Old Photograph Bissets Hotel Gullane Scotland

Old photograph of Bissets Hotel in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Gullane is part of the John Muir Way, a long distance footpath along the coast between Musselburgh and Dunglass. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Station Hotel Mintlaw Scotland

Old photograph of the Station Hotel in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This was a planned Scottish village built around 1813 by James Ferguson the third Laird of Pitfour. Victorian times saw the coming of the railway, the Maud to Peterhead line being built in the 1860s. Mintlaw was a scheduled stop on this line. The station was built a little to the west of the village; perhaps because this was more convenient for the Ferguson family of Pitfour and the Russell family of Aden. Mintlaw Station was the postal address for this whole district for many years until it closed in the 1960's.



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Old Photographs High Street Portobello Scotland

Old photograph of shops, Tram, buildings and people on the High Street in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Portobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth. The area was originally known as Figgate Muir, an expanse of moorland through which the Figgate Burn flowed as the Braid Burn continuation to the sea, with a broad sandy beach on the Firth of Forth. The name Figgate was thought to come from the Saxon term for " cow's ditch ". However, the land was used as pasture for cattle by the monks of Holyrood Abbey and the name is more likely to mean " cow road " as in Cowgate in Edinburgh. In 1296, William Wallace mustered forces on the moor in a campaign that led to the Battle of Dunbar, and in 1650 it was the supposed scene of a secret meeting between Oliver Cromwell and Scottish leaders. A report from 1661 describes a race in which twelve browster-wives ran from the Burn, recorded as the Thicket Burn, to the top of Arthur's Seat.

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Old Photograph Beach Crescent Broughty Ferry Scotland

Old photograph of people walking on Beach Crescent in Broughty Ferry by Dundee, Scotland. Broughty Ferry is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. 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. "



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Old Photograph Ghillie With Dogs Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Ghillie with dogs in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. A Ghillie or gillie is a Scots term that refers to a man or a boy who acts as an attendant on a fishing, fly fishing, hunting, or deer stalking expedition, primarily in the Highlands or on rivers such as the River Spey or River Tay. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on his employer or guests. A ghillie may also serve as a gamekeeper employed by a landowner to prevent poaching on his lands, control unwelcome natural predators such as fox or otter and monitor the health of the wildlife.



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Old Photograph Panmure Arms Hotel Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of the Panmure Arms Hotel in Carnoustie, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Horse And Cart And Gardener Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart and gardener in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Gypsy Camp Near Pitlochry Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a gypsy camp near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Highland Travellers also known as Tinkers are closely tied to the native Highlands, and many traveller families carry clan names like Macfie, Stewart, MacDonald, Cameron, Williamson and Macmillan. They followed a nomadic or settled lifestyle; passing from village to village and are strongly identified with the native Gaelic speaking population. Continuing their nomadic life, they would often pitch their tents on rough ground on the edge of the village and earn money there as tinsmiths, hawkers, horse dealers or pearl fishermen. Many found seasonal employment on farms, e.g. at the berry picking or during harvest time.

Old photograph of a woman cooking food at a gypsy camp near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Factory Workers Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of factory workers in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. The town of Paisley once supported a number of engineering works some of which relied on the textile industry, others on shipbuilding. Paisley once had five shipyards including John Fullerton and Company, Bow, McLachlan and Company and Fleming and Ferguson. These have declined in the area, with engineering firms such as Fullerton, Hodgart and Barclay and Whites Engineering all now closed.



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Old Photograph Fishwives With Creels Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives with creels under the cliffs in Auchmithie, This was the location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Angus, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishwives With Creels Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives with creels outside a a cottage in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

James Oswald was born in Crail in 1710. He was a Scottish composer, arranger, cellist, and music publisher, who was appointed as Chamber Composer for King George III but also wrote and published many Scottish folk tunes. As a young man he worked in Dunfermline, Fife as a musician and dancing master. Throughout his career he maintained an interest in traditional Scottish music, but he also composed in classical style galant forms. In 1741 he left Edinburgh for London where he eventually set up his own publishing house and published the Caledonian Pocket Companion, a collection of Scottish folk tunes. He was appointed Chamber Composer to George III in 1761, when George became King. He died in 1769.



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Old Photograph Gypsy Caravan Near Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a gypsy caravan near Glasgow, Scotland. Lowland Gypsy Travellers share many cultural features with European Gypsy communities such as a belief in the importance of family and family descent, a strong valuing and involvement with extended family and family events, a preference for self employment.



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Old Photograph Gypsy Camp Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of gypsy camp in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Horse Drawn Delivery Van Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of a horse drawn delivery van in Dumfries, Scotland.

Archibald Gracie was born June 25, 1755 in Dumfries. He was a Scottish born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia whose spacious home, Gracie Mansion, now serves as the residence of the Mayor of New York City, America. He was the son of a weaver named William Gracie. In 1776, Gracie moved to Liverpool, England, and clerked for a London shipping firm. He used his earnings to purchase a part interest in a merchant ship. In April 1784, he sailed to America with a cargo of goods that were his own profit stock. He used the proceedings to invest in a mercantile company in New York City. He later moved to Petersburg, Virginia, and engaged in the export of tobacco to Great Britain. Gracie was a member of the Tontine Association, which supervised the trading of stocks. Gracie expanded his interests and became active in the banking and insurance industries. He was an incorporator of the Eagle Fire Insurance Company and vice president of the New York Insurance Company, a director of the United States Bank and of the Bank of America, and Vice-President of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1800 to 1825. After the death of his wife, Gracie married Elizabeth Fitch. His two marriages yielded ten children. Gracie was the 18th president of the St. Andrew's Society of New York. He died on April 11, 1829.



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Old Photograph Gypsy Caravan Falkland Fife Scotland

Old photograph of gypsy caravan outside a cottage in Falkland village in Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Malt Cleaner Whisky Distillery Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Malt Cleaner in a whisky distillery in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fishwife Smoking Pipe Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife smoking a pipe outside a cottage in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lunch Hour School Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of lunch hour in a school in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Town Hall Dysart Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the town hall in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. This was once used as a public weigh in and measures house; guards house and eventually a prison built as an extension in 1617. The building was also known to keep explosives. When this was occupied by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1651, one of them accidentally dropped a match into a barrel of gunpowder causing the roof to be blown apart. The upper part of the building was rebuilt between 1733 and 1734 with an ashlar bell chamber and a stone ogile roof.



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Old Photograph Rock Climber Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of a rock climber in the Highlands of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Renfield St Stephen's Parish Church Glasgow

Tour Scotland video of of photographs of Renfield St Stephen's Parish Church on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Designed as an Independent Chapel by London architect J T Emmett in 1852 in Decorated Gothic style. Built in beautiful polished Kenmure sandstone with tall clerestoried nave supported on clustered columns with finely moulded capitals each with carved musical angels. Windows by Norman Macdougall 1905, depicting the four Evangelists, and representations of Christian vertues, flanking Christ in Glory, and John Clark. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Prince Albert Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Prince Albert statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Prince Albert, born 1819, died, 1861, married Queen Victoria in 1840 and together they purchased the Balmoral estate in 1852. He was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of twenty he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom he would ultimately have nine children. Initially he felt constrained by his position as consort, which did not confer any power or duties upon him, but he soon began to lend his support to many public causes, such as educational reform and the worldwide abolition of slavery, and took on the responsibilities of running the Queen's household, estates and office. The statue was erected five years after his death.



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Tour Scotland Photograph James Watt Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Watt statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Watt, born 1736, died 1819, was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, born in Greenock. He designed the first economical steam engine in 1769 and patented an improved version which had a separate condenser to reduce the consumption of fuel and steam. He came up with the idea of the condenser while hiking on Glasgow Green one Sunday in 1765. The unit of electrical power was named in his honour in 1882. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sir John Moore Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Sir John Moore statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Moore, born 1761, died 1809, was a British army officer brought up in the Trongate, Glasgow. He began his military career at 15 and served as captain lieutenant in the Duke of Hamilton's regiment in America. He rose through the military ranks and earned a reputation as one of the greatest trainers of infantrymen in military history. The effectiveness of his method was shown in the Peninsular War, where he was sent in 1808 to combat Napoleon. He defeated the French army at the Battle of Corunna in 1809, but was killed by a cannon shot. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Field Marshall Lord Clyde Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Field Marshall Lord Clyde statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Lord Clyde, born 1792, died 1863, was educated at the High School of Glasgow. He was a British Army officer who famously commanded the Thin Red Line of the 93rd Highlanders during the Crimean War, driving back the Russians at the Battle of Balaclava. He later became Commander in Chief of the Indian Army and was nicknamed Old Careful because of his concern for the men under his command. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Thomas Campbell Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Campbell statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Campbell, born, 1777, died 1844, was a Scottish poet, historian and political commentator, born in Glasgow. His successful literary career began with the Pleasures of Hope, published in 1799, and other poems he composed include The Exile Of Erin, Ye Mariners of England and Soldier's Dream. In 1826 he was elected Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University, in competition against Sir Walter Scott. Campbell is buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey, London, England. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Thomas Graham Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Thomas Graham statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Graham, born 1805, died 1869, was a brilliant experimental Scottish chemist, who pioneered laboratory based chemical education at Glasgow University. His studies on the diffusions of gases resulted in Graham's Law and his discovery of dialysis is still used in many medical facilities today. Graham founded the Chemical Society of London, England, in 1841 and was the last person to hold the position of Master of the Mint. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Robert Burns Statue George Square Glasgow

Tour Scotland photograph of the Robert Burns Statue in George Square on ancestry visit to Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland's national poet born 1759, died 1796. The statue was by George Edwin Ewing, born in Birmingham, England, on 8 July 1828, the son of the Sculptor, Artist James Ewing and Ann Stow, he was the older brother of the sculptor James Alexander Ewing. His childhood was spent in Edinburgh, where he lived with his family at 26 Bread Street, aged 13, in 1841. He and his family later moved to Glasgow, where they lived at 1 Antigua Street, whilst George and his wife, Sarah, lived at 3 Antigua Street, in 1851. He worked in Liverpool and London, where he gained experience working in the modelling room of Covent Garden Theatre, before establishing a successful practice in Glasgow, in 1859. Ewing's most important commission in Glasgow was for the statue of Robert Burns, George Square, his only public statue in bronze, which was later completed with three bronze panels illustrating scenes from Burns' poems, by his brother, J A Ewing. Joined by his brother James in 1875, they lived and worked together at various addresses in the city before George moved to the USA in 1879, for health reasons. He worked in New York and Philadelphia but failed to achieve financial success there and became impoverished. He died suddenly at the Brevoort Hotel, New York, whilst working on medallion portraits of Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. He was found dead in bed on the morning of 26th April 1884, with his room full of gas from a light jet that had been left on. His funeral took place at St Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, Hudson Street, New York, on 29 April, and his remains were afterwards buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Flowers Queen's Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of flowers on the Queen's Bridge over the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Queen's Bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in October 1960, to replace the Victoria Bridge. In order to keep the crossing open during construction, the steel framework of the old bridge was jacked up 6 feet while the new bridge was built beneath it.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Board Water Skiing River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Board Water Skiing in the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Chandeliers Band Southern Fried Music Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Chandeliers Band at the Southern Fried Festival on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This wonderful band are from Aberdeen.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Wynntown Marshals Band Southern Fried Music Festival Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland video of the Wynntown Marshals Band at the Southern Fried Festival on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Jet Skiers River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Jet Skiers in the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Māori Kapa Haka Dancers Mini Tattoo Stirling

Tour Scotland video of Māori Kapa Haka Dancers n Port Street at the mini Military tattoo on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Rossie House Garden Forgandenny Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Rossie House Garden by Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland. This garden is set in extensive woodland with streams running through the lower grounds. Paths and bridges, seats and sculptures are there to explore. May is alive with more rhododendron, blankets of bluebells, trillium, smilacina, solomon seal, rodgersia.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Rossie House Forgandenny Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Rossie House by Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was originally built by the Oliphants in 1657.

The Oliphant surname has been the subject of much controversy regarding its origins; however, the accepted explanation is that the name is of Old French origin, introduced into England, and later, Scotland, after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name was established early in Scotland, by a family of Norman origin who settled first in Northamptonshire and Hampshire, David Olifard, godson of David 1 of Scotland, being the first recorded namebearer; he was granted lands in Roxburghshire.



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Tour Scotland Photograph River Tummel Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the River Tummel near Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Discharging from Loch Rannoch, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the South East, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of 58 miles from its source in Stob Ghabbar.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Glendoick House Glencarse Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of Glendoick House in Glencarse, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish house is one of the loveliest examples of early Georgian architecture in Scotland. The manor and fortalice of Glendoick are on record in 1529, but it is not known whether the present house, which was built in about 1746, stands on or close to its site.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Murray Royal Hospital Chapel Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Murray Royal Hospital Chapel in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The hospital was founded by James Murray, a labourer who inherited a fortune in 1809 when his half brother drowned in a storm which sank the ship carrying him home from India. It was in his own will that James Murray left two thirds of his estate for purpose of establishing an asylum in Perth. He stipulated verbally that the patients from the parishes that he had lived in, namely Perth, Dunbarney and Rhynd would be received at charitable rates, and that his brother John, and his heirs would be, when possible, represented on the management of the Asylum. He died in 1814. Designed by the architect William Burn, born 1789, died 1870, the hospital opened in 1827 as the Murray Royal Lunatic Asylum with accommodation for 80 patients, officials and staff. The building itself is in a neo-classical style in an H plan consisting of a long south front with a central entrance pavilion and rooftop octagon. The building maximised the opportunities of its pleasant open hillside site, and was further extended by Burn in 1833. In 1848 a nearby villa was acquired and modified as accommodation for 'higher class' patients, and in 1888 new infirmary wings were added to the rear of the main building. A chapel was built in 1901, designed by Physician Superintendent Dr A.R. Urquhart it was partly built by the patients.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Portree Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Portree, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

World War I Roll Of Honour

Baker James Highland Light Infantry Private Portree
Bamber William Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Baxter Angus Cameron Hoghlanders Lieutenant Portree
Beaton James Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
Beaton Norman Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Beaton Norman Cameron Highlanders Sergeant Portree
Buchanan Ewen Gordon Highlanders Private Braes
Buchanan Norman Gordon Highlanders Private Portree
Budge Donald R. Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Cameron Donald Cameron Highlanders Company Sergeant Major Portree
Cumming Donald Royal Navy Petty Officer Portree
Cumming Donald Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Cumming Donald A. Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Ferguson Archibald Cameronians Sergeant Portree
Ferguson Murdo Cameron Highlanders Corporal South Snizort
Finlayson Alexander Machine Gun Corps Private South Snizort
Finlayson John Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Fraser John M. Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Gillanders Lewis A.R. Machine Gun Corps Private Portree
Graham Peter Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Grant John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Grant John Canadians Lieutenant South Snizort
Grant Murdo Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Grant Norman Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
Kennedy Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Kennedy John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacDonald Alexander Scots Guards Private Braes
MacDonald Donald Gordon Highlanders Corporal Portree
MacDonald Donald Highland Light Infantry Private South Snizort
MacDonald Donald Cameron Highlanders Private Braes
MacDonald Donald J. Highland Light Infantry Corporal South Snizort
MacDonald John Cameron Highlanders Private Braes
MacDonald John M.C. Captain Portree
MacDonald Norman Berkshire Yeomanry Private South Snizort
MacDonald Ronald Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacDonald Ronald Cameron Highlanders Major Portree
MacDonald William Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacDougall John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacDougall John A. Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacFarlane John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacInnes Archibald Royal Scots Fusiliers Private Braes
MacInnes Peter Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacInness John Royal Army Service Corps C.Q.M.S. Portree
Mackenzie Archibald Gordon Highlanders Private Portree
MacKenzie Donald Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
MacKenzie Donald Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacKenzie John Royal Naval Reserve Boatswain South Snizort
MacKenzie John Cameron Highlanders Private Sconser
MacKenzie John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacKinnon Alexander Royal Navy Seaman Braes
MacKinnon Ewen Seaforth Highlanders Private Portree
MacKinnon Martin Royal Navy Seaman Portree
MacLean Alexander Cameronians Private Portree
Maclean Kenneth Highland Light Infantry Private Portree
MacLeod Alexander Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner South Snizort
MacLeod Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod Angus Gordon Highlanders Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Donald Cameron Highlanders Sergeant Portree
MacLeod Donald Highland Light Infantry Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Donald Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacLeod George Northumberland Fusiliers Sergeant Portree
MacLeod Iain A. Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree
MacLeod Malcolm Lovat Scouts Sergeant South Snizort
MacLeod Murdo Royal Naval Reserve Seaman Sconser
MacLeod Murdo Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
MacLeod Norman Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
MacMillan Donald Seaforth Highlanders Lance Corporal Braes
MacMillan Duncan Royal Navy Seaman Braes
MacPherson Alexander Scots Guards Private South Snizort
MacPherson Kenneth Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacQueen Angus Royal Scots Private Portree
MacQueen John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
MacQueen Peter Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Braes
MacRae Donald Scottish Rifles Private 11th Scottish Rifles South Snizort
MacRae John Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
MacRae Jonathan Highland Light Infantry Private South Snizort
MacSwan Alexander Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Matheson James Royal Naval Reserve Seaman South Snizort
Murchison Angus Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Murchison Donald Cameronians Lieutenant South Snizort
Murchison John Cameron Highlanders Private South Snizort
Nicolson Alexander Gordon Highlanders Private Braes
Nicolson Archibald Canadians Private South Snizort
Nicolson John Australians Private A.I.F. Braes
Nicolson John Royal Naval Reserve Seaman Braes
Nicolson John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Nicolson Murdo Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Nicolson Murdoch Highland Light Infantry Private Braes
Nicolson Samuel Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner Sconser
Orme John Royal Army Medical Corps Captain M.C. Portree
Orme William Royal Scots Private Portree
Ross Alexander Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Ross Angus Labour Corps Lieutenant Colonel O.B.E. Portree
Ross William Cameron Highlanders Company Sergeant Major Portree
Shaw Donald A. Royal Scots Fusiliers Private South Snizort
Simpson James A. Royal Air Force Lieutenant Portree
Simpson John W. Border Regiment Lieutenant Portree
Sinclair Charles Cameron Highlanders Corporal Portree
Stewart Donald Seaforth Highlanders Private South Snizort
Stewart John Cameron Highlanders Private Portree
Sutherland Angus Lovat Scouts Private South Snizort
Turnbull Duncan Royal Engineers Lance Corporal Portree
Turnbull William Cameron Highlanders Lance Corporal Portree

World War 2 Roll Of Honour

Bruce George Royal Navy Stoker
Davidson Ian N. Canadians Wireless Operator Royal Canadian Air Force
MacDonald Alexander Merchant Navy Seaman
MacKenzie William D. Royal Air Force Sergeant
MacKinnon Ronald Merchant Navy Seaman
MacLeod Neil Royal Army Service Corps Driver
MacLeod Neil A. Royal Air Force Sergeant
MacLeod Norman Cameron Highlanders Private
MacPherson Archibald Royal Navy Seaman
MacRae Hector Merchant Navy Seaman
MacRae John Merchant Navy Seaman
MacRae Matthew Seaforth Highlanders Corporal
Morrison Donald Rifle Brigade Private
Munro John A. Cameron Highlanders Private
Nicolson Samuel Royal Air Force Sergeant Pilot
Nicolson Samuel Royal Artillery Gunner
Porteous W.F.W. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Flight Lieutenant D.F.M. & Bar
Robertson Lachlan Merchant Navy Seaman
Whiteford Ian Royal Army Service Corps Private

The distance from Portree to Glasgow and Paisley is 215 miles



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Old Photographs Minishant Scotland

Old photograph of houses, thatched cottages and people in Minishant located two miles North of Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was at one time the granary of the monks of Crossraguel Abbey, when Kennedys and Mures fought fiercely for power and when the village became a busy little place with two woolen mills.

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Old Photograph Houses Braco Scotland

Old photograph of houses and cottages in Braco, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located 5 miles north of Dunblane towards Perth off the A9 road.



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Old Photographs Bridge Street Kelso Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and buildings on Bridge Street in Kelso, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Wester Loan Road Milnathort Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on Wester Loan Road in Milnathort, Perthshire, Scotland. Located on the A91, the main Stirling to St Andrews, Fife, road, Milnathort was developed as a market town with cotton weavers and makers of tartan shawls and plaids.



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Old Photograph Sluices Loch Leven Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the sluices at Loch Leven by Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. By the 18th century the River Leven, which has its source at Loch Leven, was one of Scotland’s most intensively harnessed rivers as a source of water power. It was reported in 1810 that the surface of the loch could safely be lowered 2 1/2 feet to reclaim more than 500 acres of land and, by canalising and regulating the winding river at its outlet, it would still be of advantage to mill owners. In 1813, 40 mills down to the sea were valued at £176,220. In all they had about 360 feet of falls, but it was not until 1827 that the Leven Improvement Act eventually enabled the water level of the loch to be lowered 4 1/2 feet, and an additional 4 1/2 feet, in effect a reservoir under the control of the mill owners, providing a regular supply of 5000 cubic feet per minute. Regulation was achieved by means of powerful sluices at the outlet of the loch at the head of a new, straight, ‘ cut ’, 32 feet wide and nearly four miles long, replacing the river to Auchmuirbridge. The engineer initially was James Brown. In 1828 the value of the water power of each of the mills on the Leven was reassessed by Robert Thom of Rothesay and George Moon of Russel Mill at a total of more than £2,200 per year. Fife contractors Walker and Burns started excavating the cut on 1 July 1828 using workers from Ireland. Wet weather adversely affected work and the final cost of the cut was just under £10,250 with a further £4,350 to Robert Hutchison for masonry work on the sluices and New Gullet bridges. From October 1830 Edinburgh consulting engineer James Jardine superintended the delicate task of removing the coffer dam in front of the spillway and sluices at Loch Leven and successfully introduced its water to the ‘ cut ’ on 25 December 1830. The eventual total cost of about £40,000 had so much exceeded Brown’s estimates that it took Jardine, who in 1831 had become Commissioner to the Improvement Trustees, until 1849, and with further acts of parliament, to close the books. The surface area of the loch was reduced from about 4506 to 3406 acres.



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Old Photograph St David's Beach Dalgety Bay Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by St David's beach in Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland. Dalgety Bay is a coastal town on the North shore of the Firth of Forth. It began as the village of Dalgety, which was built on the site of the 12th century St Bridget's Kirk. The land surrounding the town was part of the estate owned by the Earls of Moray who built Donibristle House as their residence. Towards the end of the 18th century, the village was removed by order of the Earls of Moray. During the First World War Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray donated a portion of his land to the Crown, which built an airfield there in 1917 as a base for the Royal Naval Air Service. The town also sent 30 men to war in the First World War, with only 8 returning unharmed.



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Old Photograph Pier Salen Island Of Mull Scotland

Old photograph of the pier at Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This Scottish village is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, almost halfway between Craignure and Tobermory.



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