Artikelname: Dumfries & Galloway's Lost Railways
Artikelbeschreibung: During the railway network's heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Dumfries and Galloway was served by dozens of stations, many of them on the 'Paddy Line' from Dumfries to Portpatrick and its several branches. Only a handful of stations now serve this rural area. 51 pictures and a map record many lost stations, along with other features such as the Solway Viaduct, the level crossing at Gretna Township, the engine shed at Beattock and sidings and sheds at Newton Stewart. Station staff, passengers and rolling stock feature prominently too

Artikelname: Dumfries and Galloway's Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: In the latest of Bill Smith's series on Scottish steam, relive the final days of the Port Road when people lined the route six-deep to wave the last service goodbye. The various branch lines of this vast area are also covered and the 55 photographs, all taken by the author, are accompanied by detailed captions. Steam engines feature throughout, working at locations including Beattock, the Beattock Bank, Beattock Summit, Canonbie, Castle Douglas, Creetown, Crossmichael, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Dunragit, Elvanfoot, Gatehouse of Fleet, Greskine, Harthope, Kirkconnel, Kirkinner, Kirkcudbright, Loch Skerrow, Lockerbie, Moffat, Nethercleugh, Parton, Sanquhar and Stranraer.

Artikelname: Old Annan
Artikelbeschreibung: Old Annan features a wonderful series of photographs covering High Street, Bank Street, the River Annan, Ever Holm and the Solway Firth, and also includes the story of the town's elopement scandal and its ancient fair days. Eric Nicholson's motorbike shop is featured together with Dixon's grocers, pictures of Cochran's Boilers, John Nicholson's shipping business and the packing department of R. Robinson & Sons. Learn about famous people connected with the town such as Edward Irving and the infamous 'local worthy' Kirsty Rule. The long-demolished Solway viaduct appears alongside photographs of the Solway's haaf net fishers, while the story of local smugglers is told, as is that of Burns' visit as an Exciseman. Additional subjects featured include the Corner House Temperance Hotel, Annan Academy, the Moat House, Annan racecourse and Annan Combination Hospital.

Artikelname: Old Castle Douglas
Artikelbeschreibung: Pictures of curling on Carlingwark Loch, and more surprisingly, circus elephants watering themselves in the loch during warmer summer weather, are two of the more unusual pictures in Old Castle Douglas. The town's main streets and sights are included too, along with pictures of the aftermath of fires at the old town hall and in a parade of shops and flats in King Street. Penman's garage, military camps at Caigton, Wallet's auction mart, troops departing from the station to fight in the First World War and the Palace cinema are also included.

Artikelname: Old Dumfries
Artikelbeschreibung: At last a book about the Queen of the South, one of my favourite towns in Scotland and it's a good un' with an excellent text and a mouth-watering selection of photos covering Dumfries, Maxwelltown, Gasstown, Heathfield and Locharbriggs. Besides numerous photos of the old town, also included are the Arrol-Johnston Motor Works, Buchan's Preserve Works, the Troqueer and Rosefield Mills, St.Joseph's, The Craigs, Locharbriggs Quarry, the Titanic Memorial and more.

Artikelname: Old Gretna
Artikelbeschreibung: Old Gretna tells the tale of a village still famed as an elopement destination, and is illustrated with photographs of 'priests' and various places where an English couple could be wed such as Gretna Hall and the Queen's Head Hotel. Read about the disapproval of Gretna's parish minister, the story of Lord Erskine's farcical elopement in 1816 and that of James Goldsmith in 1953. The First World War had a major impact on Gretna and there is a large section devoted to the munitions factory and township which was built in 1916. The 'Gretna Girls' are featured both in photograph and poem, together with stories of the social consequences of having so many people together in a district with few entertainment facilities - the township could get very rowdy indeed! On a more sober note there are also photographs of the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1916 during which 220 soldiers lost their lives. Dornock village is also featured.

Artikelname: Old Kirkcudbright
Artikelbeschreibung: The ancient seafaring town of Kirkcudbright has a long history and many royal connections, with Edward I, James II and Henry VI coming for a visit, mustering their armies, and fleeing there respectively. There's a vivid description of the activities that went on in the old Tolbooth, where witches and Covenanters were imprisoned, and in some cases tortured. Kirkcudbright's more recent history includes the important Tongland Works, used as a munitions factory during the First World War, then for the manufacturing of cars by a branch of the famous Arrol-Johnston company. Local personalities such as John Houston, postman and 'weather prophet', feature along with artists Jessie M. King and E. A. Taylor. There also are a number of excellent pictures showing steam and sailing ships berthed in the harbour.

Artikelname: Old Langholm and the Esk Valley
Artikelbeschreibung: A collection of fifty-two period photographs of this border town and the villages around it, including Canonbie, Rowanburn, Bentpath and Eskdalemuir. Accompanied by a history of the area, many of the images show village life as it was in years gone by - sheep being driven to market, a Scottish opera performed by the Langholm Amateur Dramatic Society, the unveiling of the War Memorial, children on their way to the old Langholm Academy, and, of course, the various events and sights of the annual Common Riding, including the oldest surviving brass band in Scotland, the Flute Band who play only once a year, the hound trail and the wrestling. Other subjects include the long-gone railway stations at Canonbie and Gilknockie, the coal pit at Rowanburn and the building of the Observatory at Eskdalemuir.

Artikelname: Old Lockerbie and Lochmaben
Artikelbeschreibung: Pictures of Lockerbie show it in the days when the main road from Glasgow to Carlisle still passed through the town and before the King's Arms had a major revamp that completely changed its appearance. A yeomanry camp at Scroggs in 1919, the impressive Jardine Hall (demolished in 1964), a prize-winning bull from a local farm and an early Home Rule demonstration held in front of the town hall are a few of the other items featured. Lochmaben is covered too, while pictures of the satellite villages of Applegarth, Sibbaldbie, Templand, Kettleholm, Boreland, Hightae, Bankshill and Dalton have also been included.

Artikelname: Old Newton Stewart
Artikelbeschreibung: As well as the streets and buildings of Newton Stewart, Creebridge and Minnigaff, this book contains pictures of events such as the acrimonious Creebridge Eviction (a church dispute of the early twentieth century), curling and skating on the River Cree during the freeze of February 1895, a visit by an aircraft to the town in 1913, and a floral fete featuring magnificently decorated bicycles. There's a picture of the aftermath of the train crash of February 1910, as well as the station (and a local bus) during more run-of-the-mill times. Nearby Blackcraig, where lead mining was established in the late eighteenth century, is featured too, along with Palnure, where boats transporting lead ore were moored.

Artikelname: Old Portpatrick
Artikelbeschreibung: Portpatrick's history is inextricably linked to the sea. Several pictures illustrate the coastguard's 'rocket life-saving apparatus', which fired a line from land to endangered ships and allowed stranded crew to be brought ashore by means of pulleys and a harness. Lifeboats in action, the steamer Tyrconnel stranded on rocks, cod being sorted prior to despatch to London and an excursion steamer berthed in the harbour are all featured. One of Dr Carroll's fund-raising sandcastles, and a picture of Dirk Bogarde chatting with an elderly resident during filming of the 1951 movie Hunted, are two of the more unusual items in this comprehensive collection.

Artikelname: Old Stranraer and Cairnryan
Artikelbeschreibung: Catalysed by the introduction of a regular steamer service to Ireland from the 1860s, Stranraer flourished, with numerous hotels lining George Street along with an impressive array of shops. In Donnie Nelson's book the town is seen during its Victorian and Edwardian heyday, with a variety of vessels from the Princess line plying the waters of Loch Ryan at a time when Stranraer had a well-used railway service that connected with the steamers. Photos of Agnew Crescent illustrate this attractive stretch of promenade before the Clayhole Bay area was filled in to provide parking. Other views show a calamitous fire at Greenvale Steam Laundry and an impressive fish sale at the Breastwork. Cairnryan's story - from sleepy village to industrial-scale port - is illustrated in a series of views charting the development of this nearby community. Mansions such as Lochinch Castle and Lochryan House contrast with the more modest cottages of Castle Kennedy, a planned estate village, while two fascinating photos from the pioneering years of aviation show flimsy looking aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps at Cults Farm.

Artikelname: Old Wigtown
Artikelbeschreibung: Before the coming of the railway reduced its importance as a port, Wigtown prospered as a market town, benefiting from the right to charge dues on all sheep, cattle and wool crossing the River Cree. This collection of pictures reveals a quiet country town with tidy streets lined with inns and shops. There was a darker side to Wigtown's history, however, and two female Covenanters are believed to have been drowned there in 1685. Neighbouring Bladnoch and Kirkinner are included in this book too. Bladnoch was a centre of commerce and industry with its iron foundry, coachbuilders, distillery, creamery and mill, while there are also pictures of the RAF airfield at Baldoon Park, plus the village of Kirkinner and its station.

Artikelname: The Central Stewartry
Artikelbeschreibung: The Central Stewartry covers Borgue, Twynholm and Gatehouse of Fleet, along with some of the smaller settlements in this lush and attractive corner of what was once part of Kirkcudbrightshire. Belted Galloway cattle, the smuggler Dirk Hatteraick's cave, the Fleet Canal, Gatehouse station (long-closed and famous for its remoteness from the town it served) and the architectural flights of fancy dreamt up by Victorian industrialist James Brown in and around Kirkandrews are some of the sights on offer.

Artikelname: The Ken Valley
Artikelbeschreibung: We had too many interesting pictures of the Glen Kens to publish in one book, so had to split the area into two. A companion volume to The Upper Glen Kens, this book covers Laurieston, Mossdale, New Galloway, Murray's Monument, Ken Bridge, Boat of Rhone, Parton and Crossmichael. It includes pictures of mansion-houses that most people won't have seen before, the old ferry at Boat of Rhone, vintage buses at New Galloway station, plus lots of attractive street scenes showing these popular villages and their occupants in the first half of the twentieth century.

Artikelname: The Solway Coast, Powfoot to Caulkerbush
Artikelbeschreibung: The Solway Coast has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most picturesque parts of Scotland, characterised by castles, villages and beautiful countryside. This volume covers a relatively short stretch of the coast, taking in the communities of Powfoot, Cummertrees, Ruthwell, Clarencefield, Carrutherstown, Mouswald, Bankend, Glencaple, Kelton, New Abbey, Carsethorn, Kirkbean, Southerness, Gillfoot, Mainsriddle and Caulkerbush. Comlongon and Caerlaverock Castles feature, as do Sweetheart Abbey, the Solway Fishery and some of the area's big houses. Both locals and visitors to this area - close to Dumfries but peaceful and rural - will find much of interest.

Artikelname: The Upper Glenkens
Artikelbeschreibung: This complements our other book on the Glen Kens, The Ken Valley, and includes pictures of Carsphairn, Dalry, Balmaclellan and several pictures of the Galloway hydroelectric scheme under construction in the 1930s. Auntie Ann at her spinning wheel in Carsphairn, a magnificent horse-drawn carriage at the door of the Lochinvar Hotel, Roger Dunn's gravestone and the unfortunate story behind his death, plus a view of the Tinkler's Loup before it was submerged are some of the many items featured. You can see salmon leaping up Earlstoun Linn, as well as pictures of the high-tech ladder that was built at Earlstoun when the water level was raised.