Gladsmuir
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Map of East Lothian
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Gladsmuir photos (none available)
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Gladsmuir memories
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East Lothian memories
my father
My dad worked on the Forth Railway bridge since I was little girl and I can always remember him going to work six days a week in all weathers, I wonder does any one remember him, his name was David Wotherspoon Scott and was married to Dorothy Scott. I also wonder does any one actually think about what it was like to be a painter or rigger on the bridge?
A memory of Forth Bridge contributed by karen hood
Where my Dad was born
Linlithgo, Lanarkshire Scotland is the place where my Dad was born in 1901.
A memory of Linlithgow contributed by eddie tait
My father was a drummer boy
My father was a drummer boy in Edinburgh Castle when he was 14 in 1915.
A memory of Edinburgh contributed by eddie tait
Planned visit to the hometown
I left St Mary's Secondary to go to work in Riddochhill Pit. Wow!. Left the coal mine to work for Ritchie Brothers for a couple of years and headed to Lancaster to join my big sister, Veronica, in Lancaster. I sold Life Insurance for The Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society for a year or so and then emigrated to BC, Canada. Memories of kicking the can, "rounders", using the fireplace shovel for a bat, and the many times of tying black thread to the door knocker, hide behind the front hedge or fence and watch the people open the door....
A memory of Blackburn contributed by Tam McDonagh
Extracts From Gladsmuir & East Lothian books
The last Scottish national parliament was held here in 1646.Oliver Cromwell lived at the palace for several months following the Battle of Dunbar in September 1650.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it. In 1301, Edward Longshanks set about rebuilding and heavily fortifying the palace, and it was held by the English until the autumn of 1313.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
The royal apartments were situated on the west side of the quadrangle. Queen Margaret’s Bower is where her majesty kept vigil while James IV fought at Flodden.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
Mary, Queen of Scots was born here in 1542, and Prince Charles Edward Stuart stayed here in 1745. The palace is thought to have been burnt down accidentally in 1746 by some of General Hawley’s troops.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".
Founded by David I in the 12th century, the church was rebuilt about 300 years later.
An extract from from"Edinburgh Photographic Memories".