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 […]
Features
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 […]
Creating the Carron Valley Reservoir, 1935-1939
The Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Board was constituted by the Stirlingshire and Falkirk Water Order Confirmation Act in 1921. It was the culmination of long negations between the Falkirk and […]
Manager’s House, Cambusbarron Quarry 1931
In 1931, the Forth Quarry Company agreed a deal with the factor of Polmaise Estates, W. F. McLaren, to begin operations at Cambusbarron Quarry. Quarrying had been present in the […]
Stirling Albion and St Ninian’s Thistle, Football Stadiums, 1909 – 1973
St Ninian’s had its own football team, St Ninian’s Thistle F.C., known in their time as ‘The Jags’ just as Partick are today. They were formed in 1897 and played […]
Pirniehall Residential School, Croftamie
The village of Croftamie is situated just south of Drymen and to the east of Loch Lomond. Croftamie has historically been associated with the former County of Dunbartonshire and Kilmaronock […]