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Falkirk Local History Society
  • Archaeology
    • Booth Place, Falkirk
    • An Amphitheatre in Camelon?
    • Kinneil Estate – Excavations 2018
    • “Noric”, Pleasance
    • Strachan St., Bantaskine
    • Torwood Castle
    • Vicar Street, Falkirk
    • Weedingshall, Polmont
    • Wester Carmuirs
  • Around the Area
    • Buildings
      • Abbot’s Grange
      • Antonine Wall
        • Antiquarian Reports
        • The Antonine Wall: An Introduction
        • Elves, Saints and Distilleries
        • Romans
      • Arthur’s O’on
      • James G. Callander
      • Carron Inn
      • Cross Well, Falkirk
      • Dobbie Hall
      • Falkirk Infirmary
      • Falkirk Police Stations
      • Falkirk Wheel
      • Steeples and Tolbooths of Falkirk
      • Silver Row
      • Torwood or Tappoch Broch
      • Watermills
        • Baronial Mills
        • Commercial Watermills
        • Paper Mills
      • Windmills of the Falkirk District
    • Burial Places
      • Airth North Churchyard
      • Body Snatching in the Falkirk District
      • Camelon (St John’s) Parish Churchyard
      • Chapel Yard, Bonnybridge
      • Denny Parish Churchyard
      • Erskine Churchyard
      • Falkirk Old Parish Graveyard
      • Falkirk West Church Churchyard
      • Family Tombs & Graveyards, Pest Graves and Miscellaneous Burials in the Falkirk District
      • Kinneil Churchyard
      • Larbert Old Parish Churchyard
      • Larbert East Churchyard
      • Polmont Old Parish Churchyard
      • The Resurrectionist Gig
      • Slamannan Parish Churchyard
      • The Tattie Kirkyard
    • Castles
      • Airth Castle
      • Almond Castle
      • Blackness Castle
      • Castlecary Castle
      • Castle Rankine
        • POW Camp 64
      • Elphinstone or Dunmore Tower
      • Herbertshire Castle
      • Pineapple
      • Skaithmuir Tower
      • Torwood or Tappoch Broch
      • Torwood Castle
    • Churches
      • Bo’ness Parish
        • Bo’ness Parish Church
        • Bo’ness Apostolic Church
        • Bo’ness Baptist Church
        • Bo’ness Anti-Burgher Church
        • Bo’ness Burgher Church
        • Bo’ness Episcopalian Church
        • Bo’ness Free Church
        • Bo’ness R.C. Church
        • Hebron Hall
        • Carriden Parish Church
        • Kinneil Parish Church
          • Kinneil Churchyard
        • Stained Glass in Bo’ness
      • Airth Parish
        • Airth Parish Church
        • Erskine Church, Airth
        • Airth Free Church
        • St. Andrew’s Church, Airth
        • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
      • Bothkennar Parish
        • Bothkennar Parish Church
      • Denny Parish
        • Denny Parish Church
        • Denny Baptist Church
        • Denny Broompark Church
        • Denny R C Church
        • Denny West Church
        • Banknock R.C. Church
        • Bonnybridge Faith Mission
        • Bonnybridge Christian Brethern
        • Bonnybridge Parish Church
        • Bonnybridge R.C. Church
        • Church of Christ
        • Dennyloanhead Church
        • Dunipace Parish Church
        • Dunipace Free Church
        • Haggs Parish Church
        • Haggs Christian Brethern
        • St. Alexander’s Church
        • St Helen’s Church
        • St Helen’s United Free Church
        • Stained Glass in Denny
      • Falkirk Parish
        • Falkirk Parish Church
        • Auld Lichts
        • Bainsford Parish Church
        • Camelon Evangelical Church
        • Camelon Irving Church
        • Camelon Methodist Church
        • Camelon Parish Church
          • Camelon (St John’s) Parish Churchyard
        • Camelon RC Church
        • Camelon Trinity Church
        • Carmelite Priory
        • Christ Church
        • Church of Jesus of the Latter Day Saints
        • Dawson Mission
        • Falkirk Baptist Church
        • Falkirk Congregational Church
        • Falkirk Erskine Church
        • Falkirk Erskine Church
        • Falkirk Evangelical Church
        • Grahamston Parish Church
        • Falkirk Methodist Church
        • Falkirk St. Andrew’s Church
        • Falkirk St James Church
        • Falkirk St. Modan’s Parish Church
        • Falkirk Trinity Church
        • Falkirk Town Mission
        • Falkirk United Free Church (Continuing)
        • Falkirk West Church
        • Grahamston Evangelical Church
        • Laurieston Parish Church
        • Laurieston Reformed Presbyterian Church
        • Salvation Army
        • St. Francis Xavier Church
        • Tattie Kirk and Grahams Road Church
        • Thornhill Hall
        • Trinity Evangelical Church
        • Stained Glass in Falkirk
      • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
      • Grangemouth Parish
        • Grangemouth Old Parish Church
        • Christ the King
        • Dundas Church
        • Grangemouth Christian Brethern
        • Grangemouth Christian Spiritualist Church
        • Grangemouth Free Church
        • Grange Church
        • Kerse Church
        • Kirk of the Holy Rood
        • Sacred Heart RC Church
        • St Mary’s Episcopal Church
        • Stained Glass in Grangemouth
      • Larbert Parish
        • Carron Church
        • Carronshore Parish Church
        • Falkirk Free Church
        • Larbert Baptist Church
        • Larbert Free Church
        • Larbert Old Parish Church
        • Larbert Parish Church
          • Larbert Old Parish Churchyard
        • Larbert R.C. Church
        • Larbert West Church
        • McLaren Jubilee Memorial Church
        • Stenhouse and Carron Church
        • Universalist Church
        • Stained Glass in Larbert
      • Muiravonside Parish
        • Avonbridge Associate Burger Church
        • Avonbridge Congregational Church
        • Blackbraes Church
        • Cairneymount Church
        • Manuel Nunnery
        • Muiravonside Parish Church
        • Standburn Churches
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
      • Polmont Parish
        • Polmont Parish Church
          • Polmont Old Parish Churchyard
        • Polmont Free Church
        • Blackbraes Church
        • Blairlodge Chapel
        • Redding and Westquarter Parish Church
        • Shieldhill Church
        • Rumford RC Church
        • Wallacestone Methodist Church
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
      • Slamannan Parish
        • Slamannan Parish Church
        • Avonbridge Associate Burger Church
        • Avonbridge Congregational Church
        • Church of Christ, Slamannan
        • Limerigg Church of Scotland
        • Slamannan Free Church
        • Slamannan Methodist Church
        • St. Mary’s R.C. Church
      • Stained Glass
        • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
        • Stained Glass in Bo’ness
        • Stained Glass in Denny
        • Stained Glass in Falkirk
        • Stained Glass in Grangemouth
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
        • Stained Glass in Larbert
    • Industry
      • Aitken’s Brewery
      • Clockmakers of the Falkirk District
      • Earlsburn Reservoir
      • Ironfounding
        • A Brief History of Ironfounding in the Falkirk Area
          • Alphabetical List of Ironfounding Companies
          • Alphabetical List of Foundries
        • Carron Company
        • Dobbie, Forbes and Company
        • Drain Covers made in Falkirk Area
        • Jones and Campbell
        • Watt’s Cottage
      • Nobel’s Westquarter Works
      • Paper Mills
      • Watermills
        • Baronial Mills
        • Commercial Watermills
      • Windmills of the Falkirk District
    • Houses and Estates
      • Arbuthnot
      • Arnotdale
      • Avonhill
      • Balcastle Villa
      • Binniehill House
      • Blairlodge
      • Bonhard House
      • CALLENDAR ESTATE
        • Callendar House – A History
        • Callendar House: Iron Age – 1783
        • Callendar House : 1783 -1815
        • Callendar House: 1815 – Present
        • Callendar Park
        • Callendar House Mausoleum
        • Callendar House Servants’ Graveyard
        • Livingstons of Callendar
        • William Forbes of Callendar
      • Camelon House
      • Carbrook House
      • Carriden House
      • Carron Grange
      • Carronhall
      • Carron House
      • Carron Park
      • Carronvale (Denny)
      • Carronvale House
      • Castle Rankine
        • POW Camp 64
      • Comely Park House
      • Dalquhairn House
      • Denovan Mains
      • Dorrator House
      • Dunipace House
      • Gartcows
      • Glencarron House
      • Glen Ellrig
      • Glenfuir House & Summerford House
      • Grange House
      • Kerse House
      • Hayfield House
      • Kersehill House
      • The Hermitage on the River Carron
      • Kersie Mains
      • Kilns
      • KINNEIL ESTATE
        • Kinneil House – The History
        • Kinneil House – The Buildings
        • Kinneil House – The Piano Nobile
        • The Stone Armorial Panels at Kinneil House
        • Kinneil Murals (North Room)
        • Kinneil Murals (South Room)
        • Kinneil Murals Elsewhere
        • Kinneil Kirk
        • Kinneil Churchyard
        • Kinneil Parish Church
        • Kinneil Estate – Excavations 2018
        • Kinneil Park
        • Watt’s Cottage
      • Larbert House
      • Lathallan House
      • Laurieston House
      • Leslie Park
      • Mayfield
      • Meadowbank and St Margaret’s School, Polmont
      • Millfield House
      • Mount Carron
      • Muiravonside House
      • Neuk House
      • North Bantaskine
      • Orchardhead House
      • Parkhill House
      • Polmont House
      • Powfoulis House
      • Randolph Hill House
      • Skaithmuir Tower
      • Stenhouse
      • Thornhill House
      • Tophill or Rosebank House
      • Weedingshall
      • Westbank
      • Westquarter House
    • The Early Museums of Falkirk
    • Places
      • Airth
      • Avonbridge
      • Bonnybridge
        • Elves, Saints and Distilleries
      • Bothkennar
      • California and Shieldhill
      • Camelon
      • A History of Camelon
      • Carronshore
      • Denny and Dunipace
      • Dennyloanhead, Longcroft, Haggs, Banknock and Bankier
      • Dunmore
      • Falkirk
      • Grangemouth
      • Kinneil and Bo’ness
      • A History of Laurieston
      • Laurieston
      • Larbert and Stenhousemuir
      • Maddiston
      • Polmont and Brightons
      • Slamannan
      • Westquarter
      • Wallacestone
    • Recreation
      • Callendar Park
      • Dollar Park
      • Kinneil Park
      • South Bantaskine Park
      • Victoria Park
      • Zetland Park
      • Cinemas
        • Avonbridge Pavilion
        • Banknock Picture Palace
        • Bo’ness Electric Theatre
        • Hippodrome
        • Bo’ness Pavilion
        • Bo’ness Star Theatre
        • Bo’ness Town Hall
        • Bonnybridge Picture Palace
        • Bonnybridge Public Hall
        • Bothkennar Miners’ Welfare Hall
        • Brightons Picture House
        • Camelon Co-operative Cinema
        • Camelon Ritz
        • Denny Cinema De Luxe
        • Denny Picture House
        • Denny Town Hall
        • Grangemouth Electric Theatre/Picture Palace
        • Grangemouth Empire Electric Theatre
        • Grangemouth La Scala
        • Grangemouth Picture House
        • Cinema in Slamannan
        • Stenhousemuir Picture Palace
      • The Rinking Craze in the Falkirk District
      • Falkirk Ice Rink
    • Schools
      • The Schools of Airth & Bothkennar Parishes
      • The Schools of Bo’ness Parish
      • The Schools of Carriden Parish
      • The Schools of Denny Parish & Dunipace
      • The Schools of Grangemouth Parish
    • Transport
      • Bo’ness Canal Navigation
      • Carron Lade Canal
      • Camelon and the Forth and Clyde Canal
      • Carron Canal
      • Falkirk Wheel
      • Forth and Clyde Canal
      • The Carron Cuts at Dalderse and Abbotshaugh
      • Union Canal
      • Falkirk Trams
      • Railways
  • Events
    • First Battle of Falkirk, 1298
    • Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746)
    • An Incident Concerning Bonnie Dundee
      • Earlsburn Reservoir
    • Falkirk Police Act 1859
    • Falkirk Trysts
    • Redding Pit Disaster
    • The Resurrectionist Gig
  • Objects
    • Historically Definitive Objects
    • Roman Coin Hoard and Falkirk Tartan
    • Sundials of the Falkirk District
    • Communion Tokens
    • Public Wells and Fountains
  • Organisations
    • Co-operative Movement
    • Feuars of Falkirk
    • Stentmasters of Falkirk
      • Public Wells & Fountains (10) Falkirk Stintmasters’ Wells
    • Free Colliers
    • Banks
      • Carron Bank
      • Falkirk Banking Company
      • Falkirk and Counties Trustee Savings Bank
      • Falkirk Union Bank
      • James Martin & Son
  • People
    • Robert Burns
    • James G. Callander
    • Robert Currer
    • William Dobbie I
    • William Dobbie II
    • Robert Dollar
    • Sir Lawrence Dundas
    • William Forbes of Callendar
    • George Forrest
    • John Galbraith
    • Charles Gascoigne
      • A Monument to Charles Gascoigne in Russia
    • James Hendrie
    • Peter Kier
    • Livingstons of Callendar
    • J & A Marr
    • John Murray of Dunmore
    • Dr. John Roebuck
    • John Russell
    • John Smeaton
    • Watt’s Cottage
  • Photos
    • Professional Photographers in Falkirk
  • Walks
    • Falkirk Town Centre 1
    • Falkirk Town Centre 2
    • High Bonnybridge
    • The Pineapple and Dunmore Village
    • Beancross – Parkhill – Millfield – Old Polmont
    • Bo’ness to Bridgeness
    • South Bantaskine Estate
  • Wars
    • Wars of Scottish Independence
      • First Battle of Falkirk, 1298
    • The Boer War
    • Jacobites
      • Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746)
    • Cannon
    • WW1
      • Auxiliary Hospitals
      • Larbert and the Great War
      • War Memorials in Churches etc.
      • War Memorials in Towns and Villages
    • WW2
      • POW Camp 64
      • Falkirk Ice Rink in WW2
  • Welcome
    • About the Society
      • Programme
      • Joining the Society
      • Contact
      • FAQs
    • Publications
      • Calatria
      • Larbert and the Great War
    • Links
  • Archaeology
    • Booth Place, Falkirk
    • An Amphitheatre in Camelon?
    • Kinneil Estate – Excavations 2018
    • “Noric”, Pleasance
    • Strachan St., Bantaskine
    • Torwood Castle
    • Vicar Street, Falkirk
    • Weedingshall, Polmont
    • Wester Carmuirs
  • Around the Area
    • Buildings
      • Abbot’s Grange
      • Antonine Wall
        • Antiquarian Reports
        • The Antonine Wall: An Introduction
        • Elves, Saints and Distilleries
        • Romans
      • Arthur’s O’on
      • James G. Callander
      • Carron Inn
      • Cross Well, Falkirk
      • Dobbie Hall
      • Falkirk Infirmary
      • Falkirk Police Stations
      • Falkirk Wheel
      • Steeples and Tolbooths of Falkirk
      • Silver Row
      • Torwood or Tappoch Broch
      • Watermills
        • Baronial Mills
        • Commercial Watermills
        • Paper Mills
      • Windmills of the Falkirk District
    • Burial Places
      • Airth North Churchyard
      • Body Snatching in the Falkirk District
      • Camelon (St John’s) Parish Churchyard
      • Chapel Yard, Bonnybridge
      • Denny Parish Churchyard
      • Erskine Churchyard
      • Falkirk Old Parish Graveyard
      • Falkirk West Church Churchyard
      • Family Tombs & Graveyards, Pest Graves and Miscellaneous Burials in the Falkirk District
      • Kinneil Churchyard
      • Larbert Old Parish Churchyard
      • Larbert East Churchyard
      • Polmont Old Parish Churchyard
      • The Resurrectionist Gig
      • Slamannan Parish Churchyard
      • The Tattie Kirkyard
    • Castles
      • Airth Castle
      • Almond Castle
      • Blackness Castle
      • Castlecary Castle
      • Castle Rankine
        • POW Camp 64
      • Elphinstone or Dunmore Tower
      • Herbertshire Castle
      • Pineapple
      • Skaithmuir Tower
      • Torwood or Tappoch Broch
      • Torwood Castle
    • Churches
      • Bo’ness Parish
        • Bo’ness Parish Church
        • Bo’ness Apostolic Church
        • Bo’ness Baptist Church
        • Bo’ness Anti-Burgher Church
        • Bo’ness Burgher Church
        • Bo’ness Episcopalian Church
        • Bo’ness Free Church
        • Bo’ness R.C. Church
        • Hebron Hall
        • Carriden Parish Church
        • Kinneil Parish Church
          • Kinneil Churchyard
        • Stained Glass in Bo’ness
      • Airth Parish
        • Airth Parish Church
        • Erskine Church, Airth
        • Airth Free Church
        • St. Andrew’s Church, Airth
        • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
      • Bothkennar Parish
        • Bothkennar Parish Church
      • Denny Parish
        • Denny Parish Church
        • Denny Baptist Church
        • Denny Broompark Church
        • Denny R C Church
        • Denny West Church
        • Banknock R.C. Church
        • Bonnybridge Faith Mission
        • Bonnybridge Christian Brethern
        • Bonnybridge Parish Church
        • Bonnybridge R.C. Church
        • Church of Christ
        • Dennyloanhead Church
        • Dunipace Parish Church
        • Dunipace Free Church
        • Haggs Parish Church
        • Haggs Christian Brethern
        • St. Alexander’s Church
        • St Helen’s Church
        • St Helen’s United Free Church
        • Stained Glass in Denny
      • Falkirk Parish
        • Falkirk Parish Church
        • Auld Lichts
        • Bainsford Parish Church
        • Camelon Evangelical Church
        • Camelon Irving Church
        • Camelon Methodist Church
        • Camelon Parish Church
          • Camelon (St John’s) Parish Churchyard
        • Camelon RC Church
        • Camelon Trinity Church
        • Carmelite Priory
        • Christ Church
        • Church of Jesus of the Latter Day Saints
        • Dawson Mission
        • Falkirk Baptist Church
        • Falkirk Congregational Church
        • Falkirk Erskine Church
        • Falkirk Erskine Church
        • Falkirk Evangelical Church
        • Grahamston Parish Church
        • Falkirk Methodist Church
        • Falkirk St. Andrew’s Church
        • Falkirk St James Church
        • Falkirk St. Modan’s Parish Church
        • Falkirk Trinity Church
        • Falkirk Town Mission
        • Falkirk United Free Church (Continuing)
        • Falkirk West Church
        • Grahamston Evangelical Church
        • Laurieston Parish Church
        • Laurieston Reformed Presbyterian Church
        • Salvation Army
        • St. Francis Xavier Church
        • Tattie Kirk and Grahams Road Church
        • Thornhill Hall
        • Trinity Evangelical Church
        • Stained Glass in Falkirk
      • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
      • Grangemouth Parish
        • Grangemouth Old Parish Church
        • Christ the King
        • Dundas Church
        • Grangemouth Christian Brethern
        • Grangemouth Christian Spiritualist Church
        • Grangemouth Free Church
        • Grange Church
        • Kerse Church
        • Kirk of the Holy Rood
        • Sacred Heart RC Church
        • St Mary’s Episcopal Church
        • Stained Glass in Grangemouth
      • Larbert Parish
        • Carron Church
        • Carronshore Parish Church
        • Falkirk Free Church
        • Larbert Baptist Church
        • Larbert Free Church
        • Larbert Old Parish Church
        • Larbert Parish Church
          • Larbert Old Parish Churchyard
        • Larbert R.C. Church
        • Larbert West Church
        • McLaren Jubilee Memorial Church
        • Stenhouse and Carron Church
        • Universalist Church
        • Stained Glass in Larbert
      • Muiravonside Parish
        • Avonbridge Associate Burger Church
        • Avonbridge Congregational Church
        • Blackbraes Church
        • Cairneymount Church
        • Manuel Nunnery
        • Muiravonside Parish Church
        • Standburn Churches
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
      • Polmont Parish
        • Polmont Parish Church
          • Polmont Old Parish Churchyard
        • Polmont Free Church
        • Blackbraes Church
        • Blairlodge Chapel
        • Redding and Westquarter Parish Church
        • Shieldhill Church
        • Rumford RC Church
        • Wallacestone Methodist Church
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
      • Slamannan Parish
        • Slamannan Parish Church
        • Avonbridge Associate Burger Church
        • Avonbridge Congregational Church
        • Church of Christ, Slamannan
        • Limerigg Church of Scotland
        • Slamannan Free Church
        • Slamannan Methodist Church
        • St. Mary’s R.C. Church
      • Stained Glass
        • Stained Glass in Airth and Bothkennar
        • Stained Glass in Bo’ness
        • Stained Glass in Denny
        • Stained Glass in Falkirk
        • Stained Glass in Grangemouth
        • Stained Glass in Polmont & Muiravonside
        • Stained Glass in Larbert
    • Industry
      • Aitken’s Brewery
      • Clockmakers of the Falkirk District
      • Earlsburn Reservoir
      • Ironfounding
        • A Brief History of Ironfounding in the Falkirk Area
          • Alphabetical List of Ironfounding Companies
          • Alphabetical List of Foundries
        • Carron Company
        • Dobbie, Forbes and Company
        • Drain Covers made in Falkirk Area
        • Jones and Campbell
        • Watt’s Cottage
      • Nobel’s Westquarter Works
      • Paper Mills
      • Watermills
        • Baronial Mills
        • Commercial Watermills
      • Windmills of the Falkirk District
    • Houses and Estates
      • Arbuthnot
      • Arnotdale
      • Avonhill
      • Balcastle Villa
      • Binniehill House
      • Blairlodge
      • Bonhard House
      • CALLENDAR ESTATE
        • Callendar House – A History
        • Callendar House: Iron Age – 1783
        • Callendar House : 1783 -1815
        • Callendar House: 1815 – Present
        • Callendar Park
        • Callendar House Mausoleum
        • Callendar House Servants’ Graveyard
        • Livingstons of Callendar
        • William Forbes of Callendar
      • Camelon House
      • Carbrook House
      • Carriden House
      • Carron Grange
      • Carronhall
      • Carron House
      • Carron Park
      • Carronvale (Denny)
      • Carronvale House
      • Castle Rankine
        • POW Camp 64
      • Comely Park House
      • Dalquhairn House
      • Denovan Mains
      • Dorrator House
      • Dunipace House
      • Gartcows
      • Glencarron House
      • Glen Ellrig
      • Glenfuir House & Summerford House
      • Grange House
      • Kerse House
      • Hayfield House
      • Kersehill House
      • The Hermitage on the River Carron
      • Kersie Mains
      • Kilns
      • KINNEIL ESTATE
        • Kinneil House – The History
        • Kinneil House – The Buildings
        • Kinneil House – The Piano Nobile
        • The Stone Armorial Panels at Kinneil House
        • Kinneil Murals (North Room)
        • Kinneil Murals (South Room)
        • Kinneil Murals Elsewhere
        • Kinneil Kirk
        • Kinneil Churchyard
        • Kinneil Parish Church
        • Kinneil Estate – Excavations 2018
        • Kinneil Park
        • Watt’s Cottage
      • Larbert House
      • Lathallan House
      • Laurieston House
      • Leslie Park
      • Mayfield
      • Meadowbank and St Margaret’s School, Polmont
      • Millfield House
      • Mount Carron
      • Muiravonside House
      • Neuk House
      • North Bantaskine
      • Orchardhead House
      • Parkhill House
      • Polmont House
      • Powfoulis House
      • Randolph Hill House
      • Skaithmuir Tower
      • Stenhouse
      • Thornhill House
      • Tophill or Rosebank House
      • Weedingshall
      • Westbank
      • Westquarter House
    • The Early Museums of Falkirk
    • Places
      • Airth
      • Avonbridge
      • Bonnybridge
        • Elves, Saints and Distilleries
      • Bothkennar
      • California and Shieldhill
      • Camelon
      • A History of Camelon
      • Carronshore
      • Denny and Dunipace
      • Dennyloanhead, Longcroft, Haggs, Banknock and Bankier
      • Dunmore
      • Falkirk
      • Grangemouth
      • Kinneil and Bo’ness
      • A History of Laurieston
      • Laurieston
      • Larbert and Stenhousemuir
      • Maddiston
      • Polmont and Brightons
      • Slamannan
      • Westquarter
      • Wallacestone
    • Recreation
      • Callendar Park
      • Dollar Park
      • Kinneil Park
      • South Bantaskine Park
      • Victoria Park
      • Zetland Park
      • Cinemas
        • Avonbridge Pavilion
        • Banknock Picture Palace
        • Bo’ness Electric Theatre
        • Hippodrome
        • Bo’ness Pavilion
        • Bo’ness Star Theatre
        • Bo’ness Town Hall
        • Bonnybridge Picture Palace
        • Bonnybridge Public Hall
        • Bothkennar Miners’ Welfare Hall
        • Brightons Picture House
        • Camelon Co-operative Cinema
        • Camelon Ritz
        • Denny Cinema De Luxe
        • Denny Picture House
        • Denny Town Hall
        • Grangemouth Electric Theatre/Picture Palace
        • Grangemouth Empire Electric Theatre
        • Grangemouth La Scala
        • Grangemouth Picture House
        • Cinema in Slamannan
        • Stenhousemuir Picture Palace
      • The Rinking Craze in the Falkirk District
      • Falkirk Ice Rink
    • Schools
      • The Schools of Airth & Bothkennar Parishes
      • The Schools of Bo’ness Parish
      • The Schools of Carriden Parish
      • The Schools of Denny Parish & Dunipace
      • The Schools of Grangemouth Parish
    • Transport
      • Bo’ness Canal Navigation
      • Carron Lade Canal
      • Camelon and the Forth and Clyde Canal
      • Carron Canal
      • Falkirk Wheel
      • Forth and Clyde Canal
      • The Carron Cuts at Dalderse and Abbotshaugh
      • Union Canal
      • Falkirk Trams
      • Railways
  • Events
    • First Battle of Falkirk, 1298
    • Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746)
    • An Incident Concerning Bonnie Dundee
      • Earlsburn Reservoir
    • Falkirk Police Act 1859
    • Falkirk Trysts
    • Redding Pit Disaster
    • The Resurrectionist Gig
  • Objects
    • Historically Definitive Objects
    • Roman Coin Hoard and Falkirk Tartan
    • Sundials of the Falkirk District
    • Communion Tokens
    • Public Wells and Fountains
  • Organisations
    • Co-operative Movement
    • Feuars of Falkirk
    • Stentmasters of Falkirk
      • Public Wells & Fountains (10) Falkirk Stintmasters’ Wells
    • Free Colliers
    • Banks
      • Carron Bank
      • Falkirk Banking Company
      • Falkirk and Counties Trustee Savings Bank
      • Falkirk Union Bank
      • James Martin & Son
  • People
    • Robert Burns
    • James G. Callander
    • Robert Currer
    • William Dobbie I
    • William Dobbie II
    • Robert Dollar
    • Sir Lawrence Dundas
    • William Forbes of Callendar
    • George Forrest
    • John Galbraith
    • Charles Gascoigne
      • A Monument to Charles Gascoigne in Russia
    • James Hendrie
    • Peter Kier
    • Livingstons of Callendar
    • J & A Marr
    • John Murray of Dunmore
    • Dr. John Roebuck
    • John Russell
    • John Smeaton
    • Watt’s Cottage
  • Photos
    • Professional Photographers in Falkirk
  • Walks
    • Falkirk Town Centre 1
    • Falkirk Town Centre 2
    • High Bonnybridge
    • The Pineapple and Dunmore Village
    • Beancross – Parkhill – Millfield – Old Polmont
    • Bo’ness to Bridgeness
    • South Bantaskine Estate
  • Wars
    • Wars of Scottish Independence
      • First Battle of Falkirk, 1298
    • The Boer War
    • Jacobites
      • Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746)
    • Cannon
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      • Auxiliary Hospitals
      • Larbert and the Great War
      • War Memorials in Churches etc.
      • War Memorials in Towns and Villages
    • WW2
      • POW Camp 64
      • Falkirk Ice Rink in WW2
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