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Map of Perthshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
See this old map of Perthshire
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Perthshire memories
Marquess of Bute & memories of the 1940s
I remember my grandmother telling me years ago, that I was distantly related to the Marquis of Bute. His wife the Marquess had an illigitimate child, who became my grandmother.
And I am also a descendant of Alexander Wilson (a Welsh Artist on my father's side) who has art displayed of ancient Cardiff and Barry, in Cardiff Castle, but most are at St Fagan's Museum. His family owned the Temperance Hotel near the castle. Alexander Wilson was also equerry to the Marquis of Bute in Scotland at Rothersay Castle, Isle of Bute.
My grandmother owned a grocery shop about halfway up Regent Street, Barry, number 38. I have memories of an air raid shelter in the centre of the street ...read more here
A memory of Treherbert contributed by Violet Kent
The Norfolk family settle in East Kilbride
Work brought me to Scotland in 1975 and I needed to live within commuting distance of the Bank of England branch in Glasgow. Elizabeth and I looked around the south side of the City and fell in love with a beautifully restored eighteenth century style weavers cottage in Calderwood, East Kilbride. A new town is a lovely place to live when you are young and we loved it. Our son was born in 1977 and altogether we had three happy years living in Scotland before work made us move home yet again! We were very sorry to leave our lovely cottage home behind, and the garden which Elizabeth designed and built. Happily our dear neighbours also liked our wee house ...read more here
A memory of East Kilbride contributed by John Howard Norfolk
The Gosport Ferry
Other than as a name on a map, I hadn't a clue about Gosport before joining the Royal Navy in 1949 and becoming a Portsmouth rating. My Visual Signals training had taken place, firstly, at Cookham Camp near Chatham and, latterly, at the Main Signal School at East Meon, Hampshire. On the completion of my training I was drafted to HMS Opportune. Later I served in HMS Rapid and, finally, HMS Rinaldo of the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla. All these ships were 'Pompey' based so, even though we spent the vast majority of those happy days at sea, there were quite a few odd moments when my ship would berth in 'Pompey' Dockyard. I had met a WREN, at Mercury, and she ...read more here
A memory of Gosport contributed by Roy Anderson
so many happy hours
my brothers john and alan and myself spent many hours in this pool such sweet memories, whilst we stayed with our grandparents during the summer holidays
A memory of Horsham contributed by sandra baldwin
Extracts From Altamount & Perthshire books
Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet
above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary
Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today)
and South Hessary Tor, and with a massive annual
rainfall of between 80 and 100 inches.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
The Warren House Inn, at over 1400 feet above sea
level, has the distinction of being the highest pub in
Devon and one of the highest in the country. It stands at
the side of the long moorland road between Two Bridges
and Moretonhampstead.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
The rocks stand at the end of what was during
World War Two the runway of RAF Harrowbeer,
so called because of worries that ‘RAF Yelverton’
might sound too much like ‘RAF Yeovilton’ on the
crackly radio of a Spitfire or Hurricane. The rocks
were lowered by several feet to prevent planes flying
into them.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
Tavistock, one of Devon’s three original
Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the
Tavy, which rises high on the moors near
Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream
of Tamerton. In the background is the via-
duct of the Okehampton railway line.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
Construction of the Guildhall was commenced
in 1848 on the orders of the 7th Duke, whose
statue stands in front. It was completed in 1864.
As well as filling the usual civic functions, it
was also the Police Station and the home of the
fire engine.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".