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[Steven Stratherrick @StevenW24515280]

@HighlandHistory The new bridge opened for traffic in August 1961 and the temporary bridge was then removed. This photo on the new bridge's first day.

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

Looking downriver from Ness Bank towards Ness Bridge, #Inverness, 1960s

[photo: Raymond Meiklejohn]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

The Palace Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey, late-1970s/early-1980s

[photo from the collections at #Grantown Museum]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

The Caledonian Hotel, #Portmahomack, circa early-1970s

[photo: Ken MacKenzie / @HighlandCouncil]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

Some of the riders who completed the Auto Cycle Union's six day trial from Land's End to John o' Groats on this day in 1908. Third from the left is Muriel Hind who rode a 5hp Rex.

58 starters left Land's End on Monday 13th and 48 arrived at John o’ Groats. The final stage had begun at Tain. Riders were allotted a minimum and maximum time to complete each stage and were penalised if they were either too fast or too slow.

[source: #Caithness Horizons Collection; North Coast Visitor Centre]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

A MacBrayne's bus at Fort William bus station, 1960s

[photo: John Sinclair]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

#Inverness Burgh Fire Brigade at Castle Wynd in 1939. The pile of sandbags on the far left of the photograph indicates that the outbreak of World War II is either imminent or had already happened

[photo courtesy of Louise Macdonald whose grandfather, Duncan MacDonald, is pictured 5th from right]

[Am Baile - Highland History & Culture @HighlandHistory]

The pier at Port Ellen, #Islay during the Glasgow Fair, c1920s.

The Glasgow Fair has its origins in the 12th century when a market was held around Glasgow Cathedral. By the 19th century it had evolved into a holiday fortnight held in the 2nd half of July when many factories closed and those who could afford it took trips to the coast

[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/19]

[365 Days of Motoring @365daysmotoring]

79 years ago today [4 June 1946] Michelin & Cie filed a French patent for its new radial tires
https://t.co/GI1JbyWwIL
#365daysofmotoring #autos #classiccars #OnThisDay #cars

[365 Days of Motoring @365daysmotoring]

Born 119 years ago today [5 June 1906] Oscar Bertram “Bert” Greeves MBE, British engineer who founded Invacar Ltd in 1942 and Greeves motor cycles in 1953
https://t.co/IzxdzQkRmZ
#365daysofmotoring #autos #classiccars #OnThisDay #cars #motorcycles

[PistonHeads @PistonHeads]

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale is one of Italy's finest ever creations - now it lives once more. https://t.co/4ksACQMEKQ

[Electric Blue⚡️💙🧢 @Only9built]

The best shaped Alfa Romeo of all time.

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

Funny little cars parked outside the Red Lion pub in Hillingdon Hill London. 1960s.

[Senna 🇧🇷 @sennatheking]

The most iconic #F1 pic of all time

Senna - Spa 1988

#BelgianGP

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

Humans landed on the moon for the first time 56 years ago today 🌕

[Quirky Rides @QuirkyRides]

#Isetta #Landespolizei for catching very small, slow-moving criminals

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

On this Day in 1969, the Apollo 11 crew successfully accomplishes the first human landing on the Moon, touching down in the Sea of Tranquility. Six and a half hours later, astronauts Neil Armstrong and @TheRealBuzz make history as the first humans to walk on the lunar surface.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the Moon—and with them, the world took a giant leap. That moment sparked a legacy of exploration that continues today as @NASA and its partners advance toward Artemis II and prepare for the next great frontier: Mars.

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

Faroes-style tunnels could 'transform' fortunes for Shetland isles https://t.co/Gqq7RCbFk8

[History Defined @historydefined]

People watch coin-operated televisions while waiting in the Los Angeles Greyhound Bus terminal in 1969.