Off The Page 2021 – Music in the Archives
A local authority archive is by its very nature an eclectic thing. At its core there are the records of the local authority. These reflect the many and varied responsibilities […]
A local authority archive is by its very nature an eclectic thing. At its core there are the records of the local authority. These reflect the many and varied responsibilities […]
We continue to focus on waterways in the second year of Scottish Coasts and Waters with our Document of the Month for May. This month we are taking a look […]
Another post in our series to mark Scotland’s Years of Coasts and Waters 2020 – 2021. This lovely plan is held at the Archives as part of the Perthshire County […]
Flooding in the Central Scotland Area, 18th January 1909 August’s Document of the Month features more records held at the Archives relating to our relationship with local waterways. In this […]
In the school records for Dunblane, there is a file of correspondence covering the years of the Second World War that include some remarkable letters about the period in 1943 […]
In rural communities, it was standard for the education authority be it the local School Board or later, the Education Committee, to allow students time away from school to undertake […]
These lovely photographs were shared with the Archives by Mrs Helen Syme or Munro, who attended our ‘Re:Collections’ day at Dunblane Library in December 2016. They show curling matches played […]
Our document of the month for December focuses on Dunblane Rovers F.C. Dunblane had two main football teams in the early 20th Century: Dunblane F.C (also known as Dunblane Wanderers […]
Today’s article for Explore Your Archive 2017 concerns school board and school management committee records. If you are interested in researching the history of local education in a particular area […]
There is a mystery surrounding this small volume, deposited with the Council Archives as part of the collection of records from Dunblane Cathedral. It is not at all clear who […]