School Log Books – What they tell us about children
Head Teachers of all schools were required to keep a record called a log book under the provisions of the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act. This front page from the first […]
Stirling Council Archives
Pram Race at Annfield Football Stadium during the Royal Visit for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, 18th May 1977
2018 is Scotland’s Year of Young People and we are going to celebrate this on our blog throughout the year by featuring records that give an insight into the lives […]
Christmas Countdown: Victorian Christmas cards
These interesting cards are held by the Council Archives as part of the lovely collection of papers of the Stirling family of Gargunnock. Victorians did send some traditional cards with […]
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 […]
Christmas Countdown: Plean Nursery Christmas Treat, c.1970
This delightful photograph of Plean Nursery children receiving a visit from Santa was shared with the Archives by Plean Library staff. +2
Christmas Countdown: Curling at Dunblane, 1920s
These lovely photographs were shared with the Archives by Mrs Helen Syme or Munro, who attended our ‘Re:Collections’ day at Dunblane Library in December 2016. They show curling matches played […]
Christmas Countdown: Christmas Parties
It is the week before Christmas so we are going to post every day this week for our traditional Archives Christmas Countdown. Most people will be attending works ‘dos’, nativity […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 27th April 1928
This is the last entry in Viola’s diary and brings this feature on our blog to an end. Writing in April 1928, Viola talks about bird behaviour and tells a […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: List of birds seen on the Gargunnock Estate, 1922
At the end of her diary entries for 1922, Viola wrote a list of the birds that the Gargunnock Estate Gamekeeper and his son claimed to have seen on the […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 20th August – 21st September 1922
Viola is catching up with diary entries between August and September 1922. This coincides with the shooting season; there was evidently regular shooting on the Gargunnock Estate at this time. […]