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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
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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