Our document of the month comes from the MacGregor of MacGregor collection (PD60-132). The record in question is simply titled ‘Game Book, Strathallan Castle’. It dates from 1843 and provides […]
Did you know that 2018 is the Year of Young People? Continuing the Scottish Government’s annual themed years, the Year of Young People aims to inspire Scotland through its young people, […]
2018 is Scotland’s Year of Young People and we are going to celebrate this on our blog throughout the year by featuring records that give an insight into the lives […]
These interesting cards are held by the Council Archives as part of the lovely collection of papers of the Stirling family of Gargunnock. Victorians did send some traditional cards with […]
The records of Stirling County Council include some details of the children evacuated to rural Stirlingshire in the Second World War. Children evacuated from areas that were considered to be […]
This delightful photograph of Plean Nursery children receiving a visit from Santa was shared with the Archives by Plean Library staff. +2
These lovely photographs were shared with the Archives by Mrs Helen Syme or Munro, who attended our ‘Re:Collections’ day at Dunblane Library in December 2016. They show curling matches played […]
It is the week before Christmas so we are going to post every day this week for our traditional Archives Christmas Countdown. Most people will be attending works ‘dos’, nativity […]
This is the last entry in Viola’s diary and brings this feature on our blog to an end. Writing in April 1928, Viola talks about bird behaviour and tells a […]
A quick note before we begin. Although it appears we have jumped back in time and missed this diary entry…we haven’t! We are just following the order the entries appear […]
