Posted by: Gaeltravel | Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dundee jute mills

excellent video showing workers at the jute mills (not mine) …

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Friday, March 18, 2011

Stiftelsen Fullriggeren Sørlandet

Stiftelsen Fullriggeren SørlandetThe Ship Sørlandet in Dundee harbour. Date probably late 1950s to early 1960s? (scanned photo)

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Sunday, November 7, 2010

Terra Nova

Terra Nova- Dundee built ship sailing from London in this video.   Great Uncle Tom crewed on this ship.

DEPARTURE OF ‘TERRA NOVA’ – British Pathe.

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Saturday, June 26, 2010

Under Loch Sunart

Underwater Loch SunartSnapshots from experimental underwater video with unexpected results.

caution: flashing images

Watch the video

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Glencoe c.1964

GlencoeThe Lilburn collection, or at least a small part of it.

The quality of the slides has been deteriorating and so all have been scanned. Unfortunately some of the images are not clear.

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Monday, June 14, 2010

Suilven c.1965

SuilvenThe Lilburn collection, or at least a small part of it.

The quality of the slides has been deteriorating and so all have been scanned. Unfortunately some of the images are not clear.

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Sunday, June 13, 2010

Ullapool c.1965

UllapoolLooking down towards Ullapool in 1965 scanned from the Lilburn collection.

Unfortunately a very poor quality photograph but I thought I’d post it and then post a comparison with one of the photographs taken last year.

Ullapool

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Saturday, June 12, 2010

Forth Road Bridge

Forth Road BridgeApproaching the Forth Road Bridge not long after it opened. c.1965

from the Lilburn collection.

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Saturday, June 12, 2010

Forth Road Bridge

Forth Road BridgeForth Road Bridge under construction. c.1963

from the Lilburn collection.

Posted by: Gaeltravel | Friday, June 11, 2010

Clansman c.1965

David MacBrayne's ClansmanDavid MacBrayne’s car ferry CLANSMAN, built by Hall, Russell and Co in Aberdeen in 1964.

Pictured in Armadale.

David MacBrayne's Clansman

Scanned slides from the Lilburn collection. 1965.

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