The Records of Stirling Rowing Club 1928 – 2006
For our Document of the Month this month we are focusing on the wonderful collection of records deposited recently with the Archives by Stirling Rowing Club. Founded in 1893, although […]
River Forth
Ice Skating in Victorian Stirling, 1853 – 1899
Ice skating was a common winter pastime in Victorian Stirling. Residents, however, lamented that the town did not have its own skating pond. A letter in the Stirling Observer in […]
Waste water purification in the Stirling Council area
October’s Document of the Month focusses on a less glamorous topic as part of our series of posts to mark Scotland’s second Year of Coasts and Waters. Although the disposal […]
Photographs of Stirling Harbour c.1890
As 2021 is Scotland’s second Year of Coasts and Waters, for February’s Document of the Month, we are highlighting the beautiful glass plate positive images we have of Stirling’s Harbour […]
The ferry crossing over the River Forth at Cambuskenneth
Visit Scotland has extended Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters for another year, so for the first Document of the Month of 2021, we are once more focusing on the […]
Document of the Month – August 2020
Flooding in the Central Scotland Area, 18th January 1909 August’s Document of the Month features more records held at the Archives relating to our relationship with local waterways. In this […]
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 […]