The worry of parents about a child who appears to be wasting his life and getting into bad habits is most definitely not a new thing. Here, George Murray writes […]
The records of Callander Parochial Board give a remarkably complete history of the McLaren family who lived in Callander in the late 19th century. Isabella McLaren was a single mum […]
This week’s blog post for the Year of Young People 2018 falls on the anniversary of D Day and deals with the evidence of life for children in wartime as […]
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 […]
This week’s post for the Year of Young People 2018 focusses on the Scouting movement in Stirling. The Council Archives holds the records of the 1st Stirlingshire Scout troop dating […]
This week’s post for the Year of Young People 2018 highlights the granting of apprecticeships to young people who were being cared for by the Scottish Poor Law system. This […]
In this week of the Royal Wedding, our blog post for the Year of Young People this week is looking at how other Royal events were celebrated in local schools. […]
This photograph shows St Ninians Public School football team c. 1929. It is part of the Willie Jenkins collection (PD160) held here at Stirling Archives and is our next feature […]
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. […]
This week’s post for the ‘Year of Young People’ concerns two children who were taken away from their mother by the Parish authorities in 1889. The first surviving register of […]
