Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 6 Nov 1919
Viola starts her entry with another sighting of a white pheasant, although this time with some brown feathers breaking up the white. Viola is in Wasp Nest Field and this […]
Stirling Council Archives
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 16 Oct 1919
Viola’s next entry was written on a Thursday lunchtime, presumably during school holidays. She is leaning over the bank of ‘Kingfisher Pool’ watching the fish when a kingfisher pays a […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 7 Sep 1919
It’s a Sunday afternoon and Viola is back visiting Touch House, where she describes in detail a bright yellow moth. We suspect this could be a Brimstone Moth. Her entry […]
Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 24 Aug 1919
Viola Stirling, aged 12, began her nature diary early on a Sunday morning in Touch Glen. Her entries begin with her sighting of a roe deer. This seems to encourage […]
ReCollections, Bridge of Allan Library, Tue 14 Feb
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ReCollections, Killin Library, 7 Feb 2017
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Plans of Allan Park Church, Stirling, April 1866
These beautiful plans of this well-known Stirling Church have just been handed in to the Archives to join the written records of the Church that we already hold here. Allan […]
ReCollections, Drymen Library, 2 Feb 2017
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ReCollections, Bannockburn Library, Tue 24 Jan
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ReCollections, Balfron Library, Fri 20 Jan
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