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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1810,Applegreen Electric,EV charging station,Applegreen,Electric,EV,charging,station,vehicle,chargers,motorway,service,area,Britain,UK,cars,infrastructure,rapid,public,transport,sustainable,travel,energy,roadside,parking,bays,battery,motoring,network,zero-emission,Abington,Lanarkshire,Scotland
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EX1RFP - . Applegreen Electric EV charging station with multiple vehicle chargers at a motorway service area in Abington , Lanarkshire, Scotland, Britain, UK. Photographed on 29 June 2026. The recorded location is Abington Services, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Britain, UK. A row of turquoise and white rapid charging units stands beside marked parking bays, providing electric vehicle drivers with public charging facilities during longer journeys. The repeated charging posts and dedicated bays clearly illustrate the growing infrastructure required to support battery-powered vehicles and changing patterns of long-distance motoring. The historical setting for charging infrastructure is that electric cars require a visible layer of infrastructure that conventional vehicles largely hide at filling stations
Chargers, cables and marked bays therefore document the practical changes needed to support battery transport outside the home. Seen through emergency roadside, the earlier context is that motoring services increasingly expanded from mechanical breakdowns to batteries, tyres, diagnostics and recovery as cars became more electronically complex. For traffic management, the historical context is that road signs and traffic controls form a visual history of motoring and highway management
Standardised symbols, speed limits, parking restrictions and direction signs developed as vehicle numbers rose and roads became more complex. In the 2026 discussion of charging infrastructure, public charging is established transport infrastructure across the UK, with continuing debate about charger density, reliability, pricing, rural coverage and provision for drivers without off-street parking. The 2026 relevance of emergency roadside comes from the fact that road safety remains a major policy concern , while modern vehicles add sophisticated driver-assistance systems without eliminating collisions or the need for recovery services.
Abington Services, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Britain, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREC3N - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Scotland, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The subject captured here is Map showing central Scotland, with words Fuel Poverty spelled out. More than half of UK households across Britain will choose to eat or heat. The broader subject matter reaches into contemporary social history, urban fabric, mixed-use redevelopment, architectural character, historical comparison, commercial redevelopment, local history, place identity, civic architecture, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, archival record, changing land use, and period detail. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, planning and the continuing question of how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. Further associations within the scene are urban regeneration, visual archive, public-realm investment, town-centre renewal, adaptive reuse, changing streetscape, regional identity, and everyday life. The combination of central, showing, choose, words, and spelled anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for town-centre regeneration and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space in a form that can be compared with future views of Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is public-realm investment and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space within the real-world context of Scotland, UK.
Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC2 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC3 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AC4 - Alexander Findlay founded his engineering firm in 1888. The site he chose was at Milton to the north of Motherwell, on land conveniently next to the railway.
The location of the Parkneuk Works also made sense because it had plenty of space, which was important because it was normal practice for steel structures to be initially assembled at the factory before being dismantled and transported to the client. People living in the north end of Motherwell would become used to seeing huge steel structures appear in the yards of both Findlay's and the nearby Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company.
An early visitor to the Parkneuk Works was William Ewart Gladstone, former (and future) Prime Minister. - Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters
semi-suspension central span
lattice-work towers and parapets
terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Listing NGR: SO5125339423
Mill St, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NWK06D - The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as Motherwell Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Motherwell, and mother church of the Diocese of Motherwell.
History
The Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell was opened on Monday 9 December 1900. In 1948, the church was elevated to the status of cathedral after the new Motherwell Diocese was erected as a suffragan see by the apostolic constitution Maxime interest. The Scottish Catholic Directory of 1901 includes in the list of events for the year 1899-1900 the Opening of the Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell on Monday 9 December 1900, the feast of the Immaculate Conception transferred from Sunday. It includes a description of the church's dimensions and principal architectural features.
Music
Motherwell Cathedral's organ was renovated in 2008, and is noted for its size. It was electronically modified with a new console installed. With four manuals it is the largest organ of any Roman Catholic church in the West of Scotland. The cathedral organist is John Pitcathely, who played the organ at both of the Papal visits to Scotland. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir sings at many of the major services in the cathedral and also sings at the 5.30pm vigil Mass on Saturdays. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir, which is distinct from the Cathedral Choir, is directed by John Pitcathely.
Architecture
The cathedral was designed in the Gothic revival style by the celebrated architects Pugin and Pugin and resembles many Catholic churches designed by them in Scotland, England and Ireland. The church originally had a high altar and two side altars. However, these and much of the ornate decoration were lost in the re-ordering of the sanctuary in 1984 in accordance with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
31 Coursington Road, Motherwell , North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, ML1 1PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NWK09D - The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as Motherwell Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Motherwell, and mother church of the Diocese of Motherwell.
History
The Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell was opened on Monday 9 December 1900. In 1948, the church was elevated to the status of cathedral after the new Motherwell Diocese was erected as a suffragan see by the apostolic constitution Maxime interest. The Scottish Catholic Directory of 1901 includes in the list of events for the year 1899-1900 the Opening of the Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell on Monday 9 December 1900, the feast of the Immaculate Conception transferred from Sunday. It includes a description of the church's dimensions and principal architectural features.
Music
Motherwell Cathedral's organ was renovated in 2008, and is noted for its size. It was electronically modified with a new console installed. With four manuals it is the largest organ of any Roman Catholic church in the West of Scotland. The cathedral organist is John Pitcathely, who played the organ at both of the Papal visits to Scotland. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir sings at many of the major services in the cathedral and also sings at the 5.30pm vigil Mass on Saturdays. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir, which is distinct from the Cathedral Choir, is directed by John Pitcathely.
Architecture
The cathedral was designed in the Gothic revival style by the celebrated architects Pugin and Pugin and resembles many Catholic churches designed by them in Scotland, England and Ireland. The church originally had a high altar and two side altars. However, these and much of the ornate decoration were lost in the re-ordering of the sanctuary in 1984 in accordance with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
31 Coursington Road, Motherwell , North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, ML1 1PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G57 - The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, popularly known as Motherwell Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Bishop of Motherwell, and mother church of the Diocese of Motherwell.
The Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell was opened on Monday 9 December 1900. In 1948, the church was elevated to the status of cathedral after the new Motherwell Diocese was erected as a suffragan see by the apostolic constitution Maxime interest. The Scottish Catholic Directory of 1901 includes in the list of events for the year 1899-1900 the Opening of the Church of Our Lady of Good Aid, Motherwell on Monday 9 December 1900, the feast of the Immaculate Conception transferred from Sunday. It includes a description of the church's dimensions and principal architectural features.
Motherwell Cathedral's organ was renovated in 2008, and is noted for its size. It was electronically modified with a new console installed. With four manuals it is the largest organ of any Roman Catholic church in the West of Scotland. The cathedral organist is John Pitcathely, who played the organ at both of the Papal visits to Scotland. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir sings at many of the major services in the cathedral and also sings at the 5.30pm vigil Mass on Saturdays. The Motherwell Diocesan Choir, which is distinct from the Cathedral Choir, is directed by John Pitcathely.
The cathedral was designed in the Gothic revival style by the celebrated architects Pugin and Pugin and resembles many Catholic churches designed by them in Scotland, England and Ireland. The church originally had a high altar and two side altars. However, these and much of the ornate decoration were lost in the re-ordering of the sanctuary in 1984 in accordance with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council
31 Coursington Road, Motherwell , North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, ML1 1PP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A1H - . This authentic period view of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Virgin Pendolino arrives at Motherwell Railway Station, North Lanarkshire, Scotland in the evening, UK. The subject also carries associations with local character, everyday life, community identity, bus infrastructure, surface public transport, social history, roadside stop, before-and-after reference, archival record, regional identity, local bus network, changing streetscape, public transport information, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, local connectivity and rural transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. As a dated visual record of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside public realm, local mobility, changing land use, contemporary social history, period detail, historical comparison, transport accessibility, and roadside transit. The combination of Motherwell, Station, Virgin, arrives, and Pendolino anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is local connectivity and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport as part of the longer story of 78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK.
78 A721, Motherwell ML1 1BN, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM99Y9 - Chatelherault Country Park is a country park in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Its name is derived from the French town of Châtellerault, the title Duc de Châtellerault having been granted to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran in 1548 for his part in arranging the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, to Francis, Dauphin of France.
The country park is centred on the former hunting lodge, a folly designed to be seen from the now demolished Hamilton Palace at the end of a broad grass slope forming an avenue with lines of lime trees. The lodge was designed by William Adam and completed in 1734. It comprises two buildings, linked by a gateway, in the form of four pavilions above a garden wall. The north facade was visible from the palace and forms the front of the building. To the rear are formal parterre gardens. The buildings provided kennels, stables and accommodation for hunting parties returning from the woodlands to the south. Adam jokingly referred to his creation as 'The Dogg Kennel'
Duchesss Room Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton ML3 7UE, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ63E - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK - with young mother / pushchair / baby. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. In historical terms, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. As background, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. Historically, everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially useful when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. During 2026, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. Against the 2026 backdrop, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. In the longer view, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ64P - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK -person walking through. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. Historically, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In the longer view, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. Looking at the subject's development, everyday walking scenes document how people actually move through towns: on foot, with children, pets or shopping, using routes that may be altered or removed during redevelopment
Such images can become useful evidence of public access and local geography. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. The historical context is that seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ64T - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK with shopper. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. The wider historical story is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. The historical context is that town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. As background, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. Relevant alternative phrases include scenic view, dusk, night photography, seasonal landscape, cityscape, coastal landscape, urban landscape, travel photography, wide view, sense of place, and streetscape.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6ETPY - The town has three stations, the main railway station (known simply as Motherwell), Airbles and Shieldmuir. The main station runs on the West Coast Main Line from Glasgow to London and on the East Coast Main Line via Edinburgh and Newcastle, and is located next to Motherwell Shopping Centre.
National train operators
Virgin Trains, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express, pass through the main station, but not all stop there. The station is also served by Abellio ScotRail who provide direct services to Carstairs, Coatbridge Central, Cumbernauld, Dalmuir, Edinburgh, Lanark, Milngavie and North Berwick. Virgin Trains East Coast also provide a direct daily service between London Kings Cross and Glasgow Central that stops at Motherwell. The smaller station in the Airbles suburb of Motherwell only runs on the line to Dalmuir via Glasgow Central low level and Hamilton Central
however, it is closer to the Civic Centre and Fir Park stadium than the main-line station. That station is served by First ScotRail.
The (now defunct) firm of Hurst Nelson was a major railway rolling stock manufacturer based in the town. The company built trains for the London Underground, as well as main line railways
Muir St, Motherwell, Scotland, ML1 1BN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39DA - Martin and Frost, 26 Jamaica Street. 1855-6: John Baird I. Gardner's Warehouse is one of the great landmarks of Western architectural history, bring the first [building] in which the lessons of the Crystal Palace's [Hyde Park, London, 1851] prefabricated structure were applied successfully to everyday building. The structural frame was designed by R McConnell, who held the patent for its wrought and cast iron beams. The detailing of the delicate, cast-iron, arcaded and almost transparent facades, with their beautifully integrated timber leterring added later, was by Baird.
C McKean, D Walker and F Walker 1989.
A Gardner and Son's warehouse (no. 36, now Martin and Frost) is one of the most remarkable cast-iron warehouses of its date anywhere in Britain
built 1855-6 by John Baird I and using a structural system patented by R McConnel, ironfounder. The two facades are full of subtelties
the storey heights diminish and the window head profiles vary from four-centred arches at first-floor level to semicircular arches at the top. Also, the main bays are divided into four lights on the Midland Street facade and into five on Jamaica Street. There are some refined classical mouldings and fine lettering between the first and second storeys.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
36 Jamaica st, Glasgow Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4539216926 - 'A sheep feeding her two spring lambs appropriately just outside Lamington. The village is in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, roughly between Biggar and Lanark. It has a claim to fame that is may have been the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace (remembered in Scotland and Hollywood as a patriot and national hero).
Meat eaters are much more likely to encounter lamb than mutton on their plates. To ensure that consumers get what it says on the tin, around the world there are different standards to identify meat from sheep. In New Zealand and Austrailia the state of wear of a sheeps teath are the determining factors. Lambs have no worn permanent incisor teeth, a Hogget no more than two permanent incisors in wear and Mutton for two or more permanent incisors in wear.
In general, the darker the colour, the older the animal. Baby lamb meat will be pale pink, while regular lamb is pinkish-red.
Near Lamington if you were eating traditional Haggis (and I would only recommend Macsweens, even though they have those two cheesy actor lovers on their website www.macsween.co.uk/ ) you would probably be eating some lamb Lungs and Heart. occasionally lamb testicles (sometimes called Lambs Fries, dont mix them up when ordering with teh french ones), also make a tasty delicacy, perhaps not one for a romantic dinner though!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4396760988 - 'A spooky spot I have passed many times. the churchyard is part of Wandel and Lamington Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Here is how I have often seen it. Possibly Bauhaus missed a trick in not using it as an album cover. It's reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace. i have never stayed long enough to check if it has a pub or not.
There is a cake/desert called a 'Lamington'. Lamingtons are named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. According to legend Lamingtons were first served in Toowoomba when Lord Lamington took his entourage to Harlaxton House to escape the steamy heat of Brisbane. Lord Lamington was believed to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, referring to them as 'those bloody poofy woolly biscuits'.
The village in the snow www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4234461579/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD5P - The churchyard is part of Wandel and Lamington Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Here is how I have often seen it. Possibly Bauhaus missed a trick in not using it as an album cover. It's reputed to be the home of Marion Braidfute, legendary wife of William Wallace. i have never stayed long enough to check if it has a pub or not.
There is a cake/desert called a 'Lamington'. Lamingtons are named after Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901. According to legend Lamingtons were first served in Toowoomba when Lord Lamington took his entourage to Harlaxton House to escape the steamy heat of Brisbane. Lord Lamington was believed to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, referring to them as those bloody poofy woolly biscuits.
Lamington, Biggar, Scotland, UK, ML12 6HS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6T1K - Biggar Show: July 23rd 2016, said to be The Best One Day Show in Scotland
It's all going on at the Biggar Show on the 23rd of July as the show field will be bursting with Livestock, Poultry and Equine Classes, Ladies Industrial Section, Craft Marquee, Highland Dancing, Dog Show, Food Fair, Trade Stands, Fun Fair, Children's Entertainment and main ring attractions
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4234461579 - 'A proper white Christmas in prospect. Snow flurries sticking to trees and slidy underfoot.
It will be twenty indeed down this road today.
Here St Ninians Church and graveyard is behind me. Built in 1721, renovated in 1828 and again about 1880. Snow too deep to venture in without specialist footwear.
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