Places
36 places found.
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- 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 101 to 120.
Maps
64 maps found.
Books
22 books found. Showing results 121 to 22.
Memories
384 memories found. Showing results 51 to 60.
Dunwich Monastery Gateway
My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in ...Read more
A memory of Dunwich in 1965 by
Visiting As A Child
My memories of Coulsdon are very vague as I live in Scotland. My Father met a wonderful man named Bernard during the 2nd world war.who came from Coulsdon. Bernard was over 7 feet tall and this is the only thing I remember ...Read more
A memory of Coulsdon in 1953 by
Cookridge Once Fields And Farms
I moved from Holbeck in 1948 into one of the first estates to be built in North West Leeds, Ireland Wood (Raynels). In 1950 I went to Cookridge School, then a wooden hut right slap bang opposite where Cookridge ...Read more
A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by
Good Times
We came down from Scotland to Stoke in 1953 as my dad had got a job in the newly opened Pit Hem Heath. As children we used to stay at the house which is sitting in front of the pit . We used to go across the brook on the pipe what ran ...Read more
A memory of Hem Heath in 1960 by
Tommy Wiggins
Tommy Wiggins was a small-built man, he had round John Lennon NHS glasses, and had the Corner Farm in Fencott. He was a great friend of my grandfather, Charlie Hayes, and once every 2 weeks my grandfather peddled all the way from ...Read more
A memory of Fencott in 1966 by
Home
I was born in Mid Calder; my sister in Pumpherston; and my brother in Uphall Station. We lived at 17 Nettlehill Road until we emigrated to Canada in October 1957. We all went to the school in Uphall Station and my favourite teacher ...Read more
A memory of Uphall Station in 1957 by
The Saughs
My Mother (know as Betty Scott in those days) who is now 91 lived at The Saughs (Saughs Cottage now) from 1923 to 1936 (ish) - probably aged 3 to 17. Mum was a foster child and went there to live with "Auntie" (Christine Hunter Mc ...Read more
A memory of Ochtertyre in 1920 by
Our House
I lived in Old Cleeve for 19 years at no. 17. Our surname was Ryan. We continued to live there after our mother's death in 1983 and our father died in 1986, we then moved up to Scotland, even though I have some fond memories of my life in Somerset.
A memory of Old Cleeve in 1967 by
The Shakey Bridge
My mother left Yorkshire with me in 1945 when I was four years old. She worked for a Mrs Curzon at Arrochar house in Rothiemay as a cook and general help. I think the owners were titled people. I remember ...Read more
A memory of Rothiemay Crossroads in 1945 by
Dunstaffnage War Years
Like your other contributors I also spent my very early years in Dunstaffnage. Dad had spent the early part of the war from day one as a young Engineer Officer on North Atlantic convoys in the Merchant Navy. When you were lucky to ...Read more
A memory of Oban by
Captions
157 captions found. Showing results 121 to 144.
In the 1880s the railway came, and the town grew yet more hectic as the London to Scotland expresses roared by.
It was built by Robert Stewart, first Duke of Albany, Guardian of Scotland on behalf of the captive James I.
The finished design is similar to Mellerstain Castle, Scotland.
Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!
Paisley Abbey, a Cluniac monastery founded in 1163 and now a charge of the Church of Scotland, has much 14th- and 15th-century architecture and stained-glass windows.
In 1887 Peter and Alexander Campbell decided to relocate their excursion steamer business from Scotland to the relatively untapped Bristol Channel, where they soon came to dominate the market.
There was a pier, and no doubt American cotton could be brought from Belfast, and coal for the boilers would come direct from Scotland and England.
The par- ish, which included Etal, Kimmerston, Hetherslaw and Crookham, suffered much during the wars with Scotland.
Scotland at the time was under the governorship of James, second Earl of Arran, a Protestant.
In 1424 James returned to Scotland after spending eighteen years as the 'guest' of the English court.
Between 1542 and 1546 he served in the wars against France and Scotland.
Scotland's first university, founded in 1411.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.
Golf was hardly played outside Scotland until the 1860s, when the first English club, the North Devon at Westward Ho!
Crookston was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust for Scotland.
Aytoun Street gets its name from Roger Aytoun (known as Spanking Roger), who came to Manchester from Scotland as an officer in the army.
The longest canal tunnel in Scotland is on the Union Canal.
Inside, the hotel is notable for its impressive black staircase dating from 1660, which is said to have been brought here from Loch Leven Castle in Scotland.
It has five striking jacks representing England (John Bull) sounding note 'A'; Ireland (Irish girl) note 'B'; Scotland (The Cock of the North) note 'D'; Wales (Welsh girl) note 'G' and Father
War with Scotland, and Longshanks' desire to press his claims in France, meant that money was tight.
The Isle of Man boats could be boarded from here, there were ships to Scotland and Ireland, and trains left for all parts of the country.
Victorian Glasgow may have been a parvenu compared with Edinburgh, with its ancient history as Scotland's capital and its 18th-century reputation as the Athens of the North, but Glasgow's unparalleled
Excursion trips flourished on the east coast of Scotland until 2 August 1914, when the Admiralty effectively closed the Firth of Forth to non-essential shipping.
Alnwick has witnessed many conflicts between the Scots and the English.
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