We were very pleased to hear from John Hunt, the nephew of the late Miss Emily Hunt, who has donated a number of interesting newspaper cuttings, photos and other artefacts to C&SM. Many people who lived in the Crieff area before 1984
Today the Crieff & Strathearn Museum group became an affiliate of the Scottish Civic Trust.
Today was a trip for volunteers and trustees to the Battle of Bannockburn Visitors’ Centre and to the Engine Shed.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Yesterday we joined other stall holders at the Crieff Christmas Market. It was a bright but bracing day which marked the start of the Christmas season and the “turning on” of the Crieff Christmas lights.
The somewhat poignant story of the Railway era for Crieff and Strathearn was told in a series of detailed descriptive posters.
The museum exhibition’s centre piece was a huge Meccano model of a 2-6-4 tank engine, built by Alan Blair
Fifty years after the closure of the Waverley Line and of the St. Andrews Railway we, as a nation, are taking stock of what we lost with the closure of a large proportion of our railway lines and, in particular, after the Beeching Reports of 1963 and 1965.
This painting of Joanna Murray is one of a pair. Painted by Catherine Read, it is thought to be contemporary with her portrait of Joanna’s sister, Helen, dating from 1756.
On the 30th August, John Pelan, director of the Scottish Council on Archives shared this National Records post:
This gaming board is scored with lines for a medieval game of merelles, or nine mens morris.
