Our next meeting will be on Thursday 25 Oct 2018 in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum at 7.30pm. The speakers will be Dorothy Wilson and Stephen Digney and the topic "Kings Park and the Stirling Races'.

The park is one of Stirling's most ancient and important landscape features and the Stirling Races were a very significant feature of life in Stirling until terminated in the mid 19th century. See details on the flyer.

Admission is free for members. We ask visitors for a small fee (£2.50) to help cover costs.

All Welcome.

Stirling Local History Society website now has a new section highlighting some Victorian "characters' together with the Recollections of Dr George Galbraith, concerning life in Stirling between the 1820s and the 1890s.

Information on David Taylor, Poet is at;   https://www.stirling-lhs.org/david-taylor-poet.html

Information on John Allan, architect, at https://www.stirling-lhs.org/john-allan-architect.html

Information on the Town Criers and related worthies, such as Danny McVean, 'Tammy' Chalmers and Isaac Spyron is at https://www.stirling-lhs.org/stirling-criers.htmlwww.stirling-lhs.org/stirling-criers.html

The recollections of Dr Galbraith form by far the most extensive, personal account of life in Victorian Stirling,  covering matters from demographic changes to funeral protocol, church services to the impact of the railway. Originally published by the Stirling Field and Archaeological Society, they can now be found (with some explanatory notes) at https://www.stirling-lhs.org/dr-gt-galbraith.html

The annual Forth Naturalist and Historian conference is always an event to look out for. This year, held in association with Friends of the Ochils (who are marking their 25th anniversary) the Ochils will be the theme.

As usual the event will be at University of Stirling. There are speakers on environmental, historical and archaeological topics as well as explorations of modern (and future) use of the hills.
Further details, booking etc can be found here.

Our 2018-2019 season starts on 27th September in our usual venue, the Stirling Smith Museum, at 7.30 pm. The speaker will be genealogist Gary Lawrie, on “A Call of Two Duties - Stirlingshire Constabulary in WW1”.
The full details are on the attached flyer.

The exhibition marks the end of the King Street Funding Initiative 2012-18  an investment of some £800,000 made in the historic fabric of King Street. The work was delivered by Stirling City Heritage Trust (SCHT), a Scottish Charity, with investment from Historic Environment Scotland, Stirling Council and individual property owners.

Further details are available on the flyer which you can download here.

The lecture to mark the anniversary of the coronation of James VI has become an important annual event in Stirling. This year's lecture is by Prof. Jane Dawson who asks 'What was John Knox doing in Holy Rude on 29th July 1567?'.


For further details of time, place etc see the attached flyer.

Stirling Local History Society is delighted to launch our latest publication.
Stuart J Campbell, Andy McEwan & Dorothy Wilson, 2018. John Allan, Architect, Stirling (1847-1922), Stirling Local History Society, Stirling (48pp with back-cover foldout map).
John Allan remains the most distinctive architect in the Stirling area with buildings such as the former Hay's Music Shop on Friars' Street and the Wolf Craig Building (see illustration). The style and decorative detail sometimes appear quirky - but his use of methods and materials was often innovative. This well-produced and copiously-illustrated text adds substantially to previous knowledge.
The publication has been generously supported by Stirling City Heritage Trust and Stirling Council. Copies can be purchased (£6) from Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling Central Library and Abbey Antiques, Friars' Street, Stirling.
To order a copy by post (+£2.99 p and p in UK) in the first instance email us at
enquire@stirling-lhs.org.

Trimontium Trust in Melrose and Fraser Hunter (curator of the Iron Age at NMS) and have put together a one day symposium at the National Museum in Edinburgh.
Its subject is ancient man’s relationship with metals ranging from iron to gold: how they were mined, refined and worked.
We will also take a look at frontline research into what these metals can tell us about our ancestors (see clip below).
We have top speakers from all over Europe and the meeting coincides with the fantastic Early Silver Exhibition just across the landing.
Tickets are available at the NMS website:

www.nms.ac.uk/metal

See attached poster and itinerary
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