Strathblane Heritage organises six events every winter, on the third Monday of September, October, November, January, February and March, all at 7.30pm in our lovely Village Club at 20-22 Glasgow Road Blanefield – https://villageclub1911.org/
All are welcome: membership costs just £15 a year entitling you to free access to all events. To join Strathblane Heritage, just come along to one of our events or contact us using the contact form on this website. Guests are equally welcome upon payment of a £4 admission fee. Please note that the club’s seated capacity is limited and it’s advisable to arrive in good time to be sure of a seat.
The normal format is for a speaker or speakers to make a presentation of an hour, followed by Q&A and then tea and biscuits. Our topics vary considerably, as you can see from this list of future and past event presentations – but they must all have in common that they shed a light on meaningful events in our parish, and are entertainingly presented.
News
Strathblane Steps Back in Time
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. Seven interpretation boards, beginning at the parish church, draw on material from…
Edmonstone Hall Centenary Celebrations
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 day in the Blane Valley” and remarked on the large crowd that assembled to witness Gwendolyn Edmonstone (“the pretty young mistress of the mansion”) perform the…
Edmonstone Hall: Gwendolyn’s Gift
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 husband’s 19-year old brother. Gwendolyn was the granddaughter…
Strathblane Heritage Trail – Nearly there!
The drafts of the boards that will go up around the community have now been prepared and are out for consultation. A3 size versions are currently on display at the Thomas Graham Community Library in Strathblane. Proofs have also been sent to individuals and organisations mentioned on the boards. Comments and suggestions are invited. The…
Strathblane Heritage Trail Walkabout
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 our Strathblane Heritage Trail. We walked around the two-mile circuit, starting and ending at Strathblane Parish…
Strathblane Heritage Trail
GREAT NEWS! We’ve been successful in raising the £16,000 that we reckon is needed to create a Heritage Trail around Strathblane. We’ve secured generous grants from two supportive local charity foundations: £8,000 from the Killearn-based Paul Charitable Trust, and £5,000 from the Hugh Fraser Foundation, run by the family of the former store magnate Sir…
Shields of Honour ?
A brief item about the coats of arms of seven families associated with the Parish of Strathblane is now available on our website. It is based on a pamphlet on the subject written in 1988 by the late Dr Perry Harrison, the community’s long-serving general practitioner.Heraldry, from 1207
Fellowship Camping Association 1926-1966, Carbeth
https://www.strathblaneheritage.org/fellowship-camping-association-1926-1966/ The latest addition to our Reminiscences section is a fascinating photo essay about a chapter of Glasgow’s working class history that risked being lost forever. The Fellowship Camping Association at Carbeth was an offshoot of the socialist Clarion Cycling movement. For four decades, from 1926 onwards, throughout the Great Depression and the Second World…
WW2 Exhibition Thanks
A big thank-you to everyone who contributed to the success of the Strathblane Heritage Second World War Exhibition at the local library. First of all, the seven “volunteers” who put their all into unearthing the life and war stories of the seven local men who paid the ultimate price. And the casualties’ families who, without…
The Home Front
Strathblane in World War Two Read the new illustrated essay here https://www.strathblaneheritage.org/the-second-world-war/
