Welcome to Clackmannanshire.Scot. The site aims to celebrate the county of Clackmannanshire via its towns and villages, history and community and to shine a light on Clackmannanshire's history, community and attractions for tourists and residents alike - you may be surprised by what's on offer.
With the site well into it's third year, this time we look at what we are looking at for future content for the site :
Clackmannanshire's Volunteer Rifle Corps
We have secured a copy of Dr Dyer's book, 'The History of the Volunteers of Clackmannan and Kinross' printed in 1907 and mentioned in the book 'Alloa 60 years ago'*. We are working on this one as we can, it's a big old tome, but lots of information in there. Of course this brings in other subjects and sources, so taking a while to cross check. Some of the offshoot material is located in 'locked' repositories that require academic researcher status or cold hard cash. We will eventually get to these.
Ben Line Shipping
Another Alloa owned concern, possibly less famous than some of the others, but amazingly still about in some form. We are looking to bring something on this, and the ships they owned.
Whisky Family Trees
We still have a few Clackmannanshire whisky family trees and details to update, such as the Haigs and the Jamesons, which we will bring to you soon.
Alloa Corn Exchange, Gaberston Mill, and Norwood House
In Alloa, places such as these are being researched and in time hopefully we can bring some material to the fore. Other places such as the Central Picture House, the Docks, and the various banks are also of interest. Places and people of Menstrie, Alva, Tillicoultry, Dollar and in fact the rest of Clackmannanshire are also areas where we feel we could find more material.
Modern Era
Not to forget what we have going now. Whilst this material is mostly found on our facebook page, we are always interested in current industry, people and events.
What would you like to see?
Of course there are many subjects that you might know about that you would like to see delved into. As ever, please feel free to get in touch (details below).
References
*Alloa, 60 years ago (1911) - James Archibald
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