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Old Menstrie Castle
Menstrie Castle was a great favourite for us young ones, looking at the staircase. I remember an old woman used to live there, I can't remember her name, but she used to chase us when we played there. We once found old bullets in one of the rooms next to the archway. One friend (Billy Boyle) fell through through the roof and broke his leg, yes those were the days. I was there last year but it is not the same now as the castle has been turned into flats and the old staircase has now gone.
Youth Club
I remember going to the youth club, we had to to take our own records there, in one room was the pool table and in the other room was a a record player that we played our records on, it was behind the Co-op. I also remember going to dances in the Co-op hall, I think they were on a Friday night, and what about the Christmas parties in the church hall, my favourite memory is being taking by my 2 elder brothers on our sledge (as it was snowing that night) to our annual Sunday School Christmas party. Oh to be back there now :(
My First And Lasting Impression of Stirling University
It was in the summer of 1975 when I first travelled up to Stirling from Oxford, to spend a gloriously happy and memorable Open University summer school week at Stirling University - studying mathematics. I was expecting a series of colleges, like Oxford and Cambridge, but was thrilled to see that the beautiful, albeit modern, campus was on one site, superbly landscaped, and overlooked by the Wallace Monument. Once off the road, one never had to leave this peaceful site for entertainment, food, drink or accomodation, and although the University had its full complement of 'summer-school' students, it was never difficult to find a quiet spot to sit and reflect if one so wanted. The accomodation was wonderful, each room was light and airy and had it's own bed, desk, and furniture. The refrectory was enormous and efficiently run, the food, freshly cooked and as good as any home cooking. Of course there were several snack bars and areas inside where people could sit in comfort with their fellow students. All in... Read more
If Only
I lived at 24 Newbiggen Crescent for quite a few years. In my family there was 10 girls and 4 boys, yes 14 children, and my parents. We spent many hours playing in the wood at the bottom of our garden which unfortunately has almost all vanished, on my last visit I was shocked at the change. I last visited in 2009 and it left me very moved. My maiden name was Ward and I would be thrilled to hear from anyone of that era.
Childhood
I was born and brought up in 14 Main Street, Cambus, then we moved to 2 Main Street. I remember Betty, Anna & Jean Keir. Peggy Young and then Pat Ferguson had the wee pub. Andrew Rennie had the farm. We used to go for walks along the Hennan Road and along the Devon Place. I have a sister and brother. My mum was Margaret Horn (nee Harley) my granny and grandpaw were Christina and Robert (Bob) Harley. Does anybody remember me?
The
The bridge from which this photograph was taken was a "humpitty-backed" stone bridge where a pair of arches spanned the river and a smaller arch crossed the "lade". The bridge was in service from about 1840 until the new bridge was constructed in about 1954. The strange outlook is caused by the semi-damming of the Allan Water to take off water for the "Kork'n'Seal" factory which used the water to drive its machinery. The water which did not roll over the edge was carried and concentrated along the "lade" (which I think means "lead") and finally into a canal which dropped into the factory. I learned to swim in the lade. Not only was it cold (brrrr!) but it flowed swiftly and was controlled by a pair of sluice gates which regulated the flow to the machinery of the factory some 500 yards away. The "lade-mans" cottage was immediately adjacent to the sluice gates and of course we were not allowed to swim there given how dangerous it was. Of... Read more
A Magnificent View - A Chosen One.
Sixty-four years after the photograph was taken, little had changed when my father Donald Macdonald a resident of Bridge of Allan was buried at the Logie Kirk graveyard just the Ochil's side of the Craig. My Dad was a bus driver for Alexander's and on the day of his burial the roads to Logie Kirk were jammed with single and double-decker buses from Alexanders as almost the entire staff of the Stirling depot attended to pay their respects. I was there in support of my mother and little brother Ian. I was in uniform as I was stationed at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk and had just spent the night in a train to get back to see him before he died. I failed. I saluted over his grave as he had been in the RAF during the war.
This view of Bridge of Allan is a poignant reminder to me of my father. My little brother Ian was born in sight of the Craig at Airthrey Castle on 20th... Read more
