Lodge for Cemetery Superintendent, Callander, 1928
A new lodge was built for the Superintendent at Callander Cemetery in 1929. At this time the Superintendent was Mr Donald McLaren who earned £2.15 per week. Accommodation of the […]
Stirling Council Archives
Talk, John Allan Architect
Smith Art Gallery & Museum Sat 7th May, 12pm – 1pm, £5/£3 Pam McNicol, Council Archivist “The structure of walls, foundations, roofs, and chimneys of new buildings in so far as likely to affect human health…” […]
Tour of the Archive
Fri 6 & 13 May 2016, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, Free Come and explore the unique and fascinating records of Stirling Archives. The friendly and knowledgable staff will be on hand […]
D & J MacEwen & Co., Family Grocers and Wine Merchants, Dumbarton Road and Port Street
D & J MacEwen’s grocery shop and wine and spirits merchant business was founded by brothers Daniel and James MacEwen in 1794. The Archives holds a customer account book dating […]
Suffragettes & Allt Grianach, Lochearnhead, 1935
Misses Margaret Greenlees, Margaret Ker and Vera Holme submitted an application in 1935 to alter Dunearn House at Lochearnhead. At this time the ladies were residing at Tigh-na-Crich, Lochearnhead. They […]
Cinemas in Stirling 1911 – 1938
Motion pictures came to Stirling relatively early after the invention of the motion picture camera in the 1890s and the town had several cinemas indicating the popularity of going to […]
Easter Closure Dates
Stirling Council Archives will be closed on the following dates: Fri 25 March – Good Friday public holiday Mon 28 March – Easter Monday public holiday The Archives will reopen […]
Edith Burnet Hughes (1888 – 1971)
Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes was the first practicing woman architect in Britain. Stirling Council Archives holds some of her architectural drawings amongst its collection of building records. In 1914 […]
Scottish-Polish Society, Stirlingshire, 1942-45
Polish troops started coming to Scotland in 1940 to help Britain during World War II. They helped defend Scotland’s eastern coast and were responsible for our armoured trains. They also […]
Aberfoyle Parish Church Hall, 1925
Stirling Council Archives holds the building plans for the proposed construction of Aberfoyle Parish Church Hall. The Architects who drew up in the plans, c.1925, were Bell & Harvey of […]