A Distillation of Whisky-Making in the Blane Valley As long as there have been humans, there has been alcohol. Production of wine and beer has been dated back 7,000-odd years in Central Asia, according to archaeologists. But the origins of whisky distilling, at...
Greetings from Carbeth (1930s Postcard) According to John Guthrie Smith’s history of Strathblane, “the compact little estate of Carbeth Guthrie” was constructed between 1808 and 1817 by West Indies merchant John Guthrie. Guthrie was a prominent member of Glasgow’s...
A delightful memoir of a small girl’s life in Strathblane in the 1940s & 50s
Every now and then at Strathblane Heritage, a true gem falls into our laps that lights up a facet of local history at risk of being lost forever. While the Carbeth Hutters are rightly famous and celebrated, few today remember a parallel but quite separate movement...