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…
