Our document of the month for January focuses on a small collection of records which became part of our holdings just before Christmas. These were particularly welcomed as they bolstered […]
It is not that long ago in Scotland when Christmas was not celebrated in the same way as it is today at all. The Church of Scotland discouraged lavish celebrations […]
Our next picture for the Year of Young People is a bit of a mystery. It comes from the Willie Jenkins collection (PD166) held here at Stirling Archives. The picture […]
On 28 November 1921, Alexander McArthur was buried in Norrieston Churchyard in the village of Thornhill. Born in Daldron, situated in Landrick Estate, McArthur spent the majority of his life […]
Do you remember school dinners from when you were young? People may have mixed memories of the food but it was a progressive idea to offer meals to school students […]
Records held at the Archives give a very detailed picture of the life of George Traine and added detail has been given to us from her own research by one […]
These delightful photographs of a birthday party group are held at the Archives as part of the Archibald MacLaren photographic collection. It is not clear whether this photograph is of […]
The armistice was signed at 5 o’clock on the morning of the 11th November 1918 and it was agreed that hostilities should cease at 11 o’clock the same morning. The […]
John and Elizabeth were orphaned when their mother Jane died on 27th March 1903. Jane was previously claiming for assistance and her entry in the register of the poor indicates […]
In rural communities, it was standard for the education authority be it the local School Board or later, the Education Committee, to allow students time away from school to undertake […]
