Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 7 Sep 1919
It’s a Sunday afternoon and Viola is back visiting Touch House, where she describes in detail a bright yellow moth. We suspect this could be a Brimstone Moth. Her entry […]
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Scrapbook of John Clink, Stirling Burgh Town Clerk
Our ‘Document of the Month’ for March is a fantastic recent donation to Stirling Council Archives. It is the scrapbook of John Clink, Stirling Town Clerk from 1938 – 1949. […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 1st September 1919
This diary entry for 1st September concentrates on birds and bats. Viola enjoyed communicating with the owls around Gargunnock House, as we shall see in later diary entries. In this […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 26 Aug 1919
The next entry in Viola’s nature journal continues her exploration of the land near Touch. We are introduced to Menzies, who we presume is a worker at the Gargunnock Estate, […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 24 Aug 1919
Viola Stirling, aged 12, began her nature diary early on a Sunday morning in Touch Glen. Her entries begin with her sighting of a roe deer. This seems to encourage […]
The Nature Notebook of Viola Stirling 1919 – 1928
Throughout 2017, we are going to be posting entries from the nature diary of Miss Viola Stirling of the Stirling family of Gargunnock. The Council Archives is fortunate to hold […]
Plans of Allan Park Church, Stirling, April 1866
These beautiful plans of this well-known Stirling Church have just been handed in to the Archives to join the written records of the Church that we already hold here. Allan […]
The Tufty Club, Bridge of Allan W.V.S, 1966
The Tufty Club was established in 1961 with clubs set up all over the UK. The main character, Tufty Fluffytail, was created by Elsie Mills. Tufty and his friends featured […]
Fountain Terrace, Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, 1930
Stirling Council Archives holds building plans submitted to Bridge of Allan Dean of Guild. One such plan is for alterations and additions to Fountain Terrace on Henderson Street in 1930. […]
Stirling Area Shops 1894 – 1950
‘Tis the season to be shopping! A look at some of the lovely plans of shop buildings that we have for the Stirling area at the Archives. Macaree Brothers, King […]