Thomas Graham’s Diary – 6th February 1939
In this diary entry, Thomas again refers to Mussolini, this time in the context of his attitude to France. The Fascist Grand Council is not a pejorative term, it is […]
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Thomas Graham’s Diary – 7th – 13th January 1939
We begin the posts of Thomas’s diary with a triple entry to get us up to date. It is clear from the diaries that thoughts of war were very prevalent […]
Thomas Winter Sheppard Graham’s Diary
Throughout 2019 we will be blogging the diary of a local landowner through the months that led up to the outbreak of war, 80 years ago in 1939. The author of […]
Military Requisitions and Accidental Death – Wartime in the school log books 1939 – 1952
This week’s blog post for the Year of Young People 2018 falls on the anniversary of D Day and deals with the evidence of life for children in wartime as […]
Christmas Countdown: Evacuees Christmas, 1939
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 […]
Stirling County Council Library Service, 1939 – 1945
Our document of the month for August focuses on the Stirling County Council Library Service during World War Two. Two records highlight the successes and hardships they encountered during the […]