Christmas card from the Western Front, 1917
Last week we held a ReCollections event at Doune Library. A fascinating afternoon it was, sharing photos and stories of past times in Doune. James Innes kindly shared these images […]
Christmas Countdown
Christmas Countdown: Christmas Cards from the Front, 1915
In the records of the Whinwell Children’s Home, held at the Archives, there is an album of cards that the founder of the home, Miss Croall, compiled. In it are […]
Christmas Countdown: Things all Scouts should know, 1908
Stirling Council Archives holds a collection (PD96) of records from 1st Stirlingshire Troop of Scouts, including bound volumes of The Scout magazine. The December 1908 edition includes a useful article […]
Christmas Countdown: ‘Today’s news of an approaching peace has completely spoilt my Christmas…’, 25 Dec 1813
Our Christmas Countdown record today is a letter from Sir John Murray to William Murray found in the Murray of Polmaise collection (PD189). From 1807-1813, Murray commanded several forces during […]
Christmas Countdown: Co-incidental Christmas Cards
These cards were deposited with the Archives within photograph albums relating to a local family by the name of Nicol. In 1942, young Arthur Nicol was fighting in the Middle […]
Christmas Countdown: Stirling in snow, c. 1988
It doesn’t look like there will be any chance of a white Christmas this year. This photograph from the Ken MacKay Collection, however, shows a snowy Stirling c. 1988. +5
Christmas Countdown: St Ninians Primary School Christmas Treat, 1919
This entry from the St Ninans Weaver Row Primary School logbook from December 1919 gives details of the first time children at the school received anything special for Christmas. Prior […]
Christmas Countdown: Curling in the Easter Meadows, Callander, c. 1895
They don’t do curling like this anymore! Our next Christmas Countdown record is a glass plate photograph of a game of Curling in the Easter Meadows, Callander, c. 1895, taken […]
Christmas Countdown: Stirling Observer Christmas Annuals
From 1911 to 1969 the Stirling Observer produced an annual round-up of local news and events at the end of the year in December. These Christmas Annuals feature beautifully designed […]
Christmas Countdown: School children asked to help deliver the Christmas post, 1945
In December 1945, a memorandum was circulated by the Scottish Education Department to all the local authorities in Scotland requesting temporary assistance by school pupils to help deliver the Christmas […]