Christmas Lights Switch-on, Stirling District Council, 1988
The Document of the Month for December takes a look back to the festive celebrations of thirty-seven years ago. Stirling District Council held a celebration for the big lights switch […]
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‘May these lights, which are so beautiful, shine during the festive season and bring much joy and happiness to the citizens of Stirling’ – Stirling turns on its Christmas lights, 1962
As we enter December, many towns and villages will have already turned on their Christmas lights as part of their winter festivities. This celebration is a relatively recent tradition and […]
Christmas Cards from the Front – The Whinwell Children’s Home
This month’s document of the month focusses on the additional records held for one of Stirling’s privately run children’s homes. Within the records of the Whinwell Children’s Home, Stirling held […]
Stirling University playgroup Christmas party, 1985
This image is taken from a collection of records belonging to the Bridge of Allan branch of the WRVS. It shows a playgroup Christmas party at Stirling University in 1985. […]
Christmas card from the Western Front, 1917
Last week we held a ReCollections event at Doune Library. A fascinating afternoon it was, sharing photos and stories of past times in Doune. James Innes kindly shared these images […]
Christmas Countdown: Curling in the Easter Meadows, Callander, c. 1895
They don’t do curling like this anymore! Our next Christmas Countdown record is a glass plate photograph of a game of Curling in the Easter Meadows, Callander, c. 1895, taken […]