Letter, Elizabeth Murray to her brother, Lieutenant Colonel John Murray, 1st – 8th November 1855
This letter is one of the many that members of the Murray family wrote to John when he was serving at Sevastopol in the Crimean War. It is held at […]
Stirling Council Archives
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 3rd August 1922
Viola’s hunting plans are ruined by a gang of local birds making a racket in this entry from August 1922. Viola is out stalking rabbits but her attempts to shoot […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 31st July 1922
It is the height of summer and Viola is taking advantage of the light nights, being out walking at 10.00 in the evening at Gartinstarry, quite a long way from […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 28 Jul 1922
Viola’s diary entries for July continue to be written from Gartinstarry, where it appears she is spending much of her summer holidays. She is out on a summer’s evening and […]
‘Beware The Fly!’ Public Health Information Poster, Stirling Burgh, 1927
Our document of the month for September is a poster found in one of the Stirling Burgh Town Clerk’s files. This poster was issued by Stirling Burgh’s Sanitary Inspector in […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 20th – 22nd April 1922
As Viola grows older, she makes fewer entries in her dairy and there are larger gaps between entries. This probably reflects a busier life with school work and friendships taking […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 12 Apr 1922
Viola is out and about on another spring day and spots a Goldcrest and a Firecrest. These birds are cousins of each other but the Firecrest is much rarer. She […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 31 Dec 1921
Viola’s final entry for the year 1921 is very short and concerns a hedgehog. She is at Gartinstarry again, which is just west of Buchlyvie and consists of farmland and […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 30th December 1921
At the end of another year, Viola is reflecting on her diary entries and makes a note of two things she had seen in 1921 that she neglected to put […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 20 Dec 1921
It’s December and Viola is writing about her sightings of flocks of geese from the train into Stirling. Her previous diary entry from a few days earlier was written from […]