Stirling Fishing Club
As 2020 is Scotland’s year of Coast and Waters, November’s Document of the Month looks at the records held here at Stirling Council Archives for Stirling Fishing Club. Stirling Fishing […]
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Minutes of the Callander Burgh Fishing Committee
In keeping with this year’s theme of Scotland’s Year of Coast and Waters, the Document of the Month for March is the meeting minutes of the Callander Burgh Fishing Committee. […]
‘The great decay of their shore and heavin upon the water forth’ – Improvements to Stirling Harbour, 1603-1606
As part of the year of ‘Coast and Waters’, our document of the month for February focuses on improvements to Stirling Harbour from 1603-1606. Here at Stirling Archives, we hold […]
Plans showing Stirling Burgh rights over the fishings on the River Forth 19th century
2020 is Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters and we are going to be featuring records held at the Council Archives that reflect this theme on our blog throughout the […]
The History of an Estate: Annfield House
This month’s focus is on the history of a house and its owners, and the changes it witnesses and is part of through the centuries. Our specific focus is Annfield […]
Strathendrick Golf Club records
July’s document of the month highlights the creation and opening of a new golf club in Drymen, in 1901. This is an interesting collection of records, as it provides a […]
Arts events in Stirling in the 1980s and 1990s
The Council has been responsible for organising some imaginative arts events over the years. The records of some of these have ended up in the Archives along with some wonderful […]
‘A Milch Cow Seeking Lodgings In A Garret’ – 9th August 1855
Our document of the month for May is a light hearted affair. You may recall last year a cow in Stirling made the national news after it escaped from the […]
Civil Defence Services and the threat from the air in WW2
The document of the month for April looks at records from our Perth County Council collection which focus on the air threat posed to communities across the country during World […]
Armistice Day in Stirling, 11th November 1918
The armistice was signed at 5 o’clock on the morning of the 11th November 1918 and it was agreed that hostilities should cease at 11 o’clock the same morning. The […]