It was officially announced at 11.15am on the 3rd September 1939, that Britain was at war with Germany. There are various records held in the Archives that show the reaction […]
If you have been out exploring the ground at the King’s Knot in Stirling, there is a good chance you would have passed the site of an old Stirling landmark: […]
July’s document of the month highlights the creation and opening of a new golf club in Drymen, in 1901. This is an interesting collection of records, as it provides a […]
The Council has been responsible for organising some imaginative arts events over the years. The records of some of these have ended up in the Archives along with some wonderful […]
Our document of the month for May is a light hearted affair. You may recall last year a cow in Stirling made the national news after it escaped from the […]
The document of the month for April looks at records from our Perth County Council collection which focus on the air threat posed to communities across the country during World […]
In the school records for Dunblane, there is a file of correspondence covering the years of the Second World War that include some remarkable letters about the period in 1943 […]
On August 4th 1938, Provost Liles of Callander Burgh handed over five silver brooches to Mr William Baird, Passenger Traffic Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway outside the Dreadnought Hotel. […]
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 […]
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 […]
