On the weekend of 24 and 25 October Strathblane Heritage is joining with other local heritage groups to showcase our work. The free family-friendly event will take place at Killearn Village Hall on Saturday 24 from 11am until 2pm and Sunday 25 between 11am and 2pm....
Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath, 7th Baronet, passed away at Duntreath Castle early on Saturday 29 August 2026, shortly after his 92nd birthday. Sir Archibald inherited Duntreath at the age of 21 following the deaths of both his grandfather and his father in...
Though it is 12 years since our First World War research group published the award-winning A Village Remembers, telling the lives and war stories of the 27 men on Strathblane War Memorial, information continues to appear. In June a chance encounter led to a contact...
Huge thanks to the P7 pupils at Strathblane Primary School for helping to launch the community's Heritage Trail. Strathblane Heritage co-chair, Anne Balfour, challenged the pupils to imagine what it was like to be a worker at the Blanefield Printworks in the 1860s...
Congratulations to the winners of the Strathblane Heritage Trail Quiz. Five winners, who all achieved a perfect score, receive £20 vouchers to spend at the Kirkhouse Inn. Three runners-up receive £10 vouchers to use at Milne & Byrne Cafe. Many thanks to the...
When Strathblane War Memorial was unveiled in 1921, it had 25 names inscribed across three panels, with nine on each of the first two panels and seven on the third. Later two more names were added, filling up the third panel: Philip Binnie, a lieutenant in the...
As part of the launch of the Strathblane Heritage Trail in May, children in the primary school have created their own printed artworks. The project included all eight classes in the school working with Blanefield resident Jane Parfitt on a range of printmaking...
Like many other war memorials, the one in Strathblane carries the quotation from the Book of Ecclesiastes: “Their name liveth for evermore”. But in 2025, when members of Strathblane Heritage decided to research the lives of the local men who died in the Second World...
A Celtic saint, a royal mistress, an American heiress and eight-year-olds working twelve hours a day for two shillings a week. All feature in the new Strathblane Heritage Trail, launched on 17 May. The two-mile trail has been created by Strathblane Heritage Society....
The Edmonstone Hall decked out for the centenary tea party on 9 May 2026 Strathblane residents turned out in force to celebrate the centenary of a venerable local institution: the Edmonstone Hall. In 1926 the Stirling Observer described its opening as “a red-letter...
Gwendolyn Edmonstone As the Edmonstone Hall marks its centenary in 2026, here is a short piece about the young heiress who came up with the idea of donating a community hall to Strathblane, which had lost so many of its young men in the First World War, including her...
On Friday 17 October 2025, Strathblane Heritage committee members, Keith Vass and Anne and Alastair Balfour, plus drone photographer Jamie Ballantine met with Kenny French of Kenwil Ltd, the Kirkintilloch-based company awarded the contract to produce the boards for...