Artikelname: ARGYLL - The Enduring Heartland
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This extraordinary work was first published in 1977 and quickly achieved classic status.Argyll: The Enduring Heartland had a way of becoming unobtainable. In most countries, it is the mediocre writing which vanishes; in Scotland, for some reason, it is often the important books (like the novels of Lewis Grassic Gibbon, out of print for decades at a time) which turn into rare samizdat-like objects, passed from hand to hand in homemade polythene covers. First published in 1977, The Enduring Heartland sold out long before the demand for it was satisfied; printed again in 1995 after years of clamour and entreaty, the fresh edition in turn was snatched up so rapidly that once more the book became something to be borrowed from a friend, or to be waited for in a long list of applicants to lending libraries. The lack of Marion can never be made good. But the lack of her book can be filled, and it is a privilege and delight to welcome it once more in its third appearance.

Artikelname: Argyll and the Highland's Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: An album of steam-era images by railway photographer Bill Smith, who also wrote the accompanying captions. Locations featured include: Crianlarich Upper, Craigendoran Upper, Helensburgh Upper, Shandon, Ardlui, Bridge of Orchy, Fort William, Glenfinnan, Mallaig, Dunblane, Doune, Callander, Strathyre, Glenoglehead, Killin Junction, Oban, Connel Ferry, Ballachulish Ferry, Dalnaspidal, Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Grantown-on-Spey, Forres, Auldearn, Inverness, Beauly, Muir of Ord, Kildary, Tain, Dornoch, Wick, Kyle of Lochalsh and Fortrose.

Artikelname: Crinan Canal: The Shipping Short Cut
Artikelbeschreibung: Work on the Crinan Canal commenced in 1794 but the project was beset by financial and engineering problems and quickly had to be baled out by the Government. After this uncertain start the structural difficulties were addressed and traffic levels gradually increased. In 1847 Queen Victoria travelled along the canal on her way to a holiday in the Highlands, and following her patronage it became part of what tourist promoters billed as 'The Royal Route'. The short but scenic canal has been popular with tourists ever since, and as commercial traffic dwindled in the first half of the twentieth century yachts and pleasure cruisers replaced fishing boats and puffers. The route of the canal from Crinan to Ardrishaig is illustrated in a collection of pictures that feature both canal life and some of the small communities that once lay alongside it.

Artikelname: Cumbrae Since the War
Artikelbeschreibung: This unique selection of photographs comes from the collection of local photographer Walter Kerr. Walter has been taking pictures on Cumbrae since his return to the island at the end of World War II, after his release as a prisoner of war. Millport features prominently, with pictures of many well-remembered shops and businesses in the town, as well as the Old Pier in its heyday with a variety of vessels moored alongside. In addition there's the Cumbrae Club, curlers on the pond at the north end of the island, Glamorous Granny and Mr Millport competitions, and two photographs of the short-lived hovercraft service. Whether you're a local or someone who's enjoyed day-trips or holidays to Cumbrae, you'll find much of interest here.

Artikelname: Oban and the Land of Lorn
Artikelbeschreibung: This major new book from Chris Uncles covers a wide area and is split into three sections. Part one, Inverary to Port Appin, includes Dalmally, Stronmilichan, Lochawe, Taynuilt, Bonawe and the Lorn Furnace, the nearby granite quarries, Ardchattan Priory, Benderloch, Ledaig, Lochnell Castle, Eriska, Barcaldine Castle, Creagan Bridge, Tynribbie, Castle Stalker, Port Appin and a glimpse of Lismore. Part two is entitled 'Oban - Glen Nant - Ford' and features a wide range of pictures of the town of Oban and its maritime and commercial activities - sheep arriving on the quayside en route to market, the partly submerged hulk of PS Grenadier alongside the North Pier, and Henry Scrivens' famous photography studio (the full story of Scrivens' life and work in Oban is told at the beginning of the book). Dunollie Castle, Ganavan Sands, Dunstaffnage, Connel, Achnacloich, Tailor's Leap, Taychreggan, Portsonachan and Ford also feature. Section three is entitled 'Oban to Dunadd' and begins with pictures of Oban's South Pier and Lighthouse Pier, before continuing southwards to the Slate Islands of Kerrera, Seil, Easdale and Luing. Mainland locations on the road to Melfort are also included. This book is much more than just a collection of pictures of Lorn locations - the area's agricultural, industrial and maritime history is covered too, along with transport by road, rail and water, and the story of the establishment of this part of the Highlands as a Victorian tourist Mecca.

Artikelname: Old Bute
Artikelbeschreibung: In Old Bute as you'd expect Rothesay's streets and shops feature prominently, but there are also interior shots of the Rothesay Steam Laundry and The Buteman's print room, plus a photograph of Andrew Baird's home-made aeroplane. Bute's distinctive trams shuttle to and fro between Rothesay and Ettrick Bay, while Ardbeg, Port Bannatyne, Kerrycroy, Kilchattan Bay - and even the island of Inchmarnock - are also illustrated.

Artikelname: Old Campbeltown and Machrihanish
Artikelbeschreibung: Although lying further south than Berwick, remote Campbeltown and Machrihanish have long been thought of as part of the Highlands and have themselves the feel of Highland communities. For much of their history they relied on fishing as the mainstay of the local economy, supplemented by tourism that used to arrive on the Clyde pleasure steamers. These no longer visit and the fishing has been much reduced, but this new history, accompanied by over fifty period photographs, recalls the heyday of the area's prosperity from the late nineteenth century until the 1950s. In those days the old market cross still graced the Main Street and the locomotives of the Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway puffed, unfenced, through the streets. Longrow was still prone to floods, and the Wide Close, the net-drying poles at Dalintober, the barrels of herring waiting at the Old Quay for transportation to Glasgow and beyond, are just some of the fascinating sights also included.

Artikelname: Old Dunoon and Cowal
Artikelbeschreibung: For years the haunt of holidaying Glaswegians, this book captures Dunoon and the Cowal peninsula in the days when tourists were delivered by steamers rather than car ferries, and when a paddle in the sea and a promenade along the pier were all the ingredients needed for a great Fair holiday. Apart from Dunoon itself, many of the Cowal villages are included among the sixty photographs: Kirn, Hunter's Quay, Ardnadam, Sandbank, St Catherine's Well, Strachur, Millhouse, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Glendaruel, Colintraive, Innellan and Bullwood. Most of these communities had their own piers, many of which are pictured here, and a number of the photographs feature the notorious gunpowder mill at Millhouse, explosions at which could be heard as far away as Dunoon itself. Highland Mary's birthplace is also featured, as well as the pub run by Fitroy MacLean, the original James Bond.

Artikelname: Old Inveraray and Upper Loch Fyne
Artikelbeschreibung: Potted history and vintage photographs of Inveraray and the vicinity including Otter Ferry, Minard, Crarae, Furnace, Dunderave, Cairndow, Ardkinglas, St. Catherines, Strachur, Strathlachlan and of course the much-loved town itself. A delightful look back at this popular area of Argyll.

Artikelname: Old Iona and Staffa
Artikelbeschreibung: We are delighted to finally add a volume on these delightful islands on Scotland's West Coast which everybody should visit before they die and we hope that the reader will think it has been worth the wait as we have searched extensively to compile as fine a collection of photographs as possible. Uninhabited Staffa with its basalt columns and the wonder that is Fingal's cave has drawn tourists like a moth to a flame since the days of Boswell and Johnson - alas before the age of photography! However, included are some excellent photographs taken in the 1890s when the tourism industry to these parts began to open up in earnest. Iona, often visited by the tourist on the same excursion is so different, and is a must see destination for both the secular and the religious minded. Here are buried Scottish, Norwegian and Irish kings. Iona Abbey, before and after restoration, and early Christian stone crosses are featured in depth as well as the steamers which have brought the tourists here over the years. Also included in this book are previously unpublished photographs of an intrepid Edinburgh scout troop visiting in 1930 and some of the sights they saw on Iona, also pictures of Dun I and the abandoned marble quarry.

Artikelname: Old Islay
Artikelbeschreibung: All aspects of island life are covered here: there's a plane on the Strand; peat being carried home in a horse-drawn cart; the distilleries at Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Bowmore, Lagavulin and Ardbeg; the cattle show; and pictures of steamers berthed at Port Ellen. Other photographs show Port Wemyss, Portnahaven, Port Charlotte, Conisby, Kilchoman, Islay House, Port Askaig, Bridgend, Port Ellen and the sheiling at Claggan Bay.

Artikelname: Old Kintyre
Artikelbeschreibung: From the Introduction
...The language lives on in many place names, including Ronachan ('place of seals'), Tayinloan ('marsh house') and Ben Gullion ('hill of shoulders') - and Kintyre itself comes from the Gaelic Cinntire, meaning the 'head of the land' or 'land's end'. Other place names are of Norse origin from the early invaders - Saddell ('sandy valley'), Skipness ('ship point'), Muasdale ('valley of the monks'), and Tangy ('tongue of land') are just some of these.As with many other parts of Scotland, one of Kintyre's main exports was its people, who travelled to America, Canada and Australia in search of a better livelihood for themselves and their families. They often named their new settlements after towns, villages or districts in the 'old country', and today echoes of Kintyre place names can be found .in Queensland (Kilkivan Shire), New South Wales (Campbelltown) and Ontario Tayinloan, Killean, Largie and Barrhill). More than 400 people in the parish of Killein and Kilkenzie alone emigrated in 1840. In what became known as the 'six wet years' from around 1839, when the potato and oats crops failed in the constant rainfall, people began to starve as their staple diet disappeared. Large numbers went to Australia or New Zealand - a journey which in the 1830s took four months by sea from Oban. Ontario was chosen by many farmers to relocate to, as its land was in many ways similar to that which they had left behind; but no matter how skilled they were with animals or crops, they were designated only as agricultural labourers in the records of their adopted countries.With the once all-essential fishing industry diminished beyond recognition, and other industries struggling to survive, Kintyre has a high rate of unemployment which has never been helped by the sense of comparative remoteness from the central belt. However, recent initiatives to encourage visitors to come to discover for themselves Kintyre's scenic beauty and heritage are encouraging, and surely this is a part of Scotland which is well worth visiting and to keep coming back to.

Artikelname: Old Loch Goil
Artikelbeschreibung: Includes the settlements of Lochgoilhead & Carrick Castle. Amongst the Lochgoilhead photos are Viewfield Terrace, Ben Arthur Place, the hotel, the sundial, the old school house and the pier and naturally a number of photos of the paddle steamers which visited the village. For Carrick Castle, there is the prefab church, Burnside Terrace, Carrick Farm, Hillside and others - and more paddle steamers. The text is by two stalwarts of the local historical society

Artikelname: Old Millport
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a complementary volume to "Cumbrae Since the War" and deals with the golden years of Cumbrae from 1890 to 1940. Among the views featured are The Ark, The Mermaid, Cardiff Street, the harbour and piers, Stuart Street, Guildford Street, The Garrison, Kames Bay, Marine Parade, the Crocodile Rock (which we have all sat on), the Lion Rock, the Marine Station, the golf club, curling in the early 1900s, steamers and more. The text is first-rate and is by Andrew Clark, a music journalist whose prose usually graces the Financial Times, and who has been associated with Cumbrae since childhood. The pictures come from his own collection and have been supplemented by others from the collections of Susan Forrest, Ian Duncan and Walter Kerr and the book has very much been a team effort and comes highly recommended.

Artikelname: Old Mull
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 A fascinating photographic history of the island which, as the author puts it ’still thrives on being distinct and different’. Spectacular pictures accompanied by detailed captions tell the story of the great houses, the turbulent history, the villages and most of all the folk who help to shape the beautiful island of Mull so appreciated by tourists today.

Artikelname: Old Oban
Artikelbeschreibung: In the nineteenth century Oban became the transport hub of the Highlands, making it an incredibly easy place to get to for tourists wishing to reach the islands and enjoy the famed scenery of this part of the world. Over a century later, it remains one of most popular Highland destinations. Landmarks such as the McCaig tower and Oban Distillery, plus steam locomotives and the old canopied station, feature alongside a bustling George Street and esplanade. Steamers in the bay, armies of herring gutters on the quay and a photograph of the Oban Hotel on fire add up to a wide-ranging selection of pictures covering the town. Carding Mill Bay, Soroba and Connel Bridge are also featured.

Artikelname: Old South Uist with Eriskay and Benbecula
Artikelbeschreibung: Bill Innes, originally a native of the island, presents a delightful collection of photographs of life as it was on South Uist and this is every bit a book about people as it is about place. The author's own wonderful photos from the 1950s and 60s are augmented by images from the Margaret Fay Shaw collection, Kildonan Museum and other sources and many previously unseen images are included. Among the subjects featured are the old car ferry which ran until 2001, the Pollachar Inn, Walter Blaikie, the author(!), seaweed collection, the caschroom, Ian Campbell, Donald MacDonald, the Bute hospital, Daliburgh, Roderick MacDonald (Ruraidh Posta), emigrants leaving in 1923, Angus Maclellan and Donald Macintyre, Ormiclate, Howmore School, Flora Johnstone's seashell-covered cottage in Eochar, the 1936 cattle show. the Creagorry Inn, Benbecula Aerodrome and more.

Artikelname: Orkney & Shetland Steamers
Artikelbeschreibung: The replacement of P&O Scottish Ferries by Northlink as the ferry company serving Orkney and Shetland in October 2002 brings to an end an unbroken line of ownership that stretches back to the dawn of steam navigation and before. The North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company, known as the North Company, operated from 1875 for a century, until, as part of the P&O group, it was renamed P&O Ferries (Orkney & Shetland Services). P&O have served the northern isles since then.The ferry services are still an important part of the economy of Orkney and Shetland. Although aircraft have had an impact on passenger services over the past few decades, much of the freight and many passengers are still carried by ferries to and from Aberdeen or Scrabster. The inter-island services have also been important throughout the islands as a means of communication. Ships such as St Ola, St Rognvald, Earl of Zetland, Se Clair, Orcardia and St Sunniva have all served the islands well over the past hundred..or so years and ferry services to Orkney and Shetland look set to continue for a long time to come.Inside the pages of Orkney & Shetland Stcamers are over 200 images from the past two centuries of the ferries, the piers and the people they served. They are accompanied by an informative text and give an insight into the history of the companies that have served Orkney and Shetland over the past two hundred years as well as the ships that have plied the sometimes treacherous waters of the North Sea.

Artikelname: Puffers:West Coast Puffers in Old Photographs
Artikelbeschreibung: Old photographs with extensive captions about these delightful little boats which plied the waters of the West Coast of Scotland in the twentieth century and were immortalised in Neil Munro's The Vital Spark. This book includes many rare photographs, previously unpublished, including a number by Dan McDonald. The vessels featured are Sealight, Nelson, Hannibal, Hero, Caesar, Norman, Victor, Druid, Dane, Saxon, Melissa, Vital Spark, The Maggie, Boer, Inca, Na Kiel, Cretan, Moor, Turk, Slav, Texan, Kildonan, Anzac, Lasca, Spartan, Stormlight, Kaffir, Chindit, Ardfern, Staffinch, Innishowen, Innisclora, Eva, Clydegate, Perfection, Ashdale Glen, Arab, Hafton, Logan, Kype, Mellite, Limelight, Crysto, Starlight, Skylight, Sitka, Raylight, Arclight, Moonlight, Paulgate, Ormsa, Inchcolm, Lucullite, Arran Rose, Garmoyle, Northinch, Stronshira, Glencloy, Thistle, Mary Stewart, Glenholm, Invercloy, Glen Rosa, Barrington, Lady Bute, River Cloy, Jenny, Lythe, Petrel, Faithful, Lady Isle, Cuban, Cloch Lass, Toward Lass, Cumbrae Lass, Pibroch, Texa, Glen Fyne, Auld Reekie, Louise, Helena and Eilean Easdale.

Artikelname: South Uist: Archaeology and History of a Hebridean Island
Artikelbeschreibung: This is an in-depth account of the lives of the people of South Uist and the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides) over more than 6,000 years, as revealed by dramatic discoveries of Bronze Age mummification, Iron Age domestic rituals, Pictish death rites and Viking longhouses. Archaeological research, carried out by university teams from Britain and North America over the last 16 years, has transformed our knowledge of ancient island life and our broader understanding of island archaeology.With illustrations throughout, this book, which presents findings of international significance, will appeal to non-specialists as well as to those interested in archaeology, history, folklore, environment and wildlife.

Artikelname: St Kilda: A Journey to the End of the World
Artikelbeschreibung: At the far-flung, western corner of the British Isles is a group of islands called St Kilda, made famous for being the remotest inhabited part of Great Britain. Countless tourists have visited this World Heritage Site over the past three hundred years to see at first hand the primitive Utopian lives of the locals. It was all to end in 1930 with the evacuation of the last few dozen residents to an uncertain future on Scotland's west coast. The islands have been uninhabited since, save for an army base and the islands' unique wildlife.For almost fifty years two ships sailed weekly from Glasgow and made regular call’s to the Outer Hebrides and St Kilda during the few short summer months, carrying finished products and essential supplies to the remote islanders as well as taking away their produce for sale. These ships, the SS Hebrides and the SS Dunara Castle, were the lifeblood of St Kilda, bringing food and supplies as well as tourists, who purchased the islanders' wares. Their regular calls were to cease with the evacuation. The chance find at an antiques fair in Bristol of a photograph album of views taken on just one tour to St Kilda aboard the SS Hebrides in 1911, has led Campbell McCutcheon to chronicle the story of St Kilda and the journey to the end of the world, using previously unpublished images of these remotest of islands. From Glasgow journeying down the Clyde, past the Mull of Kintyre and on to the Western Isles, we are taken on a tour of both the Inner and Outer Hebrides and gain a unique insight into island life and trade only twenty years before it was to be lost forever.

Artikelname: St. Kilda - A Voyage to the Edge of the World
Artikelbeschreibung: Sixty years ago, the inhabited area of Britain shrank by almost 50 miles as the few remaining residents were evacuated from St. Kilda, the "islands at the edge of the world". W.R.Mitchell, who has been fascinated by St. Kilda since boyhood, when he read accounts of the indomitable islanders and teeming birdlife, realised a long ambition when he joined a working party of the National Trust for Scotland, the owners of St. Kilda, and sailed to the remote islands. This book is his graphic account of what he and others on the working party saw and did in a spectacular ocean setting.

Artikelname: The Crinan Canal: Puffers and Paddle Steamers
Artikelbeschreibung: The more than 55 beautiful old photographs in this book show the Crinan Canal bustling with activity. Nostalgic photographs of Ardrishaig and Lochgilphead and the village of Crinan complement pictures of puffers, fishing vessels and cabin cruisers, with the canal's best-known vessel, the Linnet, making several appearances. Guthrie Hutton's detailed captions bring the photographs to life.

Artikelname: The Isle of Arran
Artikelbeschreibung: In his long-awaited follow-up to his out of print postcard tour titles, Ken Hall takes us on a spectacular new journey round Arran, using archive material from his extensive collection. Puffers and paddle-steamers, agriculture and industry (what little there was) are included, as are all the settlements on the island: Brodick, Invercloy, Corrie, Sannox, Lochranza, Catacol, Pirnmill, Machrie, Shiskine, Blackwaterfoot, Sliddery, Kilmory, Lagg, Kildonan, Shannochie, Dippin, Whiting Bay, King's Cross, and Lamlash. If you love Arran you'll love this book.

Artikelname: The Isle of Arran
Artikelbeschreibung: In his long-awaited follow-up to his out of print postcard tour titles, Ken Hall takes us on a spectacular new journey round Arran, using archive material from his extensive collection. Puffers and paddle-steamers, agriculture and industry (what little there was) are included, as are all the settlements on the island: Brodick, Invercloy, Corrie, Sannox, Lochranza, Catacol, Pirnmill, Machrie, Shiskine, Blackwaterfoot, Sliddery, Kilmory, Lagg, Kildonan, Shannochie, Dippin, Whiting Bay, King's Cross, and Lamlash. If you love Arran you'll love this book.

Artikelname: The Life and Death of St Kilda
Artikelbeschreibung: On 29 August 1930 the remaining 36 inhabitants of this bleak but spectacular island off Scotland's western coast took ship for the mainland. A community that had survived alone for centuries finally succumbed to the ravages that resulted from mainland contact. What their lives had been like century after century, why they left, and what happened to them afterwards is the subject of Tom Steel's fascinating book. It is the story of a way of life unlike any other, told here in words and pictures, and of how the impact of twentieth-century civilization led to its death.This new edition contains new chapters that take account of the lives of those who, for very different reasons and in very different ways, have come to live and work on St Kilda in recent years and have continued the extraordinary story of those most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands.

Artikelname: The St Kilda Steamers; A History of McCallum, Orme & Co
Artikelbeschreibung: The first steamer to visit St Kilda was the Glen Albyn in 1834. Contemporary newspaper advertisements describe her as 'elegantly furnished'. Soon afterwards St Kilda was visited by another steamer, the Lady of St Kilda, a two-masted schooner which had only recently been converted to steam and was on her maiden voyage. From the 1830s, St Kilda was reachable from the mainland in less than a day. The arrival of the steamers made a huge difference to the island. Communication with the mainland was possible, visitors could arrive and buy St Kildan wares, and goods once unimaginable on St Kilda were imported for the islanders' use. Two companies were to make St Kilda their own: John McCallum, with Hebrides and Hebridean, and Martin Orme, with the Dunara Castle. From the 1880s these three steamers plied to the islands in the summer months, taking away tweed and other goods from St Kilda and bringing the necessities of life - everything from sugar and salt to furniture, as well as a myriad of other goods. The ships also brought tourists, eager to sample a few hours of the simple St Kildan life. James Mackay, who first set foot on St Kilda in March 1959, tells the story of the ships that were the lifeblood of St Kilda, from that first steamer to the present day.

Artikelname: Wheels Around Arran, Bute and Cumbrae
Artikelbeschreibung: These three islands formerly comprised the County of Bute and over the years have featured an interesting range of transport types and operators. With some of the Clyde Coast's most stunning scenery providing the backdrop, Robert Grieves has selected photographs showing puffers, paddle steamers and car ferries, along with buses, bicycles, lorries, cars, trams and even a miniature railway. Many well-known former transport operators are featured, and brief histories of their businesses have been included.

Artikelname: Wheels Around Dunoon and Cowal
Artikelbeschreibung: This selection of wheels-related photographs features modes of transport ranging from horse-drawn coaches to buses, cars, lorries, paddle steamers and even a steamroller. Illustrating a large but sparsely populated area, Old Dunoon and Cowal charts the development and vital importance of road transport in this part of Argyll. Combined with steamer services, the road network and the vehicles that plied it meant that most parts of the peninsula were accessible to both local people and tourists using public transport. Locations featured include Sandbank, Coylet Inn, Inverchapel pier, Innellan, Strachur, Kames, Glendaruel, Cairndow Hotel, Port Lamont, Strone and Lochgoilhead, while lots of pictures show vehicles en route at famous scenic locations around Cowal.

Artikelname: Wheels Around Kintyre
Artikelbeschreibung: The latest addition to the Wheels around series is a real cracker from the best-loved and most prolific author in the series. As usual it is stuffed full of great pictures of buses and commercials. Macbraynes are inevitably in here as are notable local names such as Peter McKerral, A & P McConnachie, West Coast Motors, Mundell, Dickie Brothers, Croan, and the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway and more. Locations include Campbeltown, Tarbert, and Drumlemble.