Christmas Countdown: Curling at Dunblane, 1920s
These lovely photographs were shared with the Archives by Mrs Helen Syme or Munro, who attended our ‘Re:Collections’ day at Dunblane Library in December 2016. They show curling matches played […]
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Christmas Countdown: Christmas Parties
It is the week before Christmas so we are going to post every day this week for our traditional Archives Christmas Countdown. Most people will be attending works ‘dos’, nativity […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 27th April 1928
This is the last entry in Viola’s diary and brings this feature on our blog to an end. Writing in April 1928, Viola talks about bird behaviour and tells a […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary – 26 Apr 1928
A quick note before we begin. Although it appears we have jumped back in time and missed this diary entry…we haven’t! We are just following the order the entries appear […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary – 28 Apr 1928
After a long period off from writing in her diary, Viola returns with a long entry about one of her favourite birds: geese. Viola has travelled to Flanders Moss to […]
Dunblane Rovers F.C minute books, 1921-1934
Our document of the month for December focuses on Dunblane Rovers F.C. Dunblane had two main football teams in the early 20th Century: Dunblane F.C (also known as Dunblane Wanderers […]
Explore Your Archives 2017 – What other school records might I find?
In our final blog post for Explore Your Archives 2017 we are going to highlight a selection of valuable records you might also find within our school collections. One of […]
Explore Your Archives 2017 – School plans
You may not think it, but architectural plans of schools provide a unique outlook on the history of education in Scotland. Whilst a plan of a school building provides you […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 1922-1928
A very short diary entry finds Viola cover six years in three sentences! From the period of 1922-1928 Viola does not keep a regular update of her diary. She herself […]
Explore Your Archives 2017 – School board and management committees
Today’s article for Explore Your Archive 2017 concerns school board and school management committee records. If you are interested in researching the history of local education in a particular area […]