At the end of March a group of Strathblane Heritage members set up a mini pop-up museum in the Thomas Graham Community Library. They were there to show off the toys they played with as children to the pupils of P4 from Strathblane Primary School. After an introduction...
Memoir Summer Knickers – a Scottish Wartime Childhood by Sarah Paton Wiseman A chance conversation at a party in January 2024 was behind the latest great addition to the Reminiscences section of Strathblane Heritage. That’s how co-chair Anne Balfour heard about an...
Follow the red links to find the latest additions to the website In 1812 a Ram's Head Snuff Mull was presented to the Stirlingshire Charitable Society by Archibald Edmonstone of Spittal, one of its members. Farming New Tax Records have been added to Resources Farm...
The Printworks (from John Guthrie Smith 1886. Photograph by John Coubrough) Block printing is the printing of patterns on fabrics using a carved block, usually made from wood. It originated in India around the 5th century BC but did not arrive in Scotland until the...
A delightful memoir of a small girl’s life in Strathblane in the 1940s & 50s