The past was a different place

Browse images of the past that tell the story of mistakes made, lessons to be learned and the changes that brought us to where we are today.

Photography

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this corn mill was built in the 1200's by the monks . New Abbey corn mill by Raymond Watson The Finnieston crane is a giant cantilever crane used for loading cargo Finnieston Crane by Raymond Watson the city of Adelaide clipper is the worlds oldest composite ship built in Sunderland , UK in 1864 . City of Adelaide clipper ship by Raymond Watson the Barony A frame was built in 1954 as part of the modernisation of the Barony colliery used to transport miners and raise coal . Barony A frame, Auchinleck by Raymond Watson ancient grain milling craft with a complete working set of original milling machinery Inside new abbey corn mill by Raymond Watson 1975 In Oban harbour. Small boats compared to the massive boats of today. Small boat fishing Oban 1975 by John Wilson Taken at a beach on Island of Coll by my father Look what I found by John Wilson A puffer sailing away from Crinan making a lot of smoke. Puffer by William McLachlan Long exposure of demolition work at Longannet Power Station with a ship passing in front. Time To Move On by Phil McIntosh A jetty onto the Firth of Forth with a rusty padlocked gate. Closed for Business by Phil McIntosh Fowlis Wester Standing stone with a face shape looking at a large clump of yellow flowered Gorse. On Watch by Blanche Haddow Blackhouse hearth with a peat fire Lewis Blackhouse by Rebecca Cadie Inside of Mousa Broch showing the curves and incredible stonework. Looking down from high to low with 2 men looking tiny at the bottom of the buildin Gigantic Skills by Blanche Haddow A group of teenage girls wearing school uniforms skating on a frozen loch Schoolgirls skating on Loch Leven by The Scotsman Publications Ltd. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk This is the main hall of Kinloch Castle, wood panelled throughout. Stag's heads are lined up on the walls and animal skins lie on the floor. Kinloch castle by Iain McLachlan

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The collection point, a reflection on the 21st Century The past, a different place really by John Reid The Beautiful blue waters now Through the arch window by Maria Hendry Old chimney covered with trees and plants. Healing Nature by Anya Hutchinson A photograph of erosion at St Monans coast Coastal erosion at St Monans by Anna Cruden View of the sea, sky and grassy cliff through a ruined stone window place Perspective From the Past by Carson Haggart Elgin Cathedral was burned down hundreds of years ago and this is what remains. Elgin Cathedral by Cooper Duncan Elgin Cathedral was burned down hundreds of years ago and this is what remains. Elgin Cathedral by Cooper Duncan A sign of "Loch Ness" in front of the shores of the water Fort Augustus by Kelly Henderson A thatched cottage and out building by the sea in the Outer Hebrides The edge of the Atlantic by Rose Henderson A warm, homely window in Stromness with bottles glowing through frosted glass. Outside black rubber coats the paving stones. Streets were for People by Martin Laird

Artwork

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This work applies an environmental understanding to rethinking traditional icons of Scottish cultural identity What IS Scotland? by Kathy Bruce A Soviet-style artwork of a shirtless miner wearing a miner's helmet and mid-swing with a pick-axe A celebration of industry by Historic Environment Scotland (Sir Basil Spence Archive) A large, long factory building spews out smoke from five chimneys and, in the distance, the smokey rooftops of Dundee city. The Tay Works, Dundee by Historic Environment Scotland