Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Stirling, Central Scotland
- Dollar, Central Scotland
- Falkirk, Central Scotland
- Callander, Central Scotland
- Dunblane, Central Scotland
- Alva, Central Scotland
- Alloa, Central Scotland
- Doune, Central Scotland
- Bo'ness, Central Scotland
- Bridge of Allan, Central Scotland
- Clackmannan, Central Scotland
- Denny, Central Scotland
- Glasgow, Strathclyde
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Melrose, Borders
- Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
- Oban, Strathclyde
- Dunoon, Strathclyde
- Kelso, Borders
- Jedburgh, Borders
- Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway
- Rothesay, Strathclyde
- Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway
- Gourock, Strathclyde
- Ayr, Strathclyde
- Grangemouth, Central Scotland
- Dundee, Tayside
- Tillicoultry, Central Scotland
- Inveraray, Strathclyde
- Innerleithen, Borders
- Perth, Tayside
- Greenock, Strathclyde
- Elgin, Grampian
- Aberdeen, Grampian
- Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Hawick, Borders
Photos
7,623 photos found. Showing results 61 to 80.
Maps
64 maps found.
Books
22 books found. Showing results 73 to 22.
Memories
384 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.
Yr Gof Cynwyl Around 1960
Yr Gof Cynwyl. (I’m no verra guid at the Welsh I doubt) It would be around 1960 that I used to get jobs done at the Cynwyl blacksmith shop. Mr Jones was a good man although crabby at haymaking time. I went there to ...Read more
A memory of Cynwyl Elfed in 1960 by
Kilmaurs
My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more
A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by
A Happy, Friendly Place For A Boy To Grow Up ...
Born in Woking in 1945 I lived in New Haw from 1947 to 1964, firstly at Warren Road and then from 1949 in Braeside. I remember Mrs Crab at West Byfleet Primary who taught me to read; I remember Mr Bean at ...Read more
A memory of New Haw in 1947 by
Romford
I was born in Ilford, I lived in Romford then when I was 5 I when to Scotland, then about four and a half years later I went down back to Cranham, then I went to Romford.
A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 2000
Happy Days In Latimer
It was only two years or so, from 1959-61, aged 6-8, but it still seems as if the happiest period of my childhood in Latimer was one long, endless, glorious summer. My dad was in the army, in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, ...Read more
A memory of Latimer in 1959 by
Gretna School
Does anyone have any school photos of the 1950s at Gretna Township School, later Gretna High School, Scotland?
A memory of Mossband Ho in 1955 by
An American In Barassie
I lived at 51 Becah Road, Barassie, Troon. My step-father was in the U.S. Air Force and stationed at Prestwiick. I remember the gentleman who lived on the ground floor of our house. His name I think was George ...Read more
A memory of Troon in 1956 by
Happy Days
My sister and I used to visit our grandparents, Harry and Lily Bliss, who lived on Sandringham Drive, West Monkseaton. We would come down from Scotland in late June and stay for two weeks. Favourite memories include the Spanish ...Read more
A memory of North Shields in 1958 by
My Dads Shop
I always remember my dad's tuck shop in Idle, we were the end cottage on Albion Road next to the school. I was only 5 years old when we moved away but it's funny how memories, even at such a young age, stay with you. I remember walking what ...Read more
A memory of Idle in 1963 by
Turriff Aberdeenshire 1851
My great-great-grandparents show up, at Turriff, in the Scotland Census of 1851 :- Address: Bridgend of Gask (I wonder where this place/croft was?). The Head of the Household was James Urquhart ,'Farmer of 4 acres and Day ...Read more
A memory of Turriff by
Captions
157 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.
In 1640 witch mania was rife throughout Scotland.
Stirling Castle, sited on a precipitous hill 420 feet high, has been intimately bound up with the fortunes of Scotland from the 12th century until the union of the crowns in 1603.
The steamers now trading between the resorts all belong to the one company, Caledonian MacBrayne, who operate all services on the west coast of Scotland and the Western Isles.
here, in 1715, that a number of Scottish lords, including the Earl of Mar, met on the pretext of a hunting trip to plan an uprising against the House of Hanover and return the Stuarts to the throne of Scotland
With surrounding hills dominating the skyline, and substantial granite buildings, this view becomes immediately identifiable as Scotland. A
It was Sir William Keith, Marischal of Scotland, who built a tower house at Dunnottar in the late 14th century, and is said to have been excommunicated for his troubles by the Bishop of St Andrews for
It was the only fortress in Scotland that flew the Stuart royal flag after Charles's defeat at Worcester in 1651.
This was once the seat of the Fitzalans, hereditary High Stewards of Scotland.
Between 1872–4 there were around 125,000 arrests on drink charges throughout Scotland.
The burial place of David II, James II and James V, and described as being one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland, Holyrood Chapel was sacked during the revolution of 1688
Set on the banks of the River Lochy, it is one of Scotland's earliest stone castles, and it was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis
She is the last screw steamer to be operating a regular service in Scotland.
A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings.
It is said that Bruce's heart was eventually returned to Scotland; it may be the mummified one interred at Melrose Abbey.
Bawtry was once an important coaching stop on the old Great North Road, where horses were changed on the journey north to Scotland.
Jonson was 45 years old when in 1618 he left London and walked the 400 miles to Scotland.
When John Baliol was crowned King of Scotland in 1292, his English estates, including Barnard Castle, were declared forfeit to the English Crown.
It was he who brought Scotland's university teaching methods into line with Geneva, forming the basis of Scottish academic life for over three centuries.
The crossroads at Milnthorpe was well known to motorists travelling to Scotland or the Lake District on the A6 before the advent of the M6 motorway.
Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.
Dating back to the 13th century, the castle is one of the most impressive ruined fortresses in Scotland; the Douglas Tower took 36 years to build, and is thought to be the work of French masons because
Five weeks later, Bruce was crowned king of Scotland.
This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.
When John Baliol was crowned King of Scotland in 1292, his English estates, including Barnard Castle, were declared forfeit to the English crown.
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