Programme for season 2011-2012
Diversity was the keynote of Stirling Local History Society’s season with topics ranging from local railways to local football,
from the Stirling Castle Palace Project to the new findings at the King’s Knot and from Stirling’s Archives to the history of
‘The Stirling Observer’ itself. With such a range, there was something for everyone with an interest in the town’s history!
from the Stirling Castle Palace Project to the new findings at the King’s Knot and from Stirling’s Archives to the history of
‘The Stirling Observer’ itself. With such a range, there was something for everyone with an interest in the town’s history!
October 27, 2011 John Harrison The Stirling Castle Palace Project
| harrison_26_oct_palace_project.pdf |
November 24, 2011 Jane Petrie The Angel's Share - Stirling Council Archive's
Holdings
Holdings
| scarchives2011.pdf |
December, 2011 No meeting
January 26, 2012 Donald Peddie Railways of Stirling
February 23, 2012 Donald Morton The History of 'The Stirling Observer'
March 29, 2012 Nigel Bishop The History of King's Park Football Club
Nigel Bishop talked about the History of King's Park Football Club.Kings Park was Stirling’s premier football team from 1875 to 1940. A limited company from 1919 their ground for most, but not all, of their existence was just north of Kerse Road and to the east of the railway line. Their peak was in 1899 when they became the first winners of the Dewar Shield. Nigel Bishop has been researching the club for several years and gave an outline of the history and explained why it disappeared.
Final meeting of season was 26th April, 2012
There was a short (less than 8 minutes, but not the fastest recorded) Annual General Meeting of the Society followed by the eagerly anticipated talk from Archaeologist and Society member Stephen Digney regarding the work carried out in the King's Knot Survey which the Society is actively directing as a project. Some of the latest findings can be read here.