Old Photographs Of Scone Village Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Scone a village and now a suburb of Perth, Perthshire. The new village of Scone dates back to 1885 when the Scone Old Church was built, the first building in the historical town. Notably, the Old Church was first built in Old Scone and was removed stone by stone to its new site. David Douglas was born on the 25th of June 1799, in Scone, and died on the 12th of July 1834. He was a Scottish botanist. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish highlands, North America, and Hawaii, where he died. The son of a stonemason, he was born in the village of Scone north-east of Perth, Scotland. He attended Kinnoull School and upon leaving he found work as an apprentice gardener in the estate of the 3rd Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace. He spent seven years at this position before leaving to attend college in Perth to learn more of the scientific and mathematical aspects of plant culture. After a further spell of working in Fife, during which time he had access to a library of botanical and zoological books, he moved to the Botanical Gardens of Glasgow and attended botany lectures at the University of Glasgow. The Professor of Botany was greatly impressed with him and took him on an expedition to the Highlands before recommending him to the Royal Horticultural Society of London. Although the common name Douglas fir refers to him, the tree's scientific name, Pseudotsuga menziesii, honors a rival botanist, Archibald Menzies. It was on September 17th 1895 that the Perth and District Tramways Company officially opened the line from the rapidly expanding village of Scone to Glasgow Road, Perth. On October 31st 1905, the first of the new trams ran from the High Street to the depot at Scone carrying the Town Council and their guests.