On 4th September 1906, Bridge of Allan Town Council received a letter from the solicitors Wardlaw and Morrison. The letter intimated that the late William McCowan had ‘bequeathed a legacy […]
July’s document of the month is a private deposit donated by John McLaren (known as Jack) in July 1989 which contained First World War ration books belonging to himself and […]
The recent good weather has seen everyone get out into their gardens and enjoy the sunshine so the ‘Document of the Month’ for June is two garden diaries that we […]
With the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle taking place on 19th May, our document of the month focuses on another royal wedding that happened over 100 years ago. […]
April’s document of the month is a unique volume of war poems (A1523) collected from fellow Prisoners of War by Private Alexander Donoghue of The 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders […]
Here at Stirling Archives we hold several glass plate negative collections. One of our most important collections comes from ‘Ramsay’s Studio’ who were based in Bridge of Allan. The studio […]
Our document of the month comes from the MacGregor of MacGregor collection (PD60-132). The record in question is simply titled ‘Game Book, Strathallan Castle’. It dates from 1843 and provides […]
2018 is Scotland’s Year of Young People and we are going to celebrate this on our blog throughout the year by featuring records that give an insight into the lives […]
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 […]
This letter is one of the many that members of the Murray family wrote to John when he was serving at Sevastopol in the Crimean War. It is held at […]
