Scotland

Seen from the Forth & Clyde Canal at Camelon, which is a district of Falkirk. The locals were unfailingly friendly whilst I was there.

Limekiln remains at the site of the nineteenth century Arniston Lime Works in Midlothian. Map evidence suggests that this kiln was in use during the 1850s.

The St Abbs lifeboat was established in 1911 and withdrawn by the RNLI in 2015. Since then an independent lifeboat has been put in place following a contribution of £260,000 by Thomas Tunnock & Sons Ltd. The boathouse is leased to the lifeboat charity by the St Abbs Harbour Trustees.

This cast pulley is on the side of the continuous brick kiln at Prestongrange. A close look shows the frayed end of a steel cable and I can only assume that it was associated with raising and lowering a damper on the kiln. The London Electric Firm was established in Croydon in 1904 and specialised in winches, wire ropes, guide pulleys and lowering gear.

The harbour at Dunbar is in two parts divided by this double bascule bridge.

At one time there were two limekilns side by side at Fullarton Quarry in Midlothian. Nowadays just this one and a few fragments of the other can be seen.

The harbour at Dunbar is in two parts divided by this double bascule bridge

Mosaic in the doorway to a former shop of the Buttercup Dairy Company Ltd at Innerleithen. At its peak the company had over 400 shops across Scotland.

It is always good to see a chimneystack with a full complement of pots. This is in Haddington, East Lothian. The cream brick is nice to see and presumably originates from a works on the coalfield around Prestongrange not far to the north west.

Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange is now the Scottish National Mining Museum. The colliery was sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890 and came into production in 1894. It was closed in 1981.

The Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Company's head office in Inverness was built in 1893 to the design of architects Ross and Macbeth. Three years later a set of mosaics showing the activities of the company were added to the gables. The building has been empty for some time and the mosaics had deteriorated badly by 2018. Since I took this photo they have been restored and the building is being converted for further use. It is listed Grade B.

Quarry cottage and limekilns at the Glenmuir Limeworks east of Cumnock in Ayrshire. The quarry and kilns here seem to have been disused in 1858 but by 1896 were back in use. The 1906 map shows them as disused again.

The Walker Club was formed in 1844 in Londonderry to perpetuate the memory of the Rev. George Walker, who raised a regiment under Lord Charlemount for the defence of Dungannon, and when Dungannon was abandoned he and his regiment made their way to Derry, to help in the defence of the City. He then became Joint Governor. He fought with King William at the Battle of the Boyne, where he was killed on the 1st day of July, 1690. The club forms part of the "Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry". There are a number of branches to be found in Ayrshire. I was out in Ardrossan when the sound of fifes and drums drifted up the main road and it was clear that the Ardrossan branch was parading within the town. As they passed someone spotted my camera. There did not appear to be many younger men involved.

This pit was sunk in 1894 and operated until 1983. The preserved headframe is of unusual design and replaced a wooden structure c1968. The winding house beneath contains a steam winding engine built c1896 by Grant, Ritchie and Co Ltd, Kilmarnock.

Whilst chasing limekilns I found this lovely little corrugated iron building. The windows suggest that perhaps this was once an office for the nearby quarry.

The fuels storage capacity at Wick Harbour seems somewhat excessive to supply this fishing vessel. I suspect the fleet was actually out working.

Night falls at Haymarket as an Edinburgh tram heads for the airport.

Pious thoughts above the door to a former bank on East Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. Streetview shows that it is now empty and boarded.