Old Photograph Mill Kelly Glen Wemyss Bay Scotland

Old photograph of the Sawmill in Kelly Glen by Wemyss Bay in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The name Wemyss is derived from the Scottish Gaelic uaimh which means cave. It is believed to be taken from the caves of the Firth of Forth where the Clan Wemyss made their home. The chiefs are one of the few noble families who are descended from the Celtic nobility through the Clan MacDuff Earls of Fife. The name Wemyss Bay may be associated with Bob Wemyss, who was the owner of a hut on the shore in the 19th century. Blog post 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 Photograph Allt Na Reigh Cottage Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of Allt Na Reigh cottage in Glencoe, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Mungo Park's Surgery Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of Mungo Park's Surgery in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The middle building was used by Mungo Park. He practised here as a physician from 1801 to 1804, in between his two great African journeys to explore the River Niger. He never returned, as in 1806 the party was drowned after boating 1,000 miles downstream, when they capsized in rapids with hostile natives attacking from the river bank. Blog post 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 Photograph Railway Station Bishopton Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde line, 13 miles west of Glasgow Central. It opened on 29 March 1841. Blog post 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 Railway Station Ballachulish Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. This station opened as Ballachulish on 20 August 1903 with two platforms. There was a goods yard on the north side of the station. Within two years it was renamed as Ballachulish and Glencoe and renamed again in 1908 as Ballachulish, Glencoe for Kinlochleven. Apart from a short closure in 1953, this latter name remained until closure in 1966. 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 Photograph Tough Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage and church in Tough, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Kirkton of Tough, usually shortened to Tough, is a small village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire. It is about 2.5 miles South East of Alford and 89 miles from Edinburgh. Tough is where the world famous, Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle was first bred. Blog post 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 Photograph Glenrothes Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a car and houses in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. The name Glenrothes comes from its historical link with the Earl of Rothes who owned much of the land upon which the new town has been built; the word " Glen " which is Scottish for valley, was added to the name to avoid confusion with Rothes in Moray and in recognition that the town lies in a river valley. Planned in the late 1940s as one of Scotland's first post second world war new towns its original purpose was to house miners who were to work at a newly established coal mine, the Rothes Colliery. Following the failure of the mine the town developed as an important industrial centre.



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Old Photograph Scottish Horse Soldier Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish Horse Soldier in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army from 1902 to 1956 when it was amalgamated with The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. It carries the traditions and battle honours of The Scottish Horse raised in South Africa in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. The regiment saw heavy fighting in both the Great War as the 13th Battalion of The Black Watch and in World War II as part of The Royal Artillery.



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Old Photograph Children Coldside Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of children in Coldside, Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Hamilton Road Cambuslang Scotland

Old photograph of Hamilton Road in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. Because of its relative prosperity, Cambuslang has been intimately concerned in the politics of the country, through the Duke of Hamilton connection, and of the local Church. Bishop John Cameron of Glasgow, the Scottish King's first minister, and Cardinal Beaton, a later first minister, were both Rectors of Cambuslang. This importance continued following the Protestant Reformation. From then until the Glorious Revolution a stream of Ministers of Cambuslang came, were expelled, or were re-instated, according to whether supporters of the King, Covenanters, or Oliver Cromwell were in power. The religious movements of the 18th century, including the Cambuslang Wark, were directly linked to similar movements in North America. The Scottish Enlightenment was well represented in the person of Rev Dr James Meek, the Minister. His troubles with his parishioners foreshadowed the split in the Church of Scotland during the 19th century. The manufacturing industries that grew up from the agricultural and mineral resources attracted immigrants from all over Scotland and Ireland and other European countries. Blog post 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 Photograph Celtic Cross Helensburgh Scotland

Old photograph of people standing beside a Celtic Cross in Helensburgh, Scotland. This Scottish town is located on the North shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gareloch. Helensburgh was founded in 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss built spa baths on the site of Ardencaple Castle, which dated back to about 1600. He then had the seaside resort town constructed to the east of the spa on a formal layout in the style of Edinburgh New Town, and named it after his wife Helen.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Port Ellen Islay Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

Lieutenant A. MacKinnon, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Company Quarter Master Sergeant, J. McNab, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Corporal. J. Hunter, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lance Corporal, N. Graham, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lance Corporal,W. Whyte, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private D. Whyte, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. MacCallum, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private A. MacLachlan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private H. MacArthur, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private D. Anderson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private D. MacDougall, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private P. Brown, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private O. Quintin, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private G. Qunitin, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private A. Torrie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. MacDougall, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private N. Fraser, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. C. Ferguson,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. Campbell, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private A. Smith, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. Grant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. MacIntyre, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private C. MacEachern, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. White, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private R. Black, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private J. MacLellan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private N. Kennedy, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private D. MacTaggart, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private R. MacPhail, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private M. MacDougall, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private A. Heads, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private D. MacKerrell, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Regimental Sergeant Major, N McPhail, Gordon Highlanders
Private R. Johnston, Gordon Highlanders
Private H. MacDougall, Gordon Highlanders
Private J. Donald, Gordon Highlanders
Private A. Currie, Gordon Highlanders
Private D. MacDougall, Gordon Highlanders
Private H. MacTaggart, Gordon Highlanders
Captain N Leitch, Highland Light Infantry
Private D. Sinclair, Highland Light Infantry
Private N. MacDonald, Highland Light Infantry
Private D. MacArthur, Highland Light Infantry
Private J. Hutchinson, Highland Light Infantry
Lieutenant M. McIntyre, Cameron Highlanders
Private D. Johnston, Cameron Highlanders
Piper C. McCalman, Cameron Highlanders
Chief Officer A. MacMillan, Merchant Service
Chief Officer D. Gilchrist, Merchant Service
Private D. MacKay, Medical Corps
Private D. McMillan, Medical Corps
R. MacArthur, King's Own Scottish Borderers
J McKerrell, Australian Imperial
Corporal D. MacMillan, Canadian Infantry
D. Bell, Canadian Highlanders

World War 2 Roll of Honour

A. MacTaggart, Royal Air Force
I. Ramsay, Royal Air Force
A. Campbell, Royal Air Force
J. McKerrell, Royal Air Force
D. Livingstone, Paratrooper
D. McNab, Cameronians
Pipe Major J. MacCalman,
Private J. Coia,
Carpenter L. McEachern,
D. McCuaig, D. McMillan,
N. McCallum,
A. Galbraith,
J. McGibbon, Royal Naval Reserve
H. MacAllister, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman R. Paul, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman J. Burns, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman A. MacFarlane, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman J. MacGibbon, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman A. Johnston, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman D. MacArthur, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman D. MacMillan, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman A. McInnes, Royal Naval Reserve
Seaman D. Campbell, Royal Marines
Sergeant, P McNeill, Royal Engineers
Private J. MacMillan, Royal Engineers
Sergeant, J. MacIntyre, Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Gunner A. MacDougall, Royal Fleet Auxiliary
A. MacCalman,
Lieutenant, M. McGilvray
Lance Corporal, D. MacDougall,
Private A. McLellan, Seaforth Highlanders
Private J. Morrison, Seaforth Highlanders
Private N. Cameron, Scots Guards
Private N. Cameron,
Private J. MacDougal

The distance from Glasgow and Paisley to Port Ellen is 142 miles



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Old Photograph Shanks Park Johnstone Scotland

Old photograph of Shanks Park in Johnstone located three miles West of Paisley, Scotland. Shanks Park is named after a leading industrialist of the nineteenth century who owned a company of heavy machine toolmakers, Thomas Shanks and Company. Thomas Shanks was Johnstone's first chief magistrate. Thomas's daughter, Mrs J Polson, gifted the park to the town in the name of her late father. Blog post 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 Photograph Tomb 1st Earl of Seafield Cullen Scotland

Old photograph of the tomb of James, 1st Earl of Seafield in the old church in Cullen, Moray, Scotland. James was the Chancellor of Scotland at the Treaty of Union of 1707.



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Old Photograph Kilberry Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Kilberry Castle in Argyll, Scotland. Kilberry Castle is a mansion house near the village of Kilberry in Knapdale. Built in 1497 as a castle, it was destroyed in 1513 and the remains were incorporated into a castellated mansion house built in 1844. Further additions occurred in 1871. Originally built in 1497 as a L-plan castle by a cadet branch of Clan Campbell. The castle was destroyed by an English pirate in 1513. The remains of the old castle were incorporated into the mansion built in 1844 by John Campbell, with the mansion being enlarged in 1871.



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Old Photograph Burns Street Tarbolton Scotland

Old photograph of a Pub, cottages and houses on Burns Street in Tarbolton in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is home to the Bachelors' Club, a frequent haunt of Robert Burns. On 11 November 1780 a debating club was founded by young men from Tarbolton parish, inspired by one that was established in Ayr, by Robert Burns, Gilbert Burns, Hugh Reid, Alexander Brown, Thomas Wright, William M'Gavin and Walter Mitchell. Robert Burns was unanimously elected president for the first meeting, held in the property of John Richard, used as an ale house. David Sillar, who lived nearby, was added to the list of founders in May 1781, followed by Matthew Paterson, James Paterson, and John Orr in 1782. The Club continued in operation for some years after Burns left the district.



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Old Photograph Bank Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Bank of Scotland in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Shaw Street Blairgowrie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people on Shaw Street in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Gordon Street Huntly Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, people and town clock on Gordon Street in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Huntly is the historic home of the Gordon Highlanders regiment which traditionally recruited throughout the North East of Scotland. William Milne, born 1785, died 1822, was born at Kennethmont near Huntly. He was the second British Protestant missionary to China, following Robert Morrison. He was the founding headmaster of the first Anglo-Chinese school, Ying Wa College, in 1818 at Malacca. This school was subsequently moved to Hong Kong by James Legge in 1843 and still exists. John Perie, born 1831, died 1874, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born in Huntly.



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Old Photographs High Street Perth Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people, buildings and cars on the High Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs High Street Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on the High Street in Carnoustie, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Park Avenue Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people on Park Avenue in Carnoustie, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Mary Street Lauriston Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, Tram and horse and cart on Mary Street in Lauriston located two miles East of Falkirk, Scotland. The course of the Antonine Roman Wall runs through this Scottish village. Located on the main street is Hawthorn Cottage, a nineteenth century stone dwelling that was once owned by Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prizes after his death. Nobel lived there while managing an explosives factory near the nearby villages of Redding and Westquarter.




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Old Photographs Portland Street Troon Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, and people on Portland Street in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. Charles Kerr Marr was born in Troon in 1855. A coal contractor by trade, Marr amassed a fortune whilst in London, England, during the 1st World War. Following his death, a substantial amount of this wealth was left to a Trust whose task it was to bring about the advancement of education in Troon. He died on the 15th of February, 1919




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Old Photograph Abbey Street Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of Abbey Street in Paisley, by Glasgow, Scotland. Historically, Paisley was notable as the religious home of the Stewart family who descended from Walter FitzAlan, the first High Steward of Scotland and founder of Paisley Abbey, eventually becoming the Scottish and British Royal Family. The Stewarts once resided at a castle in nearby Renfrew. All six of the High Stewards are buried in the Abbey, as is Marjorie Bruce – the eldest daughter of Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) – who married the 6th High Steward, thus founding the Stewart dynasty. The first Stewart King of Scotland and son of Marjorie Bruce and Walter Stewart, Robert II, is believed to have been born in the Abbey. His son Robert III is buried there. Ronald Reagan's maternal great great grandparents, Claude Wilson and Margaret Downey, were married at Paisley High Church on 23 May 1807.



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Old Photograph Fish On Pier Mallaig Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen and fish on the pier in Mallaig, Lochaber, Scotland. The village of Mallaig was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to the western part of the peninsula and turn to fishing as a way of life. The population and local economy expanded rapidly in the 20th century with the arrival of the railway. Ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Bruce Watt Sea Cruises sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, and the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Mallaig is the main commercial fishing port on the West Coast of Scotland, and during the 1960s was the busiest herring port in Europe. Mallaig prided itself at that time on its famous traditionally smoked kippers, but today only one traditional smokehouse remains, Jaffy's and Sons. Mallaig and the surrounding area is a popular area for holidays.



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Old Photograph Church Picnic Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of church picnic outside Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.



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Old Photograph Meigle House Scotland

Old photograph of Meigle House by Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is said to have been built on the site of a Pictish castle, probably occupied by Simon de Meggill sometime in the 12th century.





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Old Photograph Barclay Street Stonehaven Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shops and people on Barclay Street in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Stonehaven was a Jacobite town during the Jacobite rising of 1715, and it was a safe base for the retreating Jacobite army to stay overnight on the night of 5th of February 1716. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, Stonehaven, part of the Episcopalian north east, was again reliably Jacobite and it was one of the north eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment were periodically landed from France.



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Old Photograph Blacksmiths Dinnet Scotland

Old photograph of Blacksmiths outside a thatched smiddy cottage in Dinnet, Royal Deeside, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Portnacroish Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and house in Portnacroish located two miles North East of Port Appin in Argyll, Scotland. Castle Stalker lies in an islet within Loch Laich and opposite Portnacroish.




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Old Photograph Bridgend Lochwinnoch Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Bridgend, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. Bridgend is these days a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley. 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 Photograph Townhead Of Greenlaw Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horse and cart and people in Townhead Of Greenlaw by Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishwife Packing Herring Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife packing herring in Peterhead, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade.



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Old Photograph Market Square Mid Calder Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, and people on Market Square in Mid Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located on a steep hill overlooking the River Almond and Calder Wood, around 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The town has been on a major crossroads since its origin some time in the eleventh century. For centuries a large part of the economy of the Scottish Highlands revolved around the breeding and trading of Highland Cows. They were moved along drove roads from all parts of the country, including some of the islands, to trysts or markets held in Crieff and Falkirk. Most of the cattle would then be driven south to feed consumers in England. Several of the drove routes used came together at Mid Calder. Huge herds of cattle would come across fords or bridges over the River Almond before crossing the Pentland Hills to West Linton. The peak year was 1840 when some 150,000 cattle passed through the area over the three months from August to October. This traffic helped support no fewer than nine public houses in the village.





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Old Photograph Chapelton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Chapelton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located approximately halfway between the towns of East Kilbride and Strathaven, on the A726. It resides in the former Parish of Glassford.



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Old Photograph Crofter Carrying Creel Basket Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter woman carrying a creel basket on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. A Creel is a wicker basket usually used for carrying fish or peats. It is also the cage used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. In modern times it has come to mean a range of types of wicker baskets used by anglers or commercial fishermen to hold fish or other prey. The word is also found in agriculture and for some domestic baskets. In the North Sea herring fishing industry of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the creel was a basket used to measure the volume of a catch. The standard measure were creel which were made in officially approved volumes of one half and one quarter cran. A cran, Gaelic kræn, was a unit of capacity used for measuring fresh herring, equal to 37.5 imperial gallons.



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Old Photograph Professor University St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Professor at the University in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pittodrie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pittodrie House by Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is located in the foothills of the impressive and foreboding hill of Bennachie was once the property of the Erskine family, and incorporates an old tower house. This building was extended many centuries later when becoming a hotel. The former nursery of the house is said to be haunted by a ghost, which is believed to be the spirit of a servant. Legend has it that this ladies duties included looking after the children and in 1640 she died after falling down the staircase during a fire.



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Old Photograph Cambusmichael Church Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Cambusmichael Church located three miles North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. There was a church here in the 12th century which may have gone out of use when the parish of Cambusmichael was united with St Martins at some time before 1693. It was ruinous by 1711 when an account states that there was another small ruinous chapel beside it in the burial ground; there are no visible remains of this latter building.



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Old Photograph Barometer Dunbar Scotland


Old photograph of soldiers by the Barometer at the harbour in Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. The Fishermen's Memorial at the Old Harbour, Dunbar, erected in 1856 houses a restored barometer. The original barometer is said to have been paid for by a local benefactor.



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Old Photograph Ladies Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of ladies golfing on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Parish Church Kirkmichael Ayrshire Scotland


Old photograph of the Parish Church in Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland. The village church dates back to 1787 and is a fairly typical T-plan design intended to provide a large number of seats within a fairly small space, all exposed to the full force of the preacher's oratory. The surrounding churchyard reflects its much greater age, though the attractive lich gate leading to it only dates back to 1702, according to the inscription on its bell. The lich gate was intended to accommodate mourners at funerals.



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Old Photograph Entertainers Largs Scotland

Old photograph of entertainers in Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. From its beginnings as a small village around its kirk, Largs evolved into a busy and popular seaside resort in the nineteenth century. Large hotels appeared and the pier was constructed in 1834. It was not until 1895, however, that the railway made the connection to Largs, sealing the town's popularity.



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Old Photographs Renfrew Airport Scotland

Old photograph of Renfrew Airport by Glasgow, Scotland. Already in existence as a military facility during the First World War, it first handled scheduled flights in 1933 with the first regular destination being Campbeltown. The final departure took place on 2 May 1966, its destination being the new Glasgow Airport a few hundred metres away. The airport features briefly in the second novel of a space opera series by Angus MacVicar, Return to the Lost Planet. One of the characters is about to fly back from Scotland to Berlin, but the hero and his companion join him at the last minute on the bus from St. Enoch, Glasgow, to the airport, and persuade him to stay and help them.




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Old Photograph Ferry Inn Rosneath Scotland

Old photograph of the Ferry Inn in Rosneath located two miles from Kilcreggan, Scotland. From 1941 to 1945, Rosneath was home to an important naval base, thanks to its location in the well sheltered natural harbour of the Gare Loch. The Americans used Rosneath Castle as a base of operations. The castle was later demolished in 1963.





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