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Looking to Stirling from St. Ninians
Read moreThis view dates from the mid 1740s, and is certainly before 1 February 1746, when the retreating Jacobite army accidentally blew up St.Ninian’s Church, leaving
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The Wallace Monument and the River Forth, 1898
Read moreThis painting, by Art Master Edmund Baker (died 1926) of the High School of Stirling, is a recent purchase for the Stirling Smith, with the
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Remembering Bannockburn the Bannockburn Brooch
Read moreThe brand new visitor centre, interpreting the Battle of Bannockburn, will satisfy every question, about the momentous events of 23-24 June 1314, when it opens
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Stirling Threads
Read moreThe year of Homecoming, 2014, started in great style with wonderful fireworks displays at the Castle and Wallace Monument. 2014 will be Stirling’s year, with
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Hugh Green’s Stirlingshire – a Retrospective
Read moreJames Wedlake joined the Stirling Smith staff as an Intern, on the Museums Galleries Scotland Adopt an Intern scheme in September. A graduate in
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Stirling’s Plaza Ballroom
Read moreSyd Kerr’s Plaza Orchestra was the key to the success of Stirling’s Plaza Ballroom. The Plaza was created in 1946 from the former cinema, situated
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Stirling Observer Christmas
Read moreThe Stirling Observer Christmas Numbers are now the history journals of their times. This issue for 25 December 1949 is a recent gift to the
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A Traveller’s Dreams, June Carey
Read moreThe June Carey exhibition continues at the Stirling Smith until 10 January. Born, raised and still resident in Stirling, June Carey is a Scottish artist
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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Stirling Railway Station
Read moreThe railway came to Stirling through an Act of Parliament of 1845, bringing trade and tourism in a big way, and altering Stirling’s outlook and