middle Watch, Bulldog Sees It Through , As Long as They're Happy, and Josephine and Men. He made one French film, The Diary of Major Thompson. Buchanan died in London in 1957 when he was 66 years old.

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Old Photograph Frederick Guthrie Tait Scotland

Old photograph of Frederick Guthrie Tait who was born on 11 January 1870 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Freddie was a Scottish soldier and amateur golfer. He was the third son of eminent physicist and fanatical amateur golfer Peter Guthrie Tait. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Sedbergh School. He then went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and is credited with introducing golf there. Tait was commissioned into the 2nd battalion the Leinster regiment, 109th foot, and then transferred to the 2nd battalion of the Black Watch. Tait was an extremely powerful and long hitter of the ball. At The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Fife, on 11 January 1893, he hit the ball 250 yards. Tait won The Amateur Championship twice in 1896 and 1898, finished third in The Open Championship twice in 1896 and 1897, and was leading amateur in the same competition on six occasions. Tait was killed in action at Koodoosberg during the Second Boer War.

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Old Photograph Railway Station Carron Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Carron in Moray, Scotland. This intermediate Scottish station on the Boat of Garten to Craigellachie, Spey Valley or Speyside line of the former Great North of Scotland Railway was opened on 1 July 1863, by the Strathspey Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the line as a whole, on 18 October 1965.



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Old Photograph St Peter's Church Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of St Peter's Church in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The ruins of the old St Peter's Church are situated in the old part of Thurso adjacent to the river. This Scottish church was founded about 1220 by Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness, partly rebuilt in 1636, when the tower was erected, and closed in 1832.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Traditional Music Sunday Afternoon Scone Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Jimmy Cassidy on accordion and Callum Wallace on percussion playing Scottish Traditional music on a Sunday afternoon visit to the Wheel Inn in Scone by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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