‘A Milch Cow Seeking Lodgings In A Garret’ – 9th August 1855
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 […]
Document of the Month
Civil Defence Services and the threat from the air in WW2
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 […]
Danger on the school run – training at the replica Atlantic Wall, Sheriffmuir, 1943
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 […]
Callander and Canadian Quintuplets, 1936-1938
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. […]
New additions to our collection – Buchanan and Drymen school records
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 […]
Alexander McArthur – Thornhill Mortcloth Society
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 […]
Armistice Day in Stirling, 11th November 1918
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 […]
Highlights of our Police Collections
For October, our document of the month focuses on in fact many different documents relating to police forces in the area over the years are held at the Archives. These […]
The Mystery of the Missing Volumes – Stirling Burgh Records, 1552
This month’s Document of the Month concerns a mystery relating to the Archives… At the back of the second volume of records for the Burgh of Stirling that we have […]
‘A fund for the benefit of the poor and deserving residents in the Burgh’ – William McCowan Bequest
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 […]