Hi, I'm Gordon Young. I was born and brought up in Scotland ...and I just love Scottish history! Follow me, in Scotland and abroad, as I describe in video, images and words the amazing places and events that have forged Scotland's rich and unique history. If you have a love of Scotland and Scottish history, then let me help you enjoy and understand it more, as I travel through the centuries, exploring well-known and not so well-known historical happenings and mis-happenings. History has many truths, but I promise I'll only ever give you the truth as seen from my own historical perspective, which will help you develop your own. If you would like to walk in the footsteps of Scottish history...then subscribe to my channel and walk with me! Gordon Young
Thank you Gordon, very informative and well presented! I was born in Cameronbridge/Windygates from a coal mining father from Methil and a mother who had worked in the sugar beet industry in Cupar. Grand parents came from both fishing and coal mining families. You mentioned the coal mining under the Forth in Culross but later 1940’s-1980’s ( probably earlier) worked under the Forth from both sides. My father worked at the Seafield, aptly named. You may also think of East Wemyss where coal was actually harvested from the shore of the Forth.
Thank you, Gordon wonderfully informative video. We are looking forward to our trip to the southern borders the end of this month. This is most helpful.
The 78th was disbanded after the French and Indian was but Fraser's Highlanders were raised again for service in the Revolutionary War as the 71st Regiment of Foot. As with the 78th, they established themselves as an outstanding regiment at least equal to the Black Watch.
Thank you, Mr. Young, for this important bit of Scottish history. Although I have visited the UK before, I will be visiting Scotland for the first time in July/August this year (2024). I have been reading a tome on Scotland's history (Alistair Moffat's), and it's been a challenge. As an American (with British ancestry), our history begins so much later, and so I've dipped into videos and other media to assist in assimilating the English/French/Protestant/Catholic conflicts in Scotland's earlier history. Yes, some of my ancestors were Scots -- my grandfather, born in Iowa, was named "Bonnie Earl," and I discovered my unusual surname is a town on Shetland (likely from the Vikings). The Scottish public education system in the 1700's is particularly impressive. I worked for a year at a Presbyterian mission hospital in rural Malawi, where the nearest town was "Blantyre," named after Livingstone's birth place. Every such mission had a hospital, a church, and a school. Best wishes!
Being a Pennsylvanian with predominantly Scots-Irish surnames and dna, I would imagine there’s a large amount of us over here that would love hearing about reasons for Scots to Ulster and Scots to colonies in 17-18th centuries. We don’t have much surviving records and rely on a North American perspective on figuring out when our families hit the continent. Thanks for your content.
I’ve lost my clans. I am from the border clan Boui and my mother’s side Nesbitt. I can’t find information about either of them. My DNA says I’m Scottish. Does anyone know anything about them?
Maybe they were Nisbet? There are always variants in the way surnames are spelled. William Nisbet (d 1783. From Dirleton, East Lothian) bought Marlefield House at Eckford in Roxburghshire. He also inherited the Barony of Grubbet from the Bennet family. This essentially made William Laird of Kirk Yetholm, where the Gypsies lived. Kirk Yetholm is about 1 mile west of the Border. I don’t have any more info but maybe what I've supplied can help.
My family is 100% Appalachian and nearly 100% Scotch-Irish. Been able to trace lines to Oliver’s, Armstrong’s, and Elliot’s so far. The Border Reiver history is probably my favorite part of late-medieval/ modern British history.
Thank you from east Tennessee. I'm a Massingale. I am in the process of getting my Big Y 700 dna testing. From what we already have learned, our families were from Clan Robson. Is there more specific information on this clan. If it helps, we believe Clan Robson were allies with Clann Gunn. Thanks for the treasure of information, sir.
Parallel motion is for the pumping of mines and not for rotary motion .It changes an arc motion into a reciprocating (up and down motion ) The crank is used for changing reciprocating motion into rotary motion.
Excellent video, I was born in the Howe of Fife , educated in Fife, and went to work in Glenrothes New Town. As a boy we would get the ferry to Dundee or Edinburgh. I wish we had been taught more comprehensively about the history of Fife in school. Thank you for sharing.
I went to catholic school but always been a free thinker… all we got taught about was the jacobites but no context given… Nothing mentioned about the Scottish enlightenment or innovation I honestly feel cheated of a proper education
My maiden name is Shaw and my paternal side of the family came to the colonies in or around 1650 and were known as shipping entrepreneurs. I’m reconnecting with those from the homeland. Enjoyed listening to your podcast. ❤
Britain from 1800 to 1900. 20,000 Waterwheels decreased in number. Windmills decreased in number. Englishman Thomas Newcomen's 1,500 Atmospheric Pumps disappeared. Scotsman James Watt's 500 Steam Engines and their descendants increased in number to 10,000,000 !!! For every SINGLE Waterwheel in 1800 we now had an additional 500 Steam Engines in 1900 !!! And you don't need a river of flowing water for each one either, so they can be sited anywhere! That's an increase in Power Capacity and so, for Productive Capacity for the whole country of 500 times. That WAS the Industrial Revolution! It's never happened before and I would say it won't happen again. The Industrial Revolution was the result of only one single Invention. James Watt's Invention of the world's first PRACTICAL Steam Powered Engine. Nothing to do with those " 27 Inventions of Industrial Revolution " etc.etc.etc. Also nothing to do with Spinning and Weaving, that was the result of unfair trading practices.
Great video, well presented and researched. I extended my knowledge on the subject and learnt a lot from the video, so many thanks for that. Easy-to-listen-to story teller. Wonder if he does other subject or does he just cover Scotland? This is the first one I have seen so far, so will check out his other vides to see if they are as good as this one :-)
All of us with border surnames, who are proud Scots or proud English need to remember that our riever ancestors were not proud Scots and proud English.😊
Confusion for me aswell. I can trace the family to Sauche Clackmannan in around 1840... I cant find any earlier records here in Australia.. it sounds like they may have been from the original Frasers?
I lived in the borders of Scotland for five years and it was diabolical nothing but Alcholics and druggies who are trying to scam people out of their money and the drug deals that go on down Hawick High street in front of police cars with the police watching it go on and the police just ignore it going on Galashiels is not any better people just want to stay away from these area the baptist Church in Hawick has a Yorkshire woman who is trying to scam people out of money diabolical people need to stay away from these areas
a HUGE eye opener for me to de-romanticise the idea of life in the Clan Era was visiting the Highland Folk Museum nr Aviemore in the 2000s - I explored black house reconstructions & got a feel for what living in one would be like - pretty grim & my conclusion was? - 'I'd have been on the road South ASAP' ... even though, as a keen outdoors-man, I do love the Highlands - following that thought further - you can well see that even a crowded tennement in Glasgow or Edinburgh with a shared toilet, etc would be a real step UP in living conditions & opportunity - even though, in my lifetime, Gorbals tennements, etc are seen as horribly deprived - in the 17 & 1800s - they would have been a real step up.
