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I lived at Dunscroft, Polton Road until 1968, aged 8. I remember Lasswade Mill and the siren in the morning. After returning from the States and Canada in 1965, the mill had closed. We used to have great fun playing in the derelict mill ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1965

My name is Arthur Boyden, I was born in Stirling St, Old Monkland in 1940, but I remember the 50's. I went to St. Augustins Primary School then to St. Mary's in the Whifflet till I was 15. My first job, Frank Collins ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1950 by Arthur Boyden

If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

Brian Halse - lived in Hawkesbury Upton from 1969 - 1973. Drank in both the Beaufort and the Fox. Married local girl Fiona Dix at St Mary's Church, got divorced a couple of years later, smartest move she ever ...Read more

A memory of Hawkesbury Upton in 1969 by Brian Halse

Going to G F S at the church rooms every Friday evening to practise our folk dancing ready for the Eisteddfod at Llangefni in the May. (G F S: Girls Friendly Society). We still have our standard in the church at Llangeinwen. The drama ...Read more

A memory of Dwyran in 1948

I was enrolled was in 1969,we where only 2 Africans in the school.My best friends where Nicholas and Alan.Excursion where a very exciting time and the Mother Superior would put the fear of God in you just by looking at you.During ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by kobladorkenoo

In the long summer holiday my friend and I would pack up our picnics and bike all the way to Stirling from Sauchie, then we would climb up the many, many steps to the top of the tower and enjoy the wonderful view over Stirling and ...Read more

A memory of Stirling in 1972 by Jayne Seaman

Terry Watson worked down the old pit as a coal hewer until his untimely death in January 1964 at the age of 53. I used to have a drink with him and his long time friend Jimmy Walker who was our Lodge Chairman at the time. We spent ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth in 1960 by Les May

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 ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Allan in 1963 by Alastair Macdonald

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 ...Read more

A memory of Bridge of Allan in 1952 by Alastair Macdonald