45 Wonderful Color Photos of Scotland During the 1960s

   

The Sixties may have been swinging in places like London, Paris and San Francisco - but in Scotland, there wasn’t much to smile about.

 
 
Scotland in the 1960s
 
High unemployment, shipyard closures and the troubles of traditional industries all contributed to a mood that the country was sinking, and little could be done to stop the slow death.
 
However, from this gloom a new political spirit suddenly emerged - the whirlwind of Scottish nationalism. At a stroke, Scottish independence was on the political agenda, and there seemed to be little anyone could do to stop it.
 
It was a remarkable renaissance. At the start of the Sixties, the Scottish National Party (SNP) had been so small and weak that one of their own leaders quipped that if all the senior members had been together in a small plane and it had crashed, then the party would have been wiped out forever.
 
However, hard work by the SNP’s activists, particularly in West Lothian where they established a stronghold, started to restore the party’s fortunes.
 
These wonderful color photos from MartinJSnelling that show what Scotland looked like during the 1960s.
 
 
Ballater Station, Scotland

 

 
Black Watch Monument, Aberfeldy, Scotland

 

Boats at Mallaig, Scotland

 

Boats Upon the Water, Mallaig, Scotland

 

Cannons at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

 

Car Ferry, Scotland

 

Craigmure Inn, Mull, Scotland

 

Crathie Church, Scotland

 

Crown Room Tower, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

 

Dunblane Cathedral, Scotland

 

Edinburgh from the Castle, Scotland

 

Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Eilean Donan, Scotland

 

Falls of Lora and Connel Bridge, Scotland

 

Fishing Boats, Oban Harbour, Scotland

 

Forth Railway Bridge, Scotland

 

Forth Road Bridge, Scotland

 

Glenfinnan Monument, Scotland

 

Gruinard Bay in Wester Ross, Scotland

 

Hydro Electric Power Station, Pitlochry, Scotland

 

Kenmore Church, Scotland

 

Kenmore, Scotland

 

Lake Hotel, Menteith, Scotland

 

Lismore Light, Scotland

 

Little Harbour, Mallaig, Scotland

 

Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Scotland

 

Loch Lomond, Luss, Scotland

 

Loch Tay, Kenmore, Scotland

 

Mallaig Harbour, Scotland

 

Marguerite, Mallaig, Scotland

 

Mull Car Ferry, Oban, Scotland

 

Oban from Pulpit Hill, Scotland

 

Parked at Festival Theatre, Pitlochry, Scotland

 

Prince's House Hotel, Glenfinnan, Scotland

 

Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Roses in Prince's St. Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Ship in Dock, Kyle of Lochalsh - Scotland

 

South Charlotte Street, linking Charlotte Square to Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

Standing Guard, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

 

Tay Bridge, Aberfeldy, Scotland

 

The Old Bridge of Dee, near Braemar, Scotland

 

The Old Fishermen, Mallaig, Scotland

 

Waterfall, Glen Nevis, Scotland