‘Tattie Holiday’ – school absences for agricultural work
In rural communities, it was standard for the education authority be it the local School Board or later, the Education Committee, to allow students time away from school to undertake […]
Stirling Council Archives
Bound for Australia – Robert Dickson, John McPhee and John Mitchell, May 1913
These three boys were photographed with their wee dog just before they travelled to Liverpool to catch the TSS ‘Belgic’ to Australia and a new life. All three boys were […]
Highlights of our Police Collections
For October, our document of the month focuses on in fact many different documents relating to police forces in the area over the years are held at the Archives. These […]
A Boy Convalescing – John Athol Bannatyne Murray McGregor’s letters to his father, Sir Evan McGregor, 1822
The McGregor family papers held at the Archives contain many letters written between family members; like many people in the early 19th century, they appear to have been keen correspondents. […]
The Mystery of the Missing Volumes – Stirling Burgh Records, 1552
This month’s Document of the Month concerns a mystery relating to the Archives… At the back of the second volume of records for the Burgh of Stirling that we have […]
Postcards sent by Viola Stirling to her father, Gargunnock, 1913
The papers of the Stirling family of Gargunnock are held by the Council Archives and are a fabulously varied and fascinating set of records, full of interest for social and […]
Children’s Separate Registers – John Coltman, Gargunnock, 1862
The entry for John Coltman in the Gargunnock Parish register of the poor covering 1862 looks extremely sparse, with very little personal information about him. The record gives his age, […]
Family Photographs – The Boltons of West Plean c.1920s
Sir Ian Bolton and his family lived at Duchray Castle and then West Plean House and were keen photographers. Their family album is a delightful record of upper class family […]
William McGregor of Greenock, orphan in Fintry, 1865
The register of applications for poor relief in Fintry Parish indicates that William McGregor was first accepted on to the poor roll in 1861. That register gives very little detail […]
Before penicillin – records of illness in school log books
Recording attendance levels and the reasons for non-attendance of pupils was a very important element in the keeping of the school log book. After the Education Act of 1872, it […]