Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 19th & 20th August 1921
Viola is still on holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. On the 19th August 1921, she visited Rogie Falls near Strathpeffer. This beautiful spot remains a tourist attraction today and […]
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Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 24 July 1921
It’s late July now, but Viola is recalling some other nature sightings from the past couple of months which she forgot to note at the time. She recalls seeing the […]
Community Archives Conference, Stornoway, Jun 2017
Trainee Archivist, Jennifer Marshall, received a travel bursary from the Archives and Records Association (ARA) allowing her to attend the Scottish Council on Archives conference in Stornoway. ‘Community Archives: Opportunities […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 15th and 16th July 1921
Viola records in her diary that St Swithin’s day, the 15th of July, has been fine. She makes this note because of the belief connected with the name day of […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary – 6 Jul 1921
Viola continues her stay in the Highlands. She is exploring the pine woods between Rothiemurchus and Loch More when she spots red deer. Loch More is most likely today’s Lochan […]
Will of Mrs Anna Wermelskirch (nee Lowis), 3 July 1874
Stirling Council Archives holds a small bundle (A0070) of 19th century records concerning Anna (or Anne) Wermelskirch (nee Lowis). Anne’s translated will from July 1874 is our Document of the […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary – 2 Jul 1921
Viola is at Doune House, but she has not returned to the Stirling area. Doune House, is on the Rothiemurchus Estate in the Cairngorms National Park. It is a mansion […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 5th June 1921
Into June 1921 and Viola remains on holiday in the Aviemore area. She has noticed a House Martin’s nest above the window of the room in the house where she […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 30th May 1921
Viola is still on holiday in the Aviemore area and is enjoying the wildlife that she sees there. She has evidently wasted no time in making friends with a retired […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 29 May 1921
Viola’s latest entry is away from home in Aviemore. She describes birds ‘mobbing’ a hawk and this reminds her of a similar instance with an owl. The mob consisted of […]