First Stirlingshire Scouts Photographs 1920s and 1930s
This week’s post for the Year of Young People 2018 focusses on the Scouting movement in Stirling. The Council Archives holds the records of the 1st Stirlingshire Scout troop dating […]
Year of Young People 2018
Robert Blair, Buchlyvie, from Schoolboy to Stationer, 1915 – 1925
This week’s post for the Year of Young People 2018 highlights the granting of apprecticeships to young people who were being cared for by the Scottish Poor Law system. This […]
School Celebrations – Coronations 1902 – 1953
In this week of the Royal Wedding, our blog post for the Year of Young People this week is looking at how other Royal events were celebrated in local schools. […]
Minnie and John Ferguson from Balquhidder, taken into ‘care’, 1889 – 1893
This week’s post for the ‘Year of Young People’ concerns two children who were taken away from their mother by the Parish authorities in 1889. The first surviving register of […]
Stirling Merchants’ Guild – Register of Guildry Scholars 1810 – 1888
The merchant’s guild of Stirling, known as the Stirling Guildry, was very active in supporting its membership, providing pensions for older members and assistance for the widows and orphans of […]
Easter cards made by Louisa Stirling for her mother Henrietta, 1885 and 1887.
The papers of the Stirling family of Gargunnock include many letters and cards between family members giving a wonderful record of upper class family relations between the 18th and 20th […]
‘An uncommon hydrocephalus’ – the case of a Stirling child, May – June 1738
The next post in our celebration of Scotland’s ‘Year of Young People’ concerns a medical case in which a tiny baby was operated on as an experiment by a Stirling […]
The Livingstone Children ‘On The Parish’, 1887
On the 20th December 1886, the four Livingstone children living in Balfron were made orphans when their mother died. Jane Livingstone was a single mum who was raising her children […]
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 […]
Cambusbarron Youth Hostel – 26 May 1934
On the 26th May 1934 a pioneering new educational scheme was launched in Cambusbarron. The first venture of its kind in Scotland, a new school hostel and camp was established […]