Old Photograph 1911 St. Johnstone Football Club Team Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the 1911 St. Johnstone Football Club Team in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Paddle Steamer Fusilier Portree Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the paddle steamer Fusilierat at the pier in Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Built in 1888, this was the first diagonal engine paddle steamer built by David MacBrayne company of Glasgow. She was first based at Oban for the Gairloch service via the Kyle of Lochalsh.



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Old Photograph Robert Moffat Monument Ormiston Scotland

Old photograph of the Robert Moffat monument in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. Robert, born 21 December 1795, died 9 August 1883, was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, and father in law of David Livingstone. In September 1816, he was formally commissioned at Surrey Chapel in London, England, as a missionary of the London Missionary Society and was sent out to South Africa. His fiancée Mary Smith, born 1795, died 1870, was able to join him three years later, after he returned to Cape Town from Namaqualand, where he converted the chief, Afrikaner, to Christianity, and she actively assisted further missionary work. In 1820 Moffat and his wife left the Cape and proceeded to Griquatown, where their daughter Mary, who was later to marry David Livingstone, was born. The family later settled at Kuruman, to the north of the Vaal River, among the Batswana people. Here they lived and worked passionately for the missionary cause, until in 1870 they returned to Britain. Robert and Mary Moffat had ten children: Mary, Ann, Robert, who died as an infant, Robert, Helen, Elizabeth, who also died as an infant, James, John, Elizabeth and Jean. Their son John Smith Moffat became an LMS missionary and took over running of the mission at Kuruman before entering colonial service. Their grandson Howard Unwin Moffat became a prime minister of Southern Rhodesia. Robert Moffat died at Leigh near Tunbridge Wells, on 9 August 1883, and is buried at West Norwood Cemetery. A memorial monument, paid for by public subscription, was in his birthplace in 1885.



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Old Photograph Shepherd Sheep Shearing Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Shepherd shearing a sheep on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. In 1830 potato blight caused the crops to fail so tenant farmers, crofters, on Isle of Skye could not pay their rent. In turn the landowners who often also owned properties in London, could not maintain their standard of living. Sheep farming at that time was more profitable than tenants who couldn't pay rent so tenants were evicted. This was known as the Highland Clearances. Many crofters emigrated to America, Canada and Australia.



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Old Photograph West Quay Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of the West Quay in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour. By 1791 a new pier was constructed at the East Quay. In 1812 Europe's first steamboat service was introduced by PS Comet with frequent sailings between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh, and as trade built up the pier became known as Steamboat Quay.



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Old Photographs Bowholm Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Bowholm by Canonbie, located six miles South of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Lonach Highlanders Scotland

Old photograph of the Lonach Highlanders in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Lonach Highlanders are members of The Lonach Highland and Friendly Society which was formed in 1823. The principal aims of the Society are the preservation of Highland Dress and the Gaelic language; to support loyal, peaceable manly conduct and the promotion of social and benevolent feelings among the inhabitants of the district. Most of the men in Lonach are Forbes, although there is a section for the Wallace and Gordon clans as well, each with their own tartan.



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Old Photograph Fishing Boats Harbour Wick Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Wick, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Ranwick Bay Island of Hoy Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of crofters cottages by Ranwick Bay, Island of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The main naval base for the British fleet Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south east of the island.



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Old Photograph Pictish Stone Cathedral Elgin Scotland

Old photograph of the Pictish Stone in the Cathedral in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.



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Old Photograph German Seamen's House Methil Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the German Seamen's House on Durie Street in Methil, Fife, Scotland. In 1898 the German Church in Edinburgh sent the missionary, Herr Voss, to minister to the German Seamen visiting the port in Methil. In 1900 the mission built the " Deutsches Seemanahaus ". At the outbreak of World War One the activities of the mission were suspended and closed permanently in 1939.



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Old Photograph Coastal Path To Dunbar Scotland

Old photograph of the coastal path to Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Tennis Courts St Leonards School St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of tennis courts by St Leonards School in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. St Leonards School, formerly St Leonards and St Katherines School, is an independent school, founded by the University of St Andrews in the nineteenth century. Dame Louisa Lumsden was appointed the School's first Headmistress in 1877. Louisa was born on 31 December 1840 in Aberdeen. She was a pioneer of female education. Louisa was a student and a tutor in classics at Girton College, Cambridge, England. Headmistress of St Leonards School, Fife, and the first warden of University Hall, University of St Andrews. She is credited with introducing lacrosse to St Leonards School.





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Old Photograph Shore Street Macduff Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats by Shore Street in Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The settlement of Doune on the east bank of the River Deveron was purchased in 1733 by William Duff, who became the first Earl Fife. In 1760, James Duff, the second Earl built a harbour there and in 1783 succeeded in promoting Macduff to a Burgh of Barony. The 2nd Earl Fife appointed his factor, William Rose, as the 1st Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town celebrated its bicentenary in 1983.



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Old Photograph Invercauld Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Invercauld Castle near Braemar, Royal Deeside, Scotland. The Farquharson family settled in the area in the 14th century, and constructed a tower house in the 16th century. A vaulted basement within the present building dates from this time, although the tower house was remodelled in the late 17th century. Further alterations were made through the 18th and 19th centuries, and in 1875 the castle was extensively remodelled by John Thomas Wimperis in the Scots Baronial style.



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Old Photograph Beach Entertainers Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of beach entertainers in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Pony And Trap Parade Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a pony and trap parade in the city centre in Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Mains Fall Mill Eaglesham Scotland

Old photograph of Mains Fall Mill by Eaglesham near Glasgow, Scotland. The original Mill dates to before 1574. In 1782, the Mill building was two storeys high and contained an engine for drying pease. Water was originally supplied from a dam which was situated at the confluence of the Ardoch and Enoch Burns. In 1820, Dunwan Dam was constructed to supply Eaglesham cotton mills. Water was diverted from its normal course however effectively controlled the flow of water down the Polnoon Burn to Millhall. Shortly afterwards a new corn mill was contructed at the Orry in Eaglesham replacing Millhall Mill as the Parish corn mill. Millhall Mill was used as a cotton mill, ropeworks and flock mill until the closure of the wool flock business sometime between 1901 and 1914. A grain mill was re-established between 1922 and 1930 by grain merchant, James B. Hyslop. Brown & Hislop, millers and grain merchants, purchased the mill, land and The Mill House in 1935. Later Bowie and Aram Limited purchased the mill, land and The Mill House continuing the milling and grain operations.



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Old Photograph Beach Huts Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of Beach Huts for swimmers changing into and out of swimming costumes on the beach in Aberdeen, Scotland. The traditional industries in Abedeen were fishing, paper making, shipbuilding, and textiles 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 Crosslee Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Crosslee village on the bank of the River Gryffe near Houston North East of Paisley, Scotland. Crosslee developed as a small community around a cotton mill, which opened in 1793, closing due to fire damage in 1858. A factory used for the production of cordite fuses during the First World War existed within the village, and was demolished in 1985. A further mill building still exists beside the river, having been redeveloped to provide office space.



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Old Photograph Floating Dock Invergordon Scotland

Old photograph of the floating dock in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Built by Cammell Laird in 1912, this dock was moved to Invergordon on the 6th September 1914 so that there was a repair dock facility capable of taking Dreadnoughts battleships in the North, pending completion of Rosyth dockyard in Fife.



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Old Photograph Doctor John Leyden Cottage Denholm Scotland

Old photograph of the thatched cottage in which Doctor John Leyden was born in Denholm, located between Jedburgh and Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. John Leyden, born 8 September 1775, died 28 August 1811, was a Scottish orientalist. He was born in Denholm on the River Teviot. His father, a shepherd, had contrived to send him to Edinburgh University to study for the ministry. He was a diligent but somewhat haphazard student, apparently reading everything except theology, for which he seems to have had no taste. Though he completed his divinity course, and in 1798 was licensed to preach from the presbytery of St Andrews, Fife, it soon became clear that the pulpit was not his vocation. In 1803, he sailed for Madras, and took his place in the general hospital there. He was promoted to be naturalist to the commissioners going to survey Mysore, and in 1807, his knowledge of the languages of India procured him an appointment as professor of Hindustani at Calcutta; this he soon after resigned for a judgeship, and that again to be a commissioner in the court of requests in 1805, a post which required a familiarity with several Eastern languages. In 1811, Leyden joined Lord Minto in the expedition to Java. Having entered a library which was said to contain many Eastern manuscripts, without having the place aired, he was seized with Batavian fever, possibly malaria or dengue, and died, after three days' illness, on 28 August 1811. He was buried on the island, underneath a small firefly colony, which remains as his tombstone to this day.



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Old Photograph Scottish Soldiers Loch Morlich Scotland

Old photograph of Scottish Soldiers on a boat on Loch Morlich near Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland. During the Second World War the area around Loch Morlich was used as a commando school. In particular it was used as a training area for the Kompani Linge, the Norwegian Independent Army Company, trained by the British Special Operations Executive because of the close resemblance of the area, both in landscape and climate, to Norway.



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Old Photograph Pictish Stone Craigmyle Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Pictish Symbol Stone at Craigmyle near Torphins, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This stone has a notched rectangle above a tightly coiled serpent.



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Old Photograph Steamboat Crinan Canal Scotland

Old photograph of a steamboat on the Crinan Canal, Argyll, Scotland. The canal was built to provide a short cut for commercial sailing and fishing vessels and later Clyde puffers to travel between the industrialised region around Glasgow to the West Highland villages and islands. It was designed by civil engineer John Rennie and work started in 1794, but was not completed until 1801, two years later than planned. Queen Victoria travelled along the canal to Crinan during a holiday in the Scottish Highlands in 1847.



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Old Photographs Fishing Boats Harbour Dunure Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats and fishermen in the harbour in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland. Dunure village is located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde. Dunure Castle is the point of origin of the Kennedys of Carrick, who once ruled over much of south western Scotland and were granted the lands in 1357. In August 1563, Mary, Queen of Scots, visited the castle for three days during her third progress round the west of the country. One tradition is that the castle was built by the Danes and another states that the Mackinnons held the castle from Alexander III, as a reward for their valour at the Battle of Largs.



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Old Photographs Salvation Army Band Leith Scotland

Old photograph of the Salvation Army Band in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Leith has played a long and prominent role in Scottish history. As the major port serving Edinburgh, it has been the stage on which many significant events in Scottish history have taken place. Mary of Guise ruled Scotland from Leith in 1560 as Regent while her daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots remained in France.

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Old Photographs Opening Flower Show Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of the opening the flower show in Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Newark Castle Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Newark Castle near Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is a late 15th or early 16th century stone tower house, founded by Kennedy of Bargany, with 17th century and 19th century additions. Of four storeys and a garret, with a square gabled caphouse and a corbelled out parapet with open rounds on the angles. Standing on a small craig, the first floor hall is above a vaulted basement and there is a western 17th century addition of one more storey but no parapet. With extensive mid 19th century, north, east and west additions, the tower was once encased by a moat and the east wing was demolished in 1977. 2 miles north west is Greenan Castle and 4 miles west is Dunduff Castle.



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Old Photograph Horse And Carriage Pitlochry Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage and tourists in Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Post Office Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Post Office in Forfar, Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Durno Aberdeenshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and people outside a cottage in Durno near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Motorbike And Trams Argyle Street Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a motorbike and Trams on Argyle Street in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally known as Westergait, Argyle Street led west from Trongate to the city's West Port, the western gate out of the city's walls. It was renamed in honour of the Duke of Argyll, some time after the removal of the West Port in 1751, as a result of the expansion of the city westward. Argyle Street is now a major thoroughfare in the city centre of Glasgow. With Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, Argyle Street is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre. It begins in the south eastern corner of the city centre, at the Trongate, where it is pedestrianized as far as Queen Street.





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Old Photographs Ballgreen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, children and houses in Ballgreen by Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Potter Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Potter in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Crail became a Royal Burgh in 1178 in the reign of King William the Lion. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox, visiting Crail on his way to St Andrews in 1559, was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time. King James V, the father of Mary Queen of Scots, sent for his wife, Mary of Guise, whom he had recently married by proxy in Paris, and she landed in Crail in June 1538. Built around a harbour, Crail has a particular wealth of vernacular buildings from the 17th to early 19th centuries. The harbour is known to have been substantially complete by 1583. The extension of 1828 to the west pier of Crail Harbour is the work of Robert Stevenson. Crial railway station on the Thornton Junction to St Andrews to Leuchars Junction was opened on 1 September 1883 by the Anstruther and St Andrews Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic, with the St Andrews to Leven portion of the line, on 6 September 1965. 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 York Road North Berwick Scotland

Old photograph of a church, houses and people on York Road in North Berwick, Scotland. A Scottish seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian. It is located on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles east north east of Edinburgh. North Berwick Harbour was built in the 12th century, and for 500 years there was a ferry crossing to Earlsferry, near Elie in Fife. This was popular with pilgrims to St Andrews.



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Old Photograph Ferry Terminal Newport On Tay Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cars outside the ferry terminal in Newport-on-Tay in Fife, across from Dundee, Scotland. The Dundee to Newport ferry closed in 1966 on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge. However, the ferry terminal buildings and slipways still survive at the foot of Boat Hill as a boat repair yard.



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Old Photograph Colinsburgh Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses in Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is named after Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres, born 1652, died 1722, who gave the land on which it was built. It was here that the first meeting of the Presbytery of Relief was held in 1761 after its founders had broken from the Church of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Park Place Elie East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people on Park Place Street in Elie, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Church Street Buckhaven Scotland

Old photograph of people on Church Street in Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland. I was born in this village on the East coast of Scotland. The fishing community of Buckhaven is said to have been largely the descendants of Norsemen who settled there in the 9th century. Centuries later, Buckhaven's fisherfolk bought an Episcopal Church in St Andrews in 1869 and transported it stone by stone to Buckhaven, using fishing boats.



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Old Photographs Glenfarg Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, hotel and people in Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a small Scottish village in the Ochil Hills, South of Perth.





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Old Photograph Interior Garth House Scotland

Old photograph of a man playing piano in Garth House in Glen Lyon Perthshire, Scotland. Garth estate was bought in 1832 By Sir Archibald Campbell. He pulled down the old house and built a new Garth House, made a new garden and planted the estate. He sold the estate in 1842. Sir Donald Currie, a famous Victorian shipping magnate who bought Garth Estate in 1880 added to and modernised Garth House. In 1951 this Scottish mansion house was given to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association by the Mrs MacKenzie Anderson mother of Lieut Ian Mackenzie Anderson who died when HM submarine Odin was sunk by enemy action in Tarranton Bay on June 13.



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Old Photograph Kinnoull Perth Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Kinnoull, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This is a residential area of Perth by the River Tay, approximately half a mile east of the centre of Perth. The main access roads to Kinnoull from the centre of Perth are Strathmore Street (the A94) and Muirhall Road, both in Bridgend.



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Old Photographs High Street Kinross Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, fountain, car and people on the High Street in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Coronation Procession Melrose Scotland

Old photograph of a Coronation Procession in Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The procession was celebrating the coronation of King George V at Westminster Abbey, London, England. on 22 June 1911.



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