Old Photograph Soldier Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of a soldier in Cromarty, Scotland. Cromarty is a seaport on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, 5 miles seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. Until 1890 it was the county town of the former county of Cromartyshire. The town grew around its port, formerly used by ferries, to export locally grown hemp fibre, and by trawlers trawling for herrings. The port was a British naval base during the First World War Hugh Miller was born in Cromarty on 10 October 1802, he was a self taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Miller committed suicide, shooting himself in the chest with a revolver in his house on Tower Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, on the night of 23/24 December 1856. 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 Policeman Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of a Policeman in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Broughty Ferry, Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Tatha; Scots: Brochtie, is a suburb of Dundee it is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. Broughty Castle sits imposingly at the mouth of the River Tay. Built in 1496 on a rocky promontory, it has faced many sieges and battles. Formerly a prosperous fishing and whaling village, in the 19th century Broughty Ferry became a haven for wealthy jute barons, who built their luxury villas in the suburb. As a result, Broughty Ferry was referred to at the time as the " richest square mile in Europe. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. Hugh Malcolm was born in Broughty Ferry on 2 May 1917, and educated at Craigflower Preparatory School near Dunfermline and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. He entered the Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 9 January 1936. In January 1938, Malcolm joined 26, Army Co-operation, squadron at Catterick. In May 1939, he suffered a serious head injury in a Westland Lysander crash. By the end of 1941 he had risen to the rank of squadron leader and joined No 18 Squadron as a flight commander, flying the Bristol Blenheim and based in Suffolk, England. Malcolm was a 25 year old Wing Commander commanding 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 4 December, he led a thirteen strong attack on an enemy fighter airfield near Chougui, Tunisia. On reaching the target, however, and starting the attack, the squadron was intercepted by an overwhelming force of enemy fighters from I and II. Gruppen JG 53, and 11 Staffel, JG 2. One by one, all his bombers were shot down, until he himself was shot down in flames. Malcolm's aircraft crashed in flames some 15 miles west of the target. An infantry officer and two other men who arrived at the scene of the crash minutes later retrieved the body of navigator Pilot Officer James Robb. Malcolm, with Robb and gunner Pilot Officer James Grant DFC, were buried in the Beja War Cemetery in a collective grave. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 27 April 1943. His was the first Royal Air Force Victoria Cross to be won in North Africa. 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 Crimonmogate House Lonmay Scotland

Old photograph of Crimonmogate House near Lonmay located between Peterhead and Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The estate formed part of Lonmay parish, dating back to the 14th century, and was included in the lands owned by the powerful Earls of Erroll. The estate was sold by Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll, in the 1730s. Major development began when the land was owned by the merchant Patrick Milne in the late 18th and early 19th century and the estate is now most famous for Crimonmogate House, designed by the Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson for Milne. After Milne's death the estate passed to the Bannerman family who continued to develop the lands and completed the construction of the mansion, also adding a mansard roof later. Simpson was commissioned to design further structures within the estate. Eventually, through marriage in the 20th century, the estate returned to the Errolls. Almost at the turn of that century, in 1996, the estate was purchased by Christopher Monckton. In 2001 the estate was bought by a former Chanel model and her husband, Viscount Petersham. 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 High School Wick Scotland

Old photograph of the High School in Wick, Scotland. The name Wick comes from the Norse word, Vik meaning bay. Wick was granted the title of Royal Burgh in 1589. However, it was in the 1800s that Wick enjoyed its greatest prosperity as a thriving herring port, in time becoming the busiest in Europe. Work to enable the development of the huge seasonal herring fishing first began in 1803 under the auspices of the British Fisheries Society. By the time trade at Wick peaked around 1900 there was a fleet 1120 strong. 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 Big Vennel Street Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages, houses and people on Big Vennel Street in Cromarty, Scotland. A vennel is a passageway between the gables of two buildings which can in effect be a minor street in Scotland and the north east of England. There are vennels in Ardersier, Cromarty, Culross, Dalry, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elie, Eyemouth, Forfar, Irvine, Lanark, Linlithgow, North Berwick, Peebles, South Queensferry, Stirling and Wigtown. There are also vennels in the towns of Glenarm and Bangor in Northern Ireland, likely reflecting the Scottish influence in the western parts of the province of Ulster. For example, the old name for High Street in Comber was Cow Lane, an anglicisation of its Ulster Scots name Coo Vennel. 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 Girls Pipe Band Wick Scotland

Old photograph of the girls Pipe Band in Wick, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Roller Skating Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of people skating in the Roller Skating rink in Dundee, Scotland. The rise of the textile industries in Dundee brought with it an expansion of supporting industries, notably of the whaling, maritime and shipbuilding industries and extensive development of the waterfront area started in 1815 to cope with increased demand for port capacity. At its height, 200 ships per year were built there, including Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic research vessel, the RRS Discovery. While the city's economy was dominated by the jute industry, it also became known for smaller industries. Most notable among these were James Keiller's and Sons, established in 1795, which pioneered commercial marmalade production and the publishing firm DC Thomson, which was founded in the city in 1905. Dundee was said to be built on the three Js': Jute, Jam and Journalism. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. 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 Princess Street Thurso Scotland

Old photograph of people, houses and shops on Princess Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. James Williamson Galloway Macdonald was born in May 1897 in Thurso. He was a member of Painters Eleven whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada. Before going to Canada, Macdonald attended the Edinburgh College of Art and worked as a designer for a Scottish textile company. After being recruited by Charles Hepburn Scott, he moved to Canada in 1926 to become a professor at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. He was an influential professor at several art colleges in Canada and helped spur the modern art movement in the country. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He died in Toronto in December 1960. 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 Loch Of Clousta Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Loch of Clousta on West Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It contains a number of small islands, one of which is connected to the shore by a causeway. The Shetland Angling Association keeps a boat on this loch for recreational fishing. 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 Little Gruinard Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Little Gruinard river in Wester Ross, Scotland. The river runs from the Fionn Loch into Gruinard Bay. It lies within the Letterewe Estate, previously owned by Paul van Vlissingen, a Dutch businessman. It has a healthy run of Atlantic Salmon. The Little Gruinard has been a forerunner in the development of catch and release fishing amongst Scottish salmon rivers.



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Old Photograph Thules Bay Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Thules Bay, Shetland Islands, Scotland. 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 Voe Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland. 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 Keeper Of The Keys Dunnottar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the keeper of the keys at Dunnottar Castle, Scotland. The ruined medieval fortress situated upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th to 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been an early fortress of the Dark Ages. Dunnottar played a strategic role in the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment, because of the location: it overlooked the shipping lanes to northern Scotland; and is situated on a narrow coastal terrace that controlled land access to the coastal south via Portlethen Moss to Aberdeen during the medieval period. Both the Jacobites and Hanoverians used Dunnottar Fortress. In 1689 during Viscount Dundee's campaign, fourteen suspected Jacobites from Aberdeen were held in the fortress for approximately a year, including George Liddel, professor of mathematics. In 1715 the Dunnottar cannons were utilized by the Jacobites; following this uprising all the possessions of the Earl Mariscal were forfeit, and the fortress was dismantled three years later. Dunnottar Castle was the runaway winner in an 8th Wonder of the World competition. Elsinore Castle in the film Hamlet was in part Dunnottar Castle. 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 Shepherd Sheep Dalguise Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Shepherd and sheep in Dalguise, Perthshire, Scotland. Whilst staying at Dalguise, Beatrix Potter wrote a picture letter which provided the basis for her first book The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Similarly, a later book The Tale of Jeremy Fisher also started life as a picture letter with characters clearly based on her study and exploration on the Dalguise beat of the River Tay. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle was published in 1905 and is almost certainly based on the Potters' old washer woman at Dalguise, Kitty MacDonald. 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 South Tay Street Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, cars, houses and people on South Tay Street in Dundee, Scotland. The rise of the textile industries in Dundee brought with it an expansion of supporting industries, notably of the whaling, maritime and shipbuilding industries and extensive development of the waterfront area started in 1815 to cope with increased demand for port capacity. At its height, 200 ships per year were built there, including Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic research vessel, the RRS Discovery. While the city's economy was dominated by the jute industry, it also became known for smaller industries. Most notable among these were James Keiller's and Sons, established in 1795, which pioneered commercial marmalade production and the publishing firm DC Thomson, which was founded in the city in 1905. Dundee was said to be built on the three Js': Jute, Jam and Journalism. 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 Munches House Scotland

Old photograph of Munches House by Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was the family seat of Mr Wellwood Maxwell, M.P. for Kirkcudbrightshire. Wellwood Herries Maxwell, born 15 October 1817, died 13 August 1900, was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874. Maxwell was the son of John Herries Maxwell of Munches in Buittle. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Exeter College, Oxford.England. In 1839 he was called to the bar in Scotland. He was a director of the Glasgow and South Western Railway. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Convener of the Commissioners of Supply of Kirkcudbright. Maxwell was elected Member of Parliament for Kirkcudbright Stewartry at a by election on 30 January 1868. He held the seat until the 1874 general election. Maxwell married in 1844 Jane Home Jardine, daughter of Sir William Jardine. His son William Jardine Herries Maxwell was Member of Parliament for Dumfrieshire. 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 Sailing Ship West Wemyss Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a sailing ship in the harbour in West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth coast. The village began as a settlement around the site of Wemyss Castle which developed into a centre for the salt industry in the area. A harbour was later built in 1621 by the Wemyss family for the use of coal exportation from the pits on the lands of their estate. The harbour would become a major export point for coal by the late 17th century. The ships brought back imports of wood, iron and flax from the Baltic Countries. A wet dock was added for the increased demand of the coal in the late 1870s. Towards the latter stages of the 19th century, the village found itself surrounded by several mines, such as the Michael Pit in nearby East Wemyss. The industry, which saw trade with England and The Low Countries, started to struggle once the new docks were opened in Methil further along the Fife coast. Gradually, the demand for the harbour began to fall and it went into decline. 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 Cooper Street School Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Cooper Street School in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. 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 Burnside St Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a car and houses on Burnside Street in St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Situated approximately 3 miles west of Anstruther, this small community, whose inhabitants formerly made their living mainly from fishing, is now a tourist destination situated on the Fife Coastal Walking Path. Like other small East Neuk towns, St Monans is rich in vernacular fisher and merchant houses of the 17th to early 19th centuries, with characteristic old Scots features, e.g. forestairs, crow-stepped gables, datestones, pantiled roofs



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Old Photographs Coal Wynd Street Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a shop, cottages, houses and people on Coal Wynd Street in St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. A Wynd is typically a narrow lane between houses. The name is frequently encountered in towns and villages in Scotland and Northern England. The word derives from Old Norse venda, implying a turning off a main street. Scenes were shot for The Railway Man film starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Scenes for the movie of the best-selling novel by Eric Lomax were shot at the harbor and St Monans Parish Church in the East Neuk of Fife.

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Old Photograph Bridge Street Dollar Scotland

Old photograph of hotel, shops, buildings and people on Bridge Stree in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Robert Burns visited Dollar in 1787, staying on the Harviestoun estate. There he was inspired to write the song The Banks of Devon. The painter J. M. W. Turner visited Dollar and made sketches in the glen. Dollar Academy was founded in 1818 with a bequest from a Dollar native, Captain John McNabb, who had allegedly made his fortune in the slave trade. Amongst the many notable pupils at the Academy are James Dewar, the inventor of the vacuum flask; the grandsons of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia; the second Presiding Officer and Speaker of the Scottish Parliament, George Reid; BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston; and political journalist for The Scotsman, the News of the World and The Spectator magazines, Fraser Nelson. 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 Academy Fordyce Scotland

Old photograph of the Academy in Fordyce in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Brothers Robert and James Smith, who played for Scotland in the first football international in 1872, were educated at Fordyce Academy. 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 School Newtyle Scotland

Old photograph of the school in Newtyle, Angus, Scotland. The original village of Newtyle was centred on the church and what are now Kirkton Road and Smiddy road.Hatton Castle to the south and Newbigging to the north lie within the parish boundary.



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Old Photograph Spectators Road Hole Old Golf Course St Andrews Fife Scotland

Old photograph of spectators around the Road hole on the Old Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Old Course has 112 bunkers which are all individually named and have their own unique story and history behind them. The two most famous are the 10 ft deep Hell Bunker on the 14th hole, and the Road Bunker on the 17th hole. Countless professional golfers have seen their dreams of winning the Open Championship squandered by hitting their balls in those bunkers. 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 Salmon Fishermen River Dee Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of Salmon fishermen by the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. The River Dee rises in the Cairngorms and flows through Strathdee to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The general area is called Strathdee, Deeside, or Royal Deeside in the region between Braemar and Banchory because Queen Victoria came to love the place and built Balmoral Castle there.



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Old Photograph Tearoom Hazelhead Park Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of the Tearoom in Hazelhead Park in Aberdeen, Scotland. The park was originally part of the freedom lands granted to the city in 1319. The land fell into private ownership but was bought back by the council in 1920. 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 Brothock Bridge Street Arbroath Scotland

Old photograph of people, car, buses and British Linen Bank on Brothock Bridge Street in Arbroath, Scotland. The first bank to be built in Arbroath belonged to the British Linen Company, who erected offices at Brothock Bridge.



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Old Photograph Crook of Devon Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Crook Of Devon, Perthshire, Scotland. Until quite recently the official name of this Scottish village was Fossoway but this has been usurped by the widely used nickname " crook of devon ". The latter name derives from the sudden angle, or crook, which the River Devon makes near the village. It was famous in the 17th century for witch burnings. 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 South Loan Street Pittenweem Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children on South Loan Street in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In 1779 John Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, anchored half a mile off the coast of Pittenweem in the USS Bonhomme Richard. Jones bombarded Anstruther, but did not attack Pittenweem. However he made off with the town's pilot who had sailed out to meet Jones' squadron. Bonhomme Richard, formerly Duc de Duras, was a warship in the Continental Navy. She was originally an East Indiaman, a merchant ship built in France for the French East India Company in 1765, for service between France and the Orient. She was placed at the disposal of John Paul Jones on 4 February 1779, by King Louis XVI of France as a result of a loan to the United States by French shipping magnate, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray. 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 War Memorial Muthill Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Brown, W Royal Garrison Artillery
Condie, G. Reverend, Chaplain to the Forces
Crawford, J Royal Highlanders
Douglas, W Munitions
Faichney, E Scottish Rifles
Farquharson, A Royal Field Artillery
Fearn, S Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Ferguson, A Royal Army Service Corps
Ferguson, W.A. Scottish Horse
Findlay, H Scots Guards
Gow, D Gordon Highlanders
Graham,A Royal Highlanders
Hood, J Royal Highlanders
Mackie, W Scottish Horse
Maitland, M Royal Highlanders
McGregor, T Royal Engineers
Malloch, P Volunteer, Nyasaland Field Force
Mayes, R Royal Welsh Fusiliers
McAra, J Royal Engineers
McLeod, W Royal Field Artillery
McOrist, P.I., Australian Imperial Force
Scrimgeour, D Royal Highlanders
Sharp, A Lieutenant, Royal Highlanders
Shaw, J Scots Guards
Sinclair, A Dragoon Guards
Smith, G Royal Highlanders
Taylor, D Royal Highlanders
Taylor, D Royal Highlanders
Taylor, J Royal Highlanders
Taylor, W Royal Highlanders
Wishart, G Scots Guards
Willoughby, P Comm. The Honourable, Royal Navy
Waddell, J Australian Imperial Force

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

Haggart, J Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
McKinnie, J Royal Air Force
Nicoll, W 3rd King’s Own Hussars
Taylor, J Royal Artillery
Waddell, W.K. Royal Highlanders
Wilson, A Gurkha Rifles

Muthill is 45 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph Battleby House Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Battleby House located four miles North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Battleby estate was acquired in the 19th century by the Maxtone Graham family. The house was built around 1862, to designs by the Perth based architect David Smart. Later in the 19th century the house was leased, and served as a hospital during the First World War. Battleby was bought in 1947 by Sir Alexander Cross, who built up an important plant collection in the grounds. In 1970 the house was purchased by the Countryside Commission for Scotland. 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 Tea Room Elgol Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the tearoom in Elgol, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. According to tradition, its name derives from a battle fought with five ships by Aella, a follower of Vortigern, against the Picts and Scots, Aella-gol. The Strathaird peninsula was historically a heartland of the Mackinnons, a robustly Jacobite clan. On 4 July 1746, the Young Pretender found sanctuary at Elgol in the course of his wanderings under the protection of Mackinnon of Mackinnon and Captain John Mackinnon of Elgol. The cave where he is said to have waited for a boat to the mainland, “ Prince Charlie’s cave ”, or “ Uamh Phrionnsa ” can still be visited today, a short walk to the south of the village. 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 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon and the Duke of York in Edinburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth, born 4 August 1900, died 30 March 2002, was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from her husband's accession in 1936 until his death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter. She was the last Empress of India. Born into a family of British nobility as The Honourable Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, she became Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon when her father inherited the Scottish Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1904. Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V. He initially proposed to Elizabeth in 1921, but she turned him down. When he declared he would marry no other, his mother, Queen Mary, visited Glamis Castle to see for herself the girl who had stolen her son's heart. She became convinced that Elizabeth was the one girl who could make him happy, but nevertheless refused to interfere. At the same time, Elizabeth was courted by James Stuart, Albert's equerry, until he left the Prince's service for a better-paid job in the American oil business. In February 1922, Elizabeth was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Albert's sister, Princess Mary, to Viscount Lascelles. The following month, Albert proposed again, but she refused him once more. Eventually, in January 1923, Elizabeth agreed to marry Albert, despite her misgivings about royal life. Albert's freedom in choosing Elizabeth, not a member of a royal family, though the daughter of a peer, was considered a gesture in favour of political modernisation; previously, princes were expected to marry princesses from other royal families. They selected a platinum engagement ring featuring a Kashmir sapphire with two diamonds adorning its sides. They married on 26 April 1923, at Westminster Abbey. Unexpectedly, Elizabeth laid her bouquet at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on her way into the Abbey, in memory of her brother Fergus. Elizabeth became styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York. Following a wedding breakfast at Buckingham Palace prepared by chef Gabriel Tschumi, the new Duchess and her husband honeymooned at Polesden Lacey, a manor house in Surrey, and then went to Scotland. 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 Store Street Stanley Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children on Store Street in Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. The village of Stanley gains its name ultimately from Lady Amelia Stanley, the daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. In the 1600s the area around Stanley was part of the estate of Earls of Atholl and was also the location of Inverbervie Castle. In 1659 the castle was renamed Stanley House in honour of the wedding of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl and Lady Stanley. When the village was built in the 1700s it took the name Stanley after the nearby house. John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl, decided, in the 18th century to harness of the nearby River Tay to power a cotton mill., Richard Arkwright, an inventor of cotton-spinning machinery was persuade by, George Dempster, when Dempster was visiting Cromford in Derbyshire, to come to Scotland to set up a cotton mill in Stanley as well as one at New Lanark. Stanley Mills, opened in 1787 and by its 10th year employed 350 people. The village was built to house the workers of the mill. Work on the village began in 1784. It was designed by the Duke of Atholl’s factor James Stobie. By 1799 the Village’s population was around 400, however, in 1831 it had reached around 2000 residents about half of whom worked in the mill.



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Old Photograph Robert The Bruce Ferry North Queensferry Scotland

Old photograph of the King Robert The Bruce ferry arriving at North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. Two custom built ferries, the Queen Margaret and the Robert the Bruce, were launched in 1934. Each could carry 500 passengers and 28 cars. 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 Chapelhill Inn Logiealmond Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Chapelhill Inn in Logiealmond, Perthshire, Scotland. Logiealmond is a parish, which lies in Perth and Kinross Council Area, some 9 miles northeast of Crieff and 10 miles northwest of Perth in Perth and Kinross. Logiealmond has 5 neighbouring parishes; namely Auchtergaven, Fowlis Wester, Little Dunkeld, Methven and Moneydie. 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 High Street Methil Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, people, buildings and the William Thomson grocers shop on the High Street in Methil, Fife, Scotland. Located between Largo bay to the east and Wemyss Bay to the west is was once the industrial maritime powerhouse of this area of Scotland. Methil Docks was particularly significant during World War II for the movement of coal and other resources. 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 Shorehead Street Leven Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, buildings and people on Shorehead Street in Leven, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the name Leven comes from the Pictish word for flood. In 1854 the Leven Railway opened, linking the town with Thornton Junction on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen main line. This helped it to become a tourist resort popular with visitors from the west of Scotland, and particularly Glasgow. Leven is located on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven, eight miles north-east of Kirkcaldy and six miles east of Glenrothes. Golf is also a major draw with two courses at Scoonie and Leven Links. The ecclesiastical and civil parish of Scoonie included the town of Leven. I was born in Randolph Street, in nearby village of Buckhaven. 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 Bucklemaker Wynd Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and horse in Bucklemaker Wynd in Dundee, Scotland. Bucklemakers were a branch of the Hammermen Trade. The work done by these craftsmen included the making of buckles of all kinds, for saddlery, for sword belts, and for every kind of buckle used in war and in peace. A Wynd is typically a narrow lane between houses. The name is frequently encountered in towns and villages in Scotland and Northern England. The word derives from Old Norse venda, implying a turning off a main street.



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Old Photograph Tram Depot Cowdenbeath Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the Tram Depot in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. Cowdenbeath is a town and burgh in West Fife. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a Police Burgh in 1890. It is alleged that the infamous graverobbers Burke and Hare sourced some of their cadavers from local cemetery, to supply to the Scottish surgeon Robert Knox for dissection. When the actual name of Cowdenbeath came into being is not known, but it is thought to have originated when turnpike roads were first made and that it marked the spot of an inn and later of a tollhouse erected in the 17th century. Cowdenbeath first came into prominence around 1820 as a stop on the north bound coaching route to Perth, Perthshire. 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 War Memorial Stromness Orkney Islands

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Interior Parish Church Birsay Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of the Parish Church in Birsay on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. This was the site of the first cathedral of Orkney in the eleventh or twelfth centuries, known as Christchurch, founded by Earl Thorfinn the Mighty after his return from a pilgrimage to Rome, Italy. Thorfinn Sigurdsson, died 1065, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th century Earl of Orkney. He was the youngest of five sons of Earl Sigurd Hlodvirsson and the only one resulting from Sigurd's marriage to a daughter of King Malcolm II of Scotland. 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 Grocers Shop Cuminestown Scotland

Old photograph of the James Tennant and Sons Grocers shop in Cuminestown located six miles East of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is the main centre of the parish of Monquhitter, which was split from Turriff in 1649 when what was then a rural church was built on land owned by the Cumine family. The village itself was originally built in the 1740s, followed soon afterwards by the adjacent hamlet of Garmond. The surname Tennant is derived from the English word " tenant." However, the meaning of " tenant " has changed since the time the family name was adopted. The old, original meaning referred to someone who had a granted right, usually from the king, to possess land, normally in return for military service. In modern usage, a tenant is someone who pays rent to gain temporary possession of the property of someone else. Since the name comes from the old meaning, it refers to " a feudal lord ” and not to " a land renter. " Tennant is the most common spelling, but Tennent, especially in Scotland, and Tenant also occur.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Cullen Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people near the War Memorial in Cullen, Moray, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Storm Waves Harbour Cullen Scotland

Old photograph of storm waves at the harbour in Cullen, Moray, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Sailing Ship Lochmaddy North Uist Scotland

Old photograph of a sailing ship and ferry by the harbour in Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochmaddy on the coast of Uist was a rendezvous for pirates. The coves and inlets characterising the area around the village were ideal hiding places for raiding ships stocked with fine goods bound for the clan chiefs of the time, and contraband activity persisted until the modern era. Lochmaddy was an important fishing community before the commercial decline of the herring. During the reign of King Charles it was the site of a Royal Fishing Station.



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Old Photograph Henrietta Baird Memorial Clock Tobermory Scotland

Old photograph of the Henrietta Baird Memorial Clock in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Tobermory is the capital of, and the only burgh on, the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. The town was founded as a fishing port in 1788, its layout based on the designs of Dumfriesshire engineer Thomas Telford. Ferries sail between Tobermory and the mainland to Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. During the Second World War, Tobermory was home to Royal Navy training base HMS Western Isles. The fictional town of Torbay in Alistair MacLean's novel When Eight Bells Toll was based on Tobermory, and much of the 1971 movie was filmed in the town. In the middle of the 1800s emigrant sailors created the community of Tobermory, located in Ontario, Canada. This namesake town has twin harbours, known locally as Big Tub and Little Tub, which sheltered ships from the severe storms of Lake Huron. Tobermory waterfront was chosen by the BBC as the location of the popular children's television series Balamory. 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 Carpenters Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Carpenters working outside cottages on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. During the 19th century, the inhabitants of Skye were devastated by famine and Clearances. Thirty thousand people were evicted between 1840 and 1880 alone, many of them forced to emigrate. 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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